| In the mood for a stylish logic game? Check out | | | | as well as get combos. Because bubbles that aren't |
| Bloxorz, an interesting and fresh foray in the puzzle | | | | attached to anything automatically disappear, building |
| genre. In it, you control a rectangular prism that needs | | | | up groups of bubbles that can be taken out with one |
| to get inside of a square hole. While this premise may | | | | shot is satisfying. Shooting is just as hard as it should |
| seem simple, complicated terrain, varied switches, | | | | be, presenting an experience that's easy to get into but |
| collapsing blocks, and the ever-present threat of falling | | | | hard to master. |
| off of the board impede you at every move. | | | | The sounds in the game are perfectly suited for it. |
| The levels in Bloxorz start off simple and progress into | | | | There's a gratifying series of cartoonish pops when |
| the mind-numbingly hard. The fact that the block you | | | | you knock out a huge combo and a nice "whoosh" |
| control is a rectangle makes it difficult to maneuver | | | | sound for every shot fired. Overall, Bubble Shooter is a |
| through tight spaces and you'll find yourself plummeting | | | | hard yet fun experience, presenting something for all |
| into the abyss quite a few times. The game never | | | | gamers to enjoy. If you're ever in the need of a good |
| feels repetitive, though, because you eventually get into | | | | time-waster, look no further: Bubble Shooter is what |
| the mindset that you NEED to finish the level. It's | | | | you need. |
| challenging but not insanely so; it gets fairly easy to | | | | Raiden X: Based on an older series of arcade games, |
| complete after you get the hang of it. | | | | Raiden X is a fast-paced and frantic scrolling shooter. |
| In short, Bloxorz is a very stylish and professionally | | | | In it, you control the "Raiden Supersonic Attack Fighter" |
| made game. Even if you don't normally like puzzles, this | | | | whilst battling hordes of enemy aircraft. Five main |
| is something you need to check out, there's nothing | | | | powerups exist in the game, including various kinds of |
| else like it out there. A friendly warning, though: don't | | | | lasers, missiles, and bombs. |
| play Bloxorz if you don't have much spare time | | | | Gameplay consists of flying through levels while trying |
| because you're going to want to ride it all the way to | | | | to avoid death. This can be caused by many things: |
| the end. | | | | kamikaze pilots, bullets, and running into a wide variety |
| Bubble Shooter: Reminiscent of puzzle games like | | | | of other planes. Hundreds of missiles can proliferate on |
| Bejeweled, Bubble Shooter is an interesting way to | | | | the screen at once, creating a frenzied atmosphere |
| pass some time. In the game, you control (obviously) a | | | | that engrosses you in the game. |
| bubble shooter that fires different colored spheres. | | | | Your own arsenal of armaments is nothing to laugh at |
| Your goal is to destroy a wall of multicolored bubbles | | | | either, with multiple upgrades available for each |
| that advance quickly upon you by matching up groups | | | | weapon. Another cool feature of Raiden X is the boss |
| of three spheres before they reach the bottom. | | | | battles at the end of each level. These are particularly |
| The gameplay is quite amusing and offers lots of | | | | challenging and have some cool surprises and twists in |
| strategic options. You can bounce the bubbles you | | | | them that keep the game fresh. |
| shoot off of walls to get better angles for your shots | | | | |