Voxel Baller

It's not terrible, but it's not great either. The video represents it fairly well but it is kind of boring and repetitive (which is pretty much the nature of the genre, in fairness), unfortunately, and could use a lot of polish in terms of UI and, well, most of the game. The same could be said of many, many other indie games by single devs or small teams though, but I don't mean to excuse it, just that you have to adjust your expectations. The core concept is good, controls aren't so good (it could really do with mouse control so you can quickly dart from side to side to collect pickups, it's too slow as it is), the choices of camera angles are just *very, very slightly* different angles. The visuals are nice, but the sound (or lack thereof) sent me to sleep, the boss I just fought kind of sat there and didn't really do much... Also on one level I managed to get the ball stuck in an infinite loop, fortunately my character could shoot fireballs so I used them to finish off the rest of...

Voxel Baller is another of the PONG/Breakout style games on Steam, where a paddle is manipulated to keep a ball in play until a player manages to clear the field, or satisfy a specific objective. This genre of game tends to commonly be offered at a price that may seem higher than most SAS (short attention span) Steam games, and at $7.99, and Voxel Baller is no exception. Yet it seems to be worth every penny! Where Voxel Baller (VB) differs from some other similar games is the amount of content offered, and several other interesting features. VB is divided into 10 “worlds” (or blocks) of 5 levels each, for a total of 50 levels. Each “world” can be played separately for practicality and convenience. VB offers the typical power-ups, both helpful and harmful, and additional lives are quite plentiful. (I’ve had as many as seven lives at one time, if I remember correctly.) The levels that I’ve seen are quite varied, imaginative and fun, and the two bosses offered up through leve...

Nicely looking breaker but unfortunately i'll recommened against aquirring this game as the only control options is joypad and keyboard and the result of that is a game that doesnt have the natural flow of handling a game like this should have and therefore becomes next to impossible to actually enjoy for me. I rarely refund games but this is one of the rare occasion where i made such request as i simply wont buy the developers explanation that the game would become too easy with mouse control and that explanation pretty much fall flat in my view as it seems like a poor development choice above all.

It looks very nice for sure, but the paddle controls are not very responsive, not the most pleasant experience. It feels laggy. The sideways perspective is a bit awkward as well. It has fun level design and includes nice details, like being able to bonk the cars that drive past.

The framerate drops below 1fps when you hit more than 1 object. No fun and unplayable, even if the idea is nice