Better than Arkanoid??
Lemme tell ya, in all of the years i've been on newgrounds i've played alot of arkanoid clones but I think out of all of them this is one of the few that sparks some originality into it. Anyone can dupilicate Arkanoid with the correct amount of knowledge on actionscript but to improve on such a sucessful game type would be something indeed worth playing, and this is worth playing.
First off, yes the controls are a bit different than Arkanoid, in the sense that you can control in more than one dimension(xy) and your balls speed depends primarily on that so you have a much more powerful control of the ball, it takes some getting used to, but it certainly isnt a problem with this game.
I love the way some of the bricks are just so much more resliliant than others, and it actually means you need to put some force behind your bounces to make it break through them easier, if your not fast enough, you'll fail and the ball will probably be too fast to control, awesome deployment in this game.
Also the overall action of the game could be gerat for the genre, the multiball sequences are quite intense, and thats something you wont get out of more Arkanoid clones.
And overall it has a very nice futuristic look to it, everything looks and runs very smooth, even on my piece of shit 3 year old HP.
But it isnt without its flaws...
Sound primarily i wasnt too much of a fan of. The music was just O.K it didnt really sweep me into the game as I thought it would especially from Dustball, and after awhile it got too repetitive for my taste.
Also the sound effects were too quiet and in some cases just not too exciting, even with the music off they didnt sound all to exciting or anything.
And it was just too damn short, fun games like this should be more than 30 levels long, kinda reminds me of Arrow Tag, fun but too short. The Ball Revamped series is up to about 100 now, and most professionally done Arkanoid clones usually have upwards of 100's of levels, a good example would be Ricochet probably the best Arkanoid clone out there.
Other than that some more powerups introduced would also be cool, but not essential, I was content with what I had to work with, although more would of been nice.
This is a great game, and one of the best games of it's type despite its flaws. This is like Arkanoid 2.0.