Ackys XP Breakout at Mac App Store analyse

"The best Breakout game Ive ever played (and Ive played them all)." - John Becker PPC Louisville Editor Blast your way through 150 powerful levels in the ultimate arkanoid game. Discover unique power items, brick types, and fun in Ackys XP Breakout. The game play is always changing with a dynamic mesh of particle effects, point bonuses, and object morphing to keep you mesmerized. Enjoy enhanced game play with XP Mode and customize the game to your own personal liking with many options. Enjoy improving your reflexes and eye-hand coordination.

Professional Reviews

"I know I have found my new favorite game! Join the Breakout revolution and free your mind!" - PPC Louisville

"This is definitely not just another breakout/arkanoid game. In fact is it clearly one of the better games in the genre. The added XP system is a great improvement to the genre" - Game Tunnel

"Nothing else out there approaches its level of sophistication in terms of both presentation and game play. Well done." - PPC Magazine

"This game has to be the most developed breakout clone Ive ever seen, and Ive played more than my share of breakout clones." - Allen Gall, PPC Magazine Games Editor


Features

- Superior game play and exact control
- 150 powerful levels
- Awesome particle effects
- 80 different brick types
- 26 unique power items
- Four difficulty settings
- 16 bonuses
- Built in level editor
- Trophy and ranking systems
- Enhanced play with XP Mode
- Special gemstone and blaster items
- Effects and object morphing
- Exploding, ghosting, moving, and glass bricks
- 30 minutes of tantalizing music
- Laser and gluon cannon power items
- 21 custom brick classes
- Tractor beam and prediction power items
- Complete in game tutorials
- Ultra crisp sound effects
- Compact install size

The goal is simple. Destroy all of the bricks in each level to proceed to the next level. Along the way you will receive many different power items to help you. Ackys XP Breakout is quite different than most games in the ball and paddle genre, instead of having a set number of balls, you have two resources which are needed to create a ball, and this resource is called ether. Ether comes in two colors red and blue, both of which are needed to form a ball. While playing you will see each kind of ether drop and if you catch it with your space pad your ether tanks will fill up, allowing you to create more balls.

The game also features several bonuses for doing different things. Gaining bonuses is optional but you are encouraged to do so because they are needed to unlock XP mode, a special mode where you get super powers. After you complete a level you get a bronze, silver, or gold trophy. There is also a ranking system which is based on how many trophies you have collected and how many bonuses you have obtained. While you play statistics are saved for each level which can be logged online so you can see your performance as compared to other players.

You were on a space mission collecting ether from a nearby nebula to replenish your colonies fuel supplies when all of the sudden... Acky appeared in his saucer and started collecting the same ether as you! As if that wasnt enough, he started stealing your ether supplies. Your mission is to collect ether and conquer each zone of the nebula to prevent Acky from taking over.