Blitz Breaker

I realized I didn't review this before, but I wanted to replay this anyhow. Blitz breaker is one of those games with a really simple idea that has great execution to make you keep playing. It's got really nice music and very cool graphics. Most of the level design leads into this sense of speed and accuracy that very little other games accomplish honestly. It's not perfect though, There are a lot of frustrations because of the sprite collisions. It seems to be the whole sprite or at least most of it, and stuff like spikes can make you hit them when it really doesn't feel like they should. It's not a deal breaker for me but I know for others it might be.

I love this video game! Well Besides some levels... This game will single handedly make me go insane. EDIT: For a game like this you'd think it'd work in 4:3 aspect ratio. I mean, really it has more than enough room, I'm sure it'd only take a few lines of code.

Blitz Breaker is a cheap but great game for all kinds of platformer lovers: From casuals to hardcore twitch gamers, everyone will love it as soon as they get used to movement (which won't be difficult). The game features a lot of levels, challenging but fair gameplay and is a steal at its price point. 100% recommended. One or two things as nitpicks are that the hitboxes could need a little care, but it's not too much, the levels with screen transitions didn't work well for me and were a guaranteed death the first times I was playing them (but I cannot propose a solution, so I just point it out, accepting it's probably the best solution) and please, let me hit R to retry when I die, before you pause for 2 screens until I try again. I feel it could keep the flow of the game much better. But it's a great game, nonetheless. If I could make games, that's the kind of games I would like to make: Small scope, tight mechanics, fun gameplay, accessibility for not so great players, but serious challenge via collectibles for the best players.

For those of you who'd be asking themselves whether this is a cool game that happens to be difficult, or another uninspired game whose cheap difficulty is its only so-called quality, I'll answer that right away. It's the former one. That's a legitimate question to ask, as there's a lot of games where developers will just throw in a bunch of spikes at random to cover up an essentially terrible level design, and Blitz Breaker is one of few challenge-platformey games that don't fall into that category. First of all, it looks and sounds cool. It's graphically simplistic, of course, but very easy to read, and rings the nostalgia bell just right. The probably-16-bit soundtrack is also quite fresh. It may be forgettable, but it's well-constructed and has some interesting lines. Now the gameplay is tons of fun. As silly as it may sound, I can't think of any game before that had you able to move around only by dashing (not mentioning the jump, as it's only relevant in some specific sections). The sense of speed in Blitz Breaker is really exhilarating, and it's actually crazy how complex the movement can get with only 4 directional buttons to press. It makes some levels feel like puzzles, and forces you to think in an unusual way, which is quite refreshing. On top of that, the level design is very smart and makes the most of this unique core gameplay. Finally, there's two great things I'd like to point out : - No exploration, hidden secrets behind breakable walls nonsense. There are secret levels and unlockables, but they're always there for you to see and try to get to. You don't have to spend a lot of tedious time bumping your head against every pixel to complete the game. It's all play and no work. Wonderful. - The stages' length and difficulty make sense. Levels are not unreasonably long, and the game is difficult in the right way, as there are no pixel-perfect (stricto sensu) jumps or dashes to perform, even though there are a lot of tight ones to pull off. As long as you like feeling challenged, you won't have to deal with excruciating moments where you revisit a level a thousand of times just to get past a dozen cheap obstacles at once. That's a relief. All in all a very solid game. I especially recommend it to speedrun enthusiasts, as it's a prime example of a game that's rewarding to try and speed through, and you don't have to learn any complicated glitches before jumping in.

Excellent action, great saving system, a good time, for a session

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