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[i]Cube Defender 2000[/i] is a score-chaser that has a single action and is not meant for everyone. You can look at the trailer and see exactly what you are getting yourself into. It is a bit lacking in addictive and fun factor and therefore not really for me either.
You use the WASD keys to rotate the big cube around and you have to click on the red squares as they show up on the big cube. Your cube squares will turn red upon first strike from an incoming projectile, and a second strike, if you do not turn it back to being grey, will cause you to lose health and your streak/points modifier.
The modifer increase up to 10x by you successfully clicking on where you need to without mistakes and without losing health. So if you randomly click on grey squares you will lose your multiplier.
This game is not very forgiving, despite appearances of having 3 difficulty levels. Even normal is rather difficult. I tried playing the higher difficulty games and it's overly stressful and not really for the right reasons.
From an outsider's perspective, this game is probably too boring, it's certainly not really something that you would want to watch someone else play.
At best this game is luke warm overall, the fun factor is generally missing. You can see from the trailer and from my video, there's not much there.
Not to mention the painfully dry eyeballs you will get from trying to stare at the screen and not blink. I am not sure if this is an exercise in suffering and endurance to better oneself.
[h1]Controls[/h1]
WASD + Mouse click
[h1]Graphics and Music[/h1]
Simple graphics, nothing exciting.
The music is there, honestly if you are playing the game, you are probably not listening.
[h1]Audience[/h1]
Very niche audience target who is looking for difficult but still dull score-chasing game.
[h1]Pricing[/h1]
0.99 USD is not unreasonable, but there are a lot of games that cost this much or are free and offer a better playing experience.
[h1]Positives[/h1]
+Single-action clicking score-chaser that does what it advertises itself to do
[h1]Negatives[/h1]
-Dull gameplay
-Stressful in a rather unhealty way, especially for the eyes
-Some achievements are broken (or not correctly labeled or timed)
-Score chasing games need a global leaderboard to be fun, not just score-associated achievements
-The player needs to replay each difficulty from the beginning, even though there are 3 stages, these stages should be unlocked for the players who have progressed past the previous for future runs
-Rather lacking in fun factor
[h1]Conclusion[/h1]
[i]Cube Defender 2000[/i] is another single-action arcade-style survival score-chaser that is lacking in many ways. The game doesn't stand out in a library and gives the players very little desire to go back to play more. Score-chasing arcade style games need to have an addictive factor that is missing. As this is the first project from an indie developer, I wish him/her the best in future projects.
This video is my blind first look at the game and it doesn't really show much more than what the trailer does, but just in case someone wanted an idea of gameplay from the very beginning, here it is:
https://youtu.be/CDzn_S12xuc
[quote]I received the product for free. I did not receive any compensation to write this review. The opinions represented here are entirely my own and were not influenced in any way.[/quote]
