Welcome to our review of Boom Ball: Boost edition, a 3D alleyway clone that is more fun than you’d expect it to be!
Developed by Virtual Air Guitar, a Finnish indie studio specializing in motion games, from full-body action to precise fingertip control. The company was founded in 2006 by computer vision and virtual reality researchers. They did quite the nice job on Boom Ball: Boost edition, a game that is so silly in idea, I can not stop playing it.
We all know alleyway, the slider in the bottom and the ball that needs to destroy everything, right! Well Boom Ball: Boost edition uses motion controls or the touch controls, which I opted for myself. I touched or swiped the screen to let the ball bounce when it turned green. Touch to just let it bounce, swipe to make it change directions.
Now it does not stop there, everything is 3D, so the playing field you are destined to destroy, it comes in all shapes and sizes. Whether they are sheep or a guitar, you get some fun to demolish it all. Keep your eye out for those special blocks as they will bring about more and often very fun added bonuses. You got exploding powers, there are heavy balls, there are multiballs like in pinball, all the way up to 24 pieces at once. Much like in pinball, it is damn near impossible to keep them in play and it is important to keep in mind you need to keep at least 1 ball going.
It is often counterproductive to tap on all of em or try to do so. My suggestion from the get-go, keep your eye on one or maybe two balls and just let the others slip by. Sure, you lose them, much like you’d expect them to. But keeping one alive is better than lose em all. Once you do, game over. Nothing unusual there, nothing at all.
Boom Ball: Boost edition is also a very lively game, bright and fancy colors throughout and I must say, very appealing. As a game, Boom Ball: Boost edition is not challenging and more a game for a quick gameplay. I did enjoy it very much, but it also has some downsides to it.
I think it is expensive, knowing there are just 60 levels. Sure, you can go all out for 100% and it does prolong the game life. But the overall feeling is that the price point is not deserving of the game.
I also usually take note if a game is challenging. Boom Ball: Boost edition is only challenging if you want to hit that medal with the time limit. Anything else is basically a laid-back game. It is quite addictive at first, but the longevity part and that price point kind of kill it for me.
In conclusion, while fun, Boom Ball: Boost edition does come short at other places. The gameplay is most important though in my book and well, everything combined, this is an expensive game for the time you will spend with it. I know I started my review by saying I could not stop playing it, but sadly I know I am near the end already….
