Go Mecha Ball is an arcade motion sport developed by Whale Peak Video games and revealed by Tremendous Uncommon Originals. It combines roguelite parts with twin-stick shooter mechanics at its best. For those who’re on the lookout for one thing difficult, then this shall be price trying out.
The premise of Go Mecha Ball is to defeat the malfunctioning AI. In any other case, there isn’t an excessive amount of of a narrative at play right here. It’s closely gameplay-based relatively than following a storyline and creating characters. For an action-arcade sport, I’m completely okay with this. I don’t want a lot cause to shoot my manner by way of hordes of enemies. It’s enjoyable both manner.
Moreover taking pictures, Go Mecha Ball takes inspiration from pinball. Every stage has a comparatively open flooring plan with obstacles and ramps you’ll have to maneuver round (however so do the enemies). Whenever you first begin the sport, you’re geared up with one gun. As you defeat enemies, they’ll drop different weapons you possibly can choose up and swap between as much as two at a time. Enemies will even drop ammo, so you should definitely choose that up as nicely.
You don’t have to defeat enemies simply by taking pictures them, although. That is the place the pinball is available in. Your character can flip right into a ball, roll round, and sprint into the enemies and obstacles. Assume Sonic the Hedgehog type. Dashing into enemies as a ball damages them and may actually kill them. It may possibly additionally knock them over the sting of the map. (Fortunately, you possibly can’t fall over the sting!)
I discovered I may get by way of the waves of enemies simply as a ball without having to fret about studying the twin-stick controls. Nevertheless, that additionally brought about me to be taught the onerous manner that if you happen to defeat enemies like that, they gained’t drop cash. And if you happen to push them over the sting, they undoubtedly gained’t drop cash. There are two sorts of foreign money to gather: yellow cash and blue, often called glitch cash. The yellow ones can help you purchase gadgets from the store and the glitch cash can help you go to a merchandising machine to get a capability, improve, or weapon at random.
Weapons are different sorts of weapons that can drop from enemies, permitting you extra of a range on how one can defeat them. Skills are additional assaults with cooldown occasions your mecha ball can have. For instance, you possibly can bounce tremendous excessive and trigger AOE harm while you land, throw grenades, or stun enemies. Upgrades make you stronger, corresponding to rising the gun harm or increase harm, rising your max well being, and extra.
As soon as you employ your glitch cash for these, you don’t get the improve, skill, or weapon instantly. You merely have unlocked it for the prospect to get it throughout your play by way of. After each stage, you possibly can select from a random pool of as much as three upgrades or skills to make your self stronger for the following stage.
Every stage is split into three waves of enemies that more and more get stronger—some shoot lasers, others chase you as a ball of their very own, and extra. When you make it by way of the three hordes, you’ll get to decide on an improve or skill, after which transfer onto the following stage of three waves. Get by way of three ranges (9 waves whole) and also you’ll have the choice to spend these yellow cash on the store. Right here you should purchase one other improve, skill, or weapon. Or, you possibly can heal as much as 50% of your well being. Nevertheless, I discovered the store gadgets to be too costly. I virtually by no means had sufficient cash to purchase something. Even after killing enemies with the weapons, they didn’t appear to drop sufficient foreign money for me to heal myself proper earlier than the massive boss.
Sure, Go Mecha Ball has bosses. After visiting the store, you’re thrown right into a battle. It took me a number of tries to defeat the primary boss. I wasn’t kidding once I mentioned this sport was difficult. Nevertheless, I had hoped to get by way of the primary boss with relative ease because it’s the primary boss. My downside was that I had low well being and couldn’t afford to heal earlier than the battle. After I lastly beat the boss, I assumed I’d get a free heal. Sadly, I didn’t. The sport threw me into the following stage of three waves of enemies once I solely had two HP. I died instantly, and that’s once I realized the sport doesn’t save in any respect.
Go Mecha Ball is a kind of video games the place it’s good to see how far you possibly can go in a single sitting. There are solely 4 worlds; if you wish to full it, you’ll want to take action in a single gameplay session. Now, that is the place I acquired annoyed with the sport. I perceive observe makes excellent, however to you’re employed so onerous on one thing just for it to all get erased ultimately was tremendous disappointing.
Let me clarify what I imply. Whenever you lose a run on this sport, nothing carries over apart from the glitch cash you’ve collected and haven’t used but. No matter skills and upgrades you bought with glitch cash have reset, too. You should use your remaining glitch cash on upgrades, skills, and weapons you could have already unlocked. The yellow cash don’t carry over in any respect. So, I didn’t have any hope of saving up for that store to heal myself earlier than the boss battle. I realized this once I died in the course of the ranges earlier than the primary boss, however I had hoped defeating a boss would function some type of checkpoint or can help you hold what you already labored so onerous to realize. However no, it fully resets, solely permitting you to maintain what remaining glitch cash you had left over.
Earlier, I mentioned this sport is an efficient problem, and it’s. Nevertheless, the longer I performed, the extra annoyed I acquired. I didn’t see a lot incentive to maintain making an attempt when nothing I already completed carried over. Nomatter how onerous I labored, I’d at all times begin again at sq. one if I misplaced.
That doesn’t imply this sport isn’t good, although. I nonetheless had enjoyable with it. I simply don’t assume I’ve the endurance to grasp the mechanics. With that mentioned, the controls had been fluid, easy, and fast-paced. It was a whole lot of enjoyable to stumble upon the enemies as a ball. The music is a bop, and the graphics are straightforward on the eyes, too. For those who’re up for that problem, then actually give Go Mecha Ball a strive.
