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 most interesting. In case you’re searching for one thing difficult, then this will likely be price testing.
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 somewhat than following a storyline and growing characters. For an action-arcade sport, I’m completely okay with this. I don’t want a lot motive to shoot my method by way of hordes of enemies. It’s enjoyable both method.
In addition to capturing, Go Mecha Ball takes inspiration from pinball. Every stage has a comparatively open ground plan with obstacles and ramps you’ll must maneuver round (however so do the enemies). If you first begin the sport, you’re outfitted with one gun. As you defeat enemies, they’ll drop different weapons you’ll be able to choose up and swap between as much as two at a time. Enemies may also drop ammo, so make sure to choose that up as nicely.
You don’t must defeat enemies simply by capturing 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. Suppose Sonic the Hedgehog type. Dashing into enemies as a ball damages them and might actually kill them. It might probably additionally knock them over the sting of the map. (Fortunately, you’ll be able to’t fall over the sting!)
I discovered I might get by way of the waves of enemies simply as a ball without having to fret about studying the twin-stick controls. Nonetheless, that additionally brought about me to study the exhausting method 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 forex to gather: yellow cash and blue, often known as glitch cash. The yellow ones let you purchase objects from the store and the glitch cash let you go to a merchandising machine to get a capability, improve, or weapon at random.
Weapons are different sorts of weapons that may drop from enemies, permitting you extra of a range on how you can defeat them. Skills are further assaults with cooldown instances your mecha ball can have. For instance, you’ll be able to leap tremendous excessive and trigger AOE injury once you land, throw grenades, or stun enemies. Upgrades make you stronger, resembling rising the gun injury or increase injury, rising your max well being, and extra.
As soon as you utilize your glitch cash for these, you don’t get the improve, potential, or weapon instantly. You merely have unlocked it for the possibility to get it throughout your play by way of. After each stage, you’ll be able to select from a random pool of as much as three upgrades or talents 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 potential, 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, potential, or weapon. Or, you’ll be able to heal as much as 50% of your well being. Nonetheless, I discovered the store objects to be too costly. I nearly by no means had sufficient cash to purchase something. Even after killing enemies with the weapons, they didn’t appear to drop sufficient forex for me to heal myself proper earlier than the large 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. Nonetheless, I had hoped to get by way of the primary boss with relative ease because it’s the primary boss. My drawback 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 type of video games the place you must see how far you’ll be able to 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 obtained annoyed with the sport. I perceive apply makes excellent, however to you’re employed so exhausting on one thing just for it to all get erased ultimately was tremendous disappointing.
Let me clarify what I imply. If 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 talents and upgrades you bought with glitch cash have reset, too. You should utilize your remaining glitch cash on upgrades, talents, and weapons you might 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 kind of checkpoint or let you maintain what you already labored so exhausting to attain. However no, it utterly 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. Nonetheless, the longer I performed, the extra annoyed I obtained. I didn’t see a lot incentive to maintain attempting when nothing I already achieved carried over. Nomatter how exhausting 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 have been fluid, clean, and fast-paced. It was numerous enjoyable to stumble upon the enemies as a ball. The music is a bop, and the graphics are simple on the eyes, too. In case you’re up for that problem, then actually give Go Mecha Ball a strive.