DS #1185: Nervous Brickdown (USA)

[lagman]

Really funny game.
And yes it's a (Mx) game.

 

[Szyslak]

This is like Arkanoid on crack. Pretty fun so far.

I'm really enjoying the dual-screen play. Makes the brain work a little more.

 

[bollocks]

ah, but is it better than Brick 'em All?

 

[amrum]

IGN tested it

8.5 Presentation
Lots of style in ultimately a simple game design. It's just Breakout, but it's cool to see just how far the designers take it.

8.5 Graphics
Bright and vibrant and full of life. Lots of cool, subtle visual effects going on.

7.0 Sound
The music has as much style as the visuals, but the tunes can get a little repetitive and distracting.

7.5 Gameplay
It's all a bunch of moving left and right (and occasionally, all over the place) whacking a ball and knocking out blocks. It gets old quickly, but take a break and you'll get some good use out of it.

7.0 Lasting Appeal
There's a rather fun and simple single cartridge multiplayer game here, as well as some hidden extras activated by scores and the system clock.

7.9
Good OVERALL

 

[754boy]

looks crap, like all araknoid games, i wouldnt even buy this if it was 2p. i dont care if

 

[AshuraZro]

The game is great. hands down. It's a great breakout-style game and I can't think of much more to add to it. If you enjoy breakout, you have to play this. If you haven't played a breakout game, give this a try.

 

[cheapassdave]

i thought the game is fun. only thing that gets me is trying to get that last brick

 

[iwakura]

I`ve been waiting for this, too. It is nice, better than the other arkanoid clones on DS. I get why it`s called nervous brickdown, it drives me mad when the ball can`t get to the upper screen where the blocks are, then it gets more fast and it goes down, I lose a ball.

Yeah, I noticed that as well...it needs to have faster frames to smoothen it out a bit..
its still a great game though, and i plan on buying it. hearing that its developed by a tiny team makes me want to buy it all the more

 

[PuddingSenator]

IGN tested it

8.5 Presentation
Lots of style in ultimately a simple game design. It's just Breakout, but it's cool to see just how far the designers take it.

8.5 Graphics
Bright and vibrant and full of life. Lots of cool, subtle visual effects going on.

7.0 Sound
The music has as much style as the visuals, but the tunes can get a little repetitive and distracting.

7.5 Gameplay
It's all a bunch of moving left and right (and occasionally, all over the place) whacking a ball and knocking out blocks. It gets old quickly, but take a break and you'll get some good use out of it.

7.0 Lasting Appeal
There's a rather fun and simple single cartridge multiplayer game here, as well as some hidden extras activated by scores and the system clock.

7.9
Good OVERALL

Yes, but, as we all know, IGN's scoring scale starts at 7.

 

[cavadavi]

fantastic game!! fresh, addictive. Beautiful music. The levels are very different and very inspired! 9/10

 

[chalupa]

though I know it's safe, I get nervous reading the word BRICK in the title..

 

[iwakura]

though I know it's safe, I get nervous reading the word BRICK in the title..

 

[Fadakar]

I wanna try this so bad, it's sitting on my MicroSD but I still haven't received my M3 yet.

You guys are making me impatient. lol

 

[Retal]

This game only runs at 30 FPS, and I think it really hurts the gameplay. I would gladly give up the 3D backgrounds that I don't even have time to look at if it could run at 60 FPS.

How do you know what framerate it runs at.

 

[AshuraZro]

Bad news. This game crashes on one of the final game types, Retro, on both my DSX and M3 SD.

 

[Akdul]

The game crashes at the eidos/arkedo screens after rebooting the game. I have to erase the save file from the TF when I want to play this game. Even if you dont create a save file for it (x button), the game still crashes. It also crashes after selecting the "quit" option in the pause menu.

Im using M3 simply (1.06).

Bad news. This game crashes on one of the final game types, Retro, on both my DSX and M3 SD.

M3 simply too.

 

[PuddingSenator]

Anyone have any luck getting this to run on the Supercard Lite yet?

 

[AishunBao]

though I know it's safe, I get nervous reading the word BRICK in the title..

Haha, I lol'd at the title.

I'd be nervous if it were a Wii game though. =p

 

[Destructobot]

This game only runs at 30 FPS, and I think it really hurts the gameplay. I would gladly give up the 3D backgrounds that I don't even have time to look at if it could run at 60 FPS.How do you know what framerate it runs at.

By looking at it. 30FPS and 60FPS both have a distinctive look and feel to them, and I can tell the difference quite easily.

 

[PeterFile]

Anyone have any luck getting this to run on the Supercard Lite yet?

Restart: Y / Trim: Y / Faster Game Play: Y / Enable "Patch Cartridge Access" Compatibility: High