Break Classic LITE (bootant.com)

Cost as reviewed: FREE

This app is a version of the classic block breaking game, and a pretty good version at that. Although I find it somewhat difficult to control the pong-like platform with my thumb, it probably just takes some getting used to. It might help if there was a symbol of some kind below the platform that I could actually use to slide back and forth, rather than having to keep my finger relatively close to the platform itself (in which case I can’t see it well enough to gage where the edges are). Of course it would also help if I could make the tips of my thumbs smaller but I don’t think that’s happening any time soon.

One thing that makes this game more interesting is that certain blocks drop items when they break. I’m not quite sure what they all mean, but one of them is a green plus sign that makes your platform wider if you catch it, which is awesome. Some blocks drop additional balls so you can sometimes have two or even more blocks flying around breaking blocks at the same time. It can get a bit crazy but inevitably I’m not able to maintain them for very long and I’m quickly back down to only one. You would think that having more of them gives you a better chance of at least hitting one of them, but for some reason my mind gets easily confused and it leads me to miss all of them! This makes it a bit more challenging.

I’m not sure what factors to into the score you receive, but the main way to challenge yourself in this free version of the game (only 8 levels I think) is to try and beat your high score. I played through all the levels with only one ball falling off the screen. Pick up this free version and give it a shot. If you like it, it might be worth buying, but you might want to consider if it has enough replay value to actually purchase the app.

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