Micro Breaker Reviews

by Room34

I’m old school, where you buy a game and that’s it. How old school? I grew up playing the original games this is a descendant of… Breakout and Super Breakout. I still consider Arkanoid new.

Anyway… this game itself is amazing. A genius, modern take on the concept. Until the constant hounding for IAP starts. I paid to get rid of the ads. But I’m not going to keep feeding the beast to get more than one ball per game! The devs come off looking like greedy drug dealers taking advantage of players’ need for another fix.

Come on. Just let me buy the game and play it. I know the race to the bottom in MicroBreaker Store is not their fault. It’s stupid that people have come to think an app is “expensive” when it costs half as much as a trip to Starbucks. And those same people will keep giving in to the IAPs for another hit. But it’s frankly just gross and depressing to see a developer taking advantage of that. If that’s what it takes to make a profit in app development, this platform is doomed. And this game is a nail in its coffin.

by Joshua D.

This would be a top tier game in my opinion if you could buy it for one set price and it contained no ads or in-app purchases. Yet, sadly and predictably, this is just another freemium scam of a game. Even if you pay to remove the advertisements, the game is still chock full of manipulative in-app purchases. Which are set up to annoy you enough so that you constantly waste money on the title, every time you open it. I have grown so tired of monetization schemes such as this one.

It's really a shame that the developer went the pathetic freemium route with Micro Breaker, because if that wasn't the case I think it would offer so much promise. As it stands now, though, it's just another game among so many others that I can't delete off my devices fast enough.

In a few months time no one will remember, Micro Breaker, just like every other freemium experience on MicroBreaker Store. It's only quality, premium games, that are worthy of being remembered and sticking around I believe. That's my opinion anyways when it comes to how I spend my money.

by Vegastowerssucks

I chose to have this download to my device in advance because it sounded fun with Augmented Reality combined with the classic brick breaking game. Great concept, but could’ve been executed better. I don’t like how the game can only be adjusted on the ground. It kind of takes away from the fun of AR. We should be able to adjust it on a wall, it would play so much better. The thing that really got on my nerves and reason why I rated so low is bc every ad I watched promising to multiply my rewards played the entire ad, but didn’t give me anything extra. Even the envelope I clicked on promising to give 750 coins for watching an ad gave nothing. The envelope promising 1,000 coins also gave nothing after watching the entire ad. It’s not right that the developers make money off of the ads and are giving nothing in return. Please fix this or take the ads off. If those 2 things are changed, this would be a 5 star app and I’ll gladly change my rating.

by AdsSuckLol

Fun game concept with decent graphics and enticing gameplay. bounce the ball, break the bricks, collect power ups and points.

has all the usual ad nonsense that makes it not fun - forced ads, credits you can buy to make the game playable, unlockable upgrades, gated level selection, timed energy to play levels, daily enticements.

it’s basically if breakout and candy crush had some mutant offspring. If you can tolerate the ads this is decent. But they do the some garbage all the other ads do - fake close buttons that pretend you clicked the ad instead of close, show fake gameplay, etc. ads are pretty frequent. expect one about every 5 minutes if not more frequent and even then the game will entice you to watch even more.

by Blue Albatross

I do enjoy this game and think the difficulty curve is right and the visuals are really nice with interesting level design but there’s problems that leave me irritated and somewhat frustrated.

The ball is very hard to see sometimes because it blends into the background even when it’s not hit by the micro effect.

Why wouldn’t someone include a timer if there’s a time limit? I’m try to three star a lot of the levels but need to be in certain time limits. How can I get it in the time if I can’t see how much time has passed? Please include a timer.

Why can’t I see the requirements to get the stars without having to finish the level? In order to see what one needs to do to get a star in the level you can’t click on any level info to see but need to actually finish the level and can only see it then. You have to finish a level every single time you just want to read the star requirements. It’s very tedious but I can’t just look. And you still have to do this even if it’s a level you have at least a star in.

I hope the developers make some changes because in my opinion this could be a 3/5 or 4/5 game but these little things just start to irritate you to the point you don’t want to play anymore.

by Elr0y7

As a fan of brick breaker games I was looking forward to this but am left disappointed. The controls feel very slow and sluggish for a brick breaker, and the paddle seems to lag the slightest bit after your finger, which makes a difference in a game like this. Also the ball is very tiny and hard to see at times. The paddle sits too close to your finger and your thumb covers parts of the screen you need to see when you move the paddle towards the thumb’s side. Some games like this pause automatically when you lift your finger off the paddle, but not this one, and the pause button is very small and unresponsive. I’ve only gotten to the fourth level (because it says I need 3 stars when I have 4...), but the level design doesn’t seem great and the powerups are uninspired. Combined with the intrusive advertisements and such, I’ll pass on this and stick to better brick breakers.

by Slime Legacy Creator

Ugh, the ADDS. I know there aren’t as many adds as some other games we don’t even want to talk about, but seriously, “Ad Time”?! That’s probably equivalent to saying something like “Chore time”. Also, sometimes I’ll be playing a level on a nice day having great fun, but guess what happens? MY PADDLE HAS LAG. It will lag for a solid 30 seconds. And no, I don’t mean the power up called “Paddle lag”, I mean REAL lag. My paddle will move backwards, move forward, then go back to the initial position. But by the time everything’s normal, the ball has gotten back behind the paddle and you’ve lost. Another thing is the SHOP. Even though it’s there, you’ll tap on it and it’ll say, “shop not available”. Like I said, great game but SERIOUSLY needs ADJUSTMENTS.

by JD Hood

The visuals are great. However the actual game play mechanics are a work in progress. One example: when you strike the returning ball on the left, right or dead center of the paddle - the ball still returns straight. Only once the ball as encountered other objects then returns to hit the paddle at an angle does it return at a similiar trajectory. However you can change its return based on the precise positioning of the paddle — which is unlike most breakout style games.

The other work in progress are the unique ‘bonus’ objects that drop — it’s hard to determine the difference between the good and the bad; and what the functionality of it is as they immediately change — making the REVERSE bonus and a number of other a challenge to figure out; especially while playing on an iPhone (8+ in my case).

Before I commit ($), this games needs more time in the shop.

by QAdams

I initially rated this a 1 Star based on lack of instructions or a help page. That to me is infuriating, I don’t want to guess or have to figure out a game by trial and error. Tell me how it’s played and what all the features, rules, and options are.

Upon emailing the developer I received a response within hours providing detail on some of the questions I had given as examples of what was not clear. They also indicated a help page / instructions are on the to-do list.

The game is fun, and aesthetically very beautiful. Gameplay and looks deserve a 5 Star. However I will be leaving this review as a 4 Star until a future update that includes a more detailed help / instructions embedded in game.

by Kjfergu

In general I think this is a wonderful take on a classic game. The addition of having stacks of bricks vertically as well as horizontally that fall as you knock over the ones below them is a very cool take. The game is beautiful and the sound is great as well.

The game does have a few interface things that could be improved. One is that the falling "points" from destroyed bricks look very similar in size and color to your ball which can get confusing and has caused me to try to catch the wrong thing several times.

It would also be nice to have a way to offset the paddle from your finger a bit more as I regularly found my finger to be blocking the area in front of the paddle. There is a "relative" option, but I'd like to see a way for the paddle to stay with your finger, just with a bigger offset - maybe it keeps the (vertical) distance between the paddle and your finger from when you first touch the screen?

Last - is there a way to have the ball not go perfectly vertically from your paddle when you first launch it?

In general I think this is a very well done game and well worth the download. The criticisms I have are small ones.

by Chead96

I don’t normally make reviews but in this case I will. I do enjoy these types of games, so I was excited to play. I already knew there were gonna be a lot of ads. But for the price they charge to remove them isn’t bad and I did. This game is Amanda so much fun to play. It not easy but its not too hard. It gives it that decent challenging levels. It really works on your reflexes!! There’s so much you can buy with the game credits, which enhances the gameplay. One thing I could say tho is for more levels. I know it gives us a bunch. But I’ve been addicted to this game since I downloaded it and would love more features or something like that! 9/10 would recommend

by AdmiralFarragut

Someone has mentioned that how he has played this game many years ago and still plays it. I can say i have played it 5 years or before that and here i am back at it. Now i earn money and am happy to pay and support the developer. I believe it’s one person who has made this game and i should mention physics of this game and design is amazing. You have mentioned more content is coming and i cant wait for it and would even pay for new levels that would be challenging to 3 star.

by Jon8&8

Completely obsolete and indescribably unique I love the way that this game features many ways to play the simple game for one I like the full screen and white screen control switches I also love the artificial reality and it’s on different kind of loving love it’s weird but true can you take a first generation game and you multiplied the opportunities of ideas tenfold and Id be applauding you for that to the people that created work on and brought this idea to life I’m glad that you have this game is very meaningful to my life and I truly enjoy reviewing and giving you mine best of intrest and pride in this game I have a hunch this Launch will launch even more beautiful things to bless the world with. This truely is a most
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by Charlie Froelich

In today’s climate of mobile games, Micro Breaker is a very high-quality offering. It has the Breakout formula, but the blocks move in weird ways, you have more control over the paddle, and breaking blocks drop a wide variety of items that can either help - or harm! - your gameplay. There are lots of levels to play, but they don’t seem boring or repetitive at all from what I’ve seen. There are upgrades to powerups, the ball and the paddle, bought using credits you get from beating levels, but from what I’ve seen there isn’t a need to grind for them. My only complaint is that the ad system is a bit predatory - when beating the level the game will offer to multiply the player’s earnings from anywhere from double to quintuple the amount, but if they choose no the game will just play an ad anyway. At least there’s a cute message saying “Ad time!” before it happens? Still, I’ll be playing this game for quite a while.

by Mr Walffle2.0

When I was browsing around in MicroBreaker Store I saw this game and I was like man those graphics are pretty good but on the inside I was thinking is this gonna be one of those games where they lie about the graphics and how the game is but when I started playing I was really REALY surprised at how cool looking and how surprisingly the game was fun but I don’t know if there is one but can you add a tutorial but I think I just pressed the wrong button or if you didn’t which is okay cause I can’t even do coding but I hope you make more games just like this one have a wonderful day and goodbye

by Jahxore

I like this game reminds me of break breaker back in the days good graphics and I like the drop bonus you get when you are playing to help you through the game. Paddle move a bit slow wish there was a sensitive control in the settings so I could adjust it to move faster. And I wish there wasn’t a barrier around the game I wish the barrier was my screen like break breaker back in the days over all I love the game you did I good job keep updating it and add more things and improve it and I made a purchase want to support you for your work i think it was $5.99 if am not mistaken to remove the adds and some other things.

by I Can't Think Of A COOL Nickname

Micro breaker is an impressive and polished entry in the brick breaker genre. The visuals are stunning, the controls are precise, the physics feels real, and the game progression seems fair.

The creativity of power-ups, level design (and activity), and layout/interface is what helps set Micro Breaker from the rest. The developer shows added positive consideration to screen real estate, element sizing, and user experience (generation laser power-ups to finish off ‘stake-mate’ moments, lucky-saves, and optional extra revival tokens via ad views).

The developer’s recent and prompt responses to issues with ad-based rewards is a reassuring sign of the developer’s pride and investment in their work. The only other glitch I’ve experienced (which may have been fixed by recent updates) is occurrences where a brick fails remains suspended in air and fails to land on the field, making it impossible to destroy even with the laser.

Ideas for improvement would be a few more additional brick-types and some mechanism to clear boss stages when ‘stale-mate’ instances arise (no laser generation for these stages).

Excellent game and strong contender for the BEST in the genre!

by Lembo2923

This is a very amusing game. The fact that the devs took a game, as old as video gaming itself, and got so creative with it, and made it seem like a completely new type of game is impressive. I don’t know how many games I delete after I play it once. This was not one of them. This game is creative, fun, fast paced, rewarding, and keeps your interest. I love the leveling up aspect( I’m a huge rpg guy). It keeps the game fresh. Ads are some of the shortest and sparse I’ve seen. Definitely not pay to play. There are in app purchases. But the prices are fair, and you can definitely stay interested without buying any. Over all this is a very fresh and creative take on an old classic. They taught this old dog new tricks. Hats off to the devs. They created a fun game you can play for hours, or just a couple minutes why your gas is pumping. Great game.

by Johnnycrit

I was incredibly happy to give me his developers some of my money. The visuals, the sound effects, the brilliant gameplay, and I’ll be amazing upgrades and special abilities make this Easily a top-five mobile game. Definitely the most fun I’ve had on my phone in a few years. People complaining about the in app purchases are just wrong. The amount of money they ask for is very small and very reasonable. And the advertisements are short and you always get rewarded for watching them. Or pay a very small fee to never see them again. I’m shocked at the people I don’t think he’s the bumper deserve a dime from the players.

by Mapl20

I’ve been playing this game for a few months and have enjoyed every bit of it. This is by far the best brick breaker type game on mobile.

I do have a few suggestions that I think could make the game better. One is adding a zen mode. This could be a mode where you don’t have to worry about lives, no bad power ups, no red speed bricks, and a larger distance between the paddle and the bricks so you have more time to react. The purpose for a mode like this would be that sometimes you just feel like relaxing and having fun instead of constantly challenging yourself.

Another suggestion I have is to maybe add a boss battle mode. This could be where you go through each boss level and if you can make it through all of them without loosing all your lives, maybe you get a prize or something.

by MacGeezer

I’m 74 years old and I just laugh at all these crybabies who say the game is too hard. I can do it. Just takes persistence and quick reflexes. And for the entitled class who think the developers owe them a free game, and complain about paying $5 for a game that gives you hundreds of hours of entertainment, games used to cost $35 to $60! Yeah! And they had crappy graphics. I play this game nearly every day. It’s a perfectly-written game with no glitches, no crashes, no wait times. Pay ONCE and play forever.

by Shotgunsmutek

This is one of THE BEST games in MicroBreaker Store besides 1 other I look forward to playing every day. I thought that you were going to come back and add onto the game Marc?
Your fans would be so happy because all that’s happening now is that the game practically makes you win so fast in competition mode that it gets boring because it’s so easy now. Before you really had to work at it to win. and I noticed the ads are shorter, Just a flash of a picture, which makes me think you aren’t going to continue working on this game.

Please come back and add onto this marvelous game. Out if hundreds of games, yours really is the best. I can’t find other games like it . Most games are aimed at war games for boys, and girls games age 4. What about us adults? We like playing games too.
I hope that others give this game a try. You’ll see how beautiful the graphics are and how time and thought was put into making this a very unique game.
I rate it the best game for every year!

by 4ETech

There something about this game that stand out for a old game style only to be modern and better then the few brick breaker games I’ve tried that don’t even come near this one. I only found out about this when I was looking online for a better brick breaker game on the web and someone mentioned this so I look it up. I wish I knew about this game a few years ago. It’s truly an outstanding game that adds so much more to it.

Sure the ads can get annoying and I know the dev has made a way to get rid of them. Though honestly for the price to have a premium price tag of less then 10 dollars more so on a special offer of 5.99 I feel a lot of people seem to want to complain. With respect this the only game the dev has made and deserve some way of making money. With that being said I paid for the premium to show support to the dev of this game.

I hope with my small contribution that it helps the dev to want to make this game better. Thank you for making a fun game that looks great.

by SchwiFam

I loved the original game growing up and the graphics and variety make this game top notch. I bought the premium pack which was worth it in my opinion. However, I was able to get through all the sectors pretty quickly. I think it would be wonderful to see more sectors/levels added In future releases (or even a build your own level option).
I did find that I couldn’t use most of the power balls because they just weren’t visible enough. I play all the games with the neon green high visibility ball.

by Retro Genius

Hello. I have a question: Power ups. You have blue (good) and red (bad). When you catch a blue power up that drops, for example spray, was slowing down the paddle intentional? If you meant it that way, I get it. But super frustrating when you grab a blue power up but are too slow to move the paddle to the opposite side of the screen. I THINK it is meant to force the player to make a split second decision on the pros and cons of grabbing it. Maybe I’m wrong. Anxiously awaiting more levels! UPDATE: Thank you dev for responding. 🇺🇸 UPDATE 2: That’s what I thought. I didn’t think about performance issues. One more if I may….auto-paddle. SHOULD the player be subject to losing a life if the auto-paddle is simply too slow? Hope you take my comments as constructive and not negative. Thank you!

by Toiletpaoer

This would be a decent game but I’m one of those people who like to get three stars on every level and some levels no matter how well I do will refuse to give three stars! Sorry but there are games out there that score more fairly! Update! Gave this game one more chance, played a level, lost one ball, game over!! What the H? Every brick breaker game I’ve ever played offers at least three balls, this game which is nearly impossible to win only gives one? Sorry deleting immediately!