I would've given each Atari Recharged game 5 stars each one stays pretty faithful to the originals , the gameplay is solid, and overall great. But the lack of offline playability is why its 4 stars all across the board. Hopefully , this can be fixed/patched in the future.
CallingDr Evil
★1/5Xbox
Scam Alert !!!
Online ONLY without telling customers, you snakes !!!
Jmills2471
★★2/5Xbox
KINDA FUN, BUT A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING
The good thing about this Breakout is the many different challenge missions that keep the action from feeling too repetitive however, This is definitely not one of ATARI's best efforts for reviving a classic...the paddle control feels too jerky, and no options to adjust it's sensitivity, most of the powerup drops are completely useless, this version of breakout just doesn't have that same charm as the original, the visuals and sound fx are bland and unlively, it gives the whole experience a generic feel...and who the hell thought it was a good idea to have blocks that can shoot you?! It's incredibly annoying to constantly lose a ball because you have to dodge bullets as you're trying to reach the ball...which also creates an issue with the grow powerup, all it does is make it way easier for the shooting blocks to hit you...wtf, you would think that a game with such a simple concept like this one would be hard to screw up, but somehow this one just kinda falls flat
Schneffenlux
★★★★4/5Xbox
Two small problems.
Needs D-Pad support and some sensitivity tuning only game out of the recharge series I have issue with. Still a strong title.
Insane Riffer
★★★★★5/5Xbox
***They did an awesome update***
It's been patched to include 3 lives in classic mode and 3 lives in an extra recharged mode. Outstanding. 👍 And you can earn extra ships. An already great game, now goes from 3 stars to 5. Thank you devs for the update. I'll still also play the 1 ship mode to chase them high scores.