News: Nurium's BreakQuest

January 14, 2005, 08:07 PM

by simoniker, via jonnyram -
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Inevitably, any sampling of shareware/indie PC games must include a near-lethal percentage of Breakout/Arkanoid clones. However, Spanish developer Nurium Games' BreakQuest blends smart abstract physics and cool-looking, neatly-designed levels, along with a full story mode and a soundtrack by C64 legends Maniacs Of Noise to create something that, judging by the free demo, almost transcends the genre. Oh, and apparently it won GameTunnel's prestigious Arkanoid Game of the Year for 2004, as well, gaining further affirmation from the ball-bat interface cognoscenti.