Break Beat is based on a clear idea, you must make all the bricks on a board disappear to access the next level while preventing your energy reserve from running out. First, you move the paddle to return the ball and keep the action in play. Then, you watch the colors, because they determine the best way to recover resources during the match. The ball adopts the color of the last brick hit, then the paddle takes on the color of the last ball it touches. If you break bricks that match the paddle's current color, you generate protons that recharge energy. Otherwise, you may progress in the level, but without compensating the continuous decrease of this gauge, which becomes increasingly fast over time. The game therefore asks you to make constant choices between immediate cleaning and preparing a more profitable sequence. Sometimes you must accept a less direct angle so that the ball changes color at the right time, then return to a more interesting group of bricks to recover energy. If the ball hits the ground, the penalty adds to this natural wear, which turns every mistake into a concrete risk of failure. When the board layout becomes painful, you can also regularly use a laser to remove the last remaining bricks and avoid a level ending that drags on. In the long term, the score also matters, because reaching 15000 points unlocks a wheel of fortune that allows you to obtain collectible cards to complete an album. Situations therefore vary between trajectory management, color adaptation, energy maintenance and the search for the best yield. Have fun!
Play this game with the mouse.
Categories: Arcade / Breakout
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