{"id":22824,"date":"2022-12-09T00:01:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T00:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=22824"},"modified":"2022-11-12T13:24:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T13:24:58","slug":"arkanoid-eternal-battle-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/09\/arkanoid-eternal-battle-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkanoid: Eternal Battle (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Arkanoid is a classic arcade game that came out in the mid 80s by Taito, makers of Space Invaders and Bubble Bobble.\u00a0 It\u2019s a Breakout clone, meaning you move a paddle on the bottom of the screen as you bounce a ball to break blocks at the top.\u00a0 Except Arkanoid features improved graphics, power-ups, and enemies, so it\u2019s really a better game.\u00a0 Arkanoid is a special game to me for many reasons.\u00a0 It was a mainstay arcade machine at the local Pizza Inn when I was a kid, and it was one of the few arcade games I could get my dad to play.\u00a0 Because of that, Arkanoid was also one of the first games I got for my NES (I also thought the included paddle controller was cool).\u00a0 Over the years I\u2019ve enjoyed other Arkanoid games, like Arkanoid: Tournament Edition and Revenge of Doh in arcades, Doh it Again on SNES, and Arkanoid R.\u00a0 I also really liked Arkanoid DS because the music in it is freaking awesome.\u00a0 So I was excited to review Arkanoid: Eternal Battle, the newest in the series.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think I have to explain the gameplay too much, as it\u2019s pretty straightforward.\u00a0 You move a paddle on the bottom of the screen to bounce a ball and break blocks.\u00a0 When all the blocks are cleared, you move to the next level.\u00a0 Power-ups will fall from the blocks and you\u2019ll want to collect them.\u00a0 Some give you multiple balls on the screen, some slow down your ball or make it bigger, one expands your paddle, and there\u2019s the all important Laser which lets you shoot blocks!\u00a0 Enemies rove around the screen, but they\u2019re more of an annoyance as they just mess with your ball\u2019s trajectory.\u00a0 If you miss a ball you\u2019ll lose a life, and if you lose them all it\u2019s Game Over.<\/p>\n

There are four main modes of play.\u00a0 Eternal Battle is the main one, and it\u2019s like a Battle Royale with dozens of other players online.\u00a0 Unfortunately I don\u2019t have a PlayStation Plus account so I couldn\u2019t do this one.\u00a0 Guess I should\u2019ve reviewed it on Switch.\u00a0 Whoops, my bad.\u00a0 I guess I can make a mistake every once in a while.\u00a0 But I bet you can imagine what a Arkanoid Battle Royale game would be like.\u00a0 You can also compete locally with two to four players at the same time in Versus Mode.\u00a0 Neo is a new single player mode with different stages and such.\u00a0 And last is Retro where you can play the original arcade game that started it all.\u00a0 You view Retro mode like it\u2019s in a curved CRT screen inside a cabinet and there are arcade sound effects all around you.\u00a0 Although I swear that first stage in Retro mode is NOT the first stage in the original Arkanoid.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately I had a few problems with this one.\u00a0 In Neo Mode, you can continue as often as you like, but if you stop continuing and come back later, you have to start all the way at the beginning again.\u00a0 It would\u2019ve been nice to let you start at stages you\u2019ve completed.\u00a0 Also the game just doesn\u2019t have that Arkanoid \u2018feel\u2019 to it.\u00a0 The sound effects and graphics are all different, and I hate that blurred effect they give the visuals.\u00a0 It messed up my eyes.\u00a0 It\u2019s still a serviceable block breaker game, but you can really tell Taito didn\u2019t make it themselves.\u00a0 It\u2019s not one of my favorite Arkanoid games and I was a bit disappointed with it.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arkanoid: Eternal Battle is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You break blocks with a ball and your paddle explodes when you miss, and that\u2019s about as violent as it gets.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the menu texts, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Younger gamers may find it too difficult, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arkanoid is a classic arcade game that came out in the mid 80s by Taito, makers of Space Invaders and Bubble Bobble.\u00a0 It\u2019s a Breakout clone, meaning you move a paddle on the bottom of the screen as you bounce a ball to break blocks at the top.\u00a0 Except Arkanoid features improved graphics, power-ups, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22824"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22826,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22824\/revisions\/22826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}