{"id":26393,"date":"2026-01-07T00:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T00:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=26393"},"modified":"2025-12-18T13:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:33:09","slug":"bob-the-brick-breaker-switch-ps4-ps5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/07\/bob-the-brick-breaker-switch-ps4-ps5\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob the Brick Breaker (Switch, PS4, PS5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/bob_box-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-26388\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BOB_BOX-82x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"82\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BOB_BOX-82x150.jpg 82w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BOB_BOX-163x300.jpg 163w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BOB_BOX.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 82px) 100vw, 82px\" \/><\/a>Help Bob the Brick Breaker (as opposed to Bob the Builder), break bricks by bouncing a wrecking ball with a girder.\u00a0 Yup, it\u2019s a BreakOut or Arkanoid clone.\u00a0 But is it as good as those classics?\u00a0 You\u2019ll just have to read on to find out!\u00a0 The game is available on Switch and PlayStation consoles, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n<p>As Bob, you\u2019ll run left and right at the bottom of the screen, bouncing the ball around to break bricks.\u00a0 Sometimes, power-ups will fall down for you to catch, and they\u2019re typical Arkanoid style power-ups like a 3-ball splitter, extend your paddle girder, make the ball cut through bricks, etc.\u00a0 I do like how they keep things moving by having the screen scroll to the next stage, even if you haven\u2019t broken all the blocks from the last one.\u00a0 And instead of the ball just falling into an abyss from the bottom, it\u2019ll bounce back.\u00a0 I also like the 1930\u2019s style cartoon construction site motif. \u00a0Aside from the single player mode, you can also play two player co-op and vs. modes as well.<\/p>\n<p>I did have some problems with the game, though.\u00a0 Your character moves too slow on the bottom of the screen, and I couldn\u2019t figure out how to tell how many times you can miss the ball.\u00a0 Plus I thought this game was way too hard, although I\u2019m not really very good at these types of games, even though I still like playing them.\u00a0 If that makes any sense.\u00a0 But if you want an Arkanoid clone to play, you might want to check this one out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/bob_screen-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26389\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BOB_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BOB_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BOB_SCREEN-300x167.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/BOB_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nothing too violent or objectionable here.\u00a0 When you get a Game Over, Bob just falls off the screen and it shows him under the girder with a cracked hard hat.\u00a0 Reading skill isn\u2019t needed, but younger gamers may find it too difficult.\u00a0 \u00a0Bob the Brick Breaker is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help Bob the Brick Breaker (as opposed to Bob the Builder), break bricks by bouncing a wrecking ball with a girder.\u00a0 Yup, it\u2019s a BreakOut or Arkanoid clone.\u00a0 But is it as good as those classics?\u00a0 You\u2019ll just have to read on to find out!\u00a0 The game is available on Switch and PlayStation consoles, but 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