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Horribl once the gleam of the concept wears off. Needs some new mechanics. Overall, great idea but it falls flat. Needs work, then it WILL stand tall.
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I think this game is good just as it is. Just the right amount of challenge because hey... you can't expect to draw a royal flush every time, right?
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Not a bad idea but still needs work done to it i.e. the ball the usually gets to fast so it is usually a case of just trying to keep your lives more than getting a score. so either increase the card fall speed but not too much or decrease the ball speed.
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Poker and Breakout are both great games, but I don't think they go great together. All the strategy of Poker just doesn't blend well with Breakout, and a lot of things Breakout had, like level progression and powerups are removed to make way for the Poker point system.
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Good twist with some potential, unfortunately the failure to incorporate any of the many gameplay orientated innovations arkanoid has seen results in a very dull game. Play some modern clones to see how lacking the game is in certain areas, from paddle and ball physics to creative powerups. Could also use some modification to punish overly conservative gameplay racking up the multipliers.
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I enjoyed the concept of the game but it seems a bit too hard to get the high-scoring hands. As previously mentioned, we're sometimes forced to pick up cards when moving to hit the ball. Missing the ball 'folds'. As is, it seems the only way to get a good scoring hand is to firstly be insanely lucky.
Maybe implement a button that - when held - prevents the paddle from picking up cards? Or maybe change the system so that 2 hits make a card 'clickable'. Clicking it would add it to our hand. A 3rd hit would then simply eliminate the card.
Having bonuses fall is fine since they seem to be beneficial.
Since you've thought of this cool twist, let us properly interact with new strategies generated by the poker element!
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Interesting concept.
It's a bit hard to get nice hands as in order to catch the ball you sometimes need to cross the path of a card you don't want. Perhaps the cards should fall faster? Or the ball should move slower? It might be nice to have multiple difficulty choices related to this.
Also, in these kinds of games I tend to leave the playing area with my mouse, which in this case freezes my controls...
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Great, original concept. However 1)Allow control of paddle even when mouse cursor leaves game window area 2)Slow down the ball just a bit 3)Reduce hit area for picking up cards.
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I like the concept of this game. Trying to hit the cards to make a good hand is much more fun than just hitting plain old blocks.
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Ya, i like it. But the decks need to reset once the board is cleared. Also, once it is cleared, the game should simply end instead of having to waste the remaining lives.