Freebie Review (Bogdan)
Freebie Review - Rating: 6.3/10
General Impression
Freebie is a well-made game, in which you need to score as high as you can. After you have scored 50 points, all the achievements will be done. It took me a really while to get them all, I died so much. The graphics and the textures are neat and colorful. The epilepsy mode has advanced graphics on the overall surface, where the balls bounces. The atmosphere varies between a normal one (the colors on the background will change without flashing or anything special) and one where it has a bunch of colors rotating and which will flash constantly, giving you a harder time to conquer the score. There are 2 green bars and 2 red bars, which are consecutively one after another in a square. If you hit the green ones, you get a point. In the center, there is a paddle, which is constantly rotating. There you will hit the ball which will go into the bars. And also, after hitting 10, 20, 30, etc. points, the paddle will rotate quicker, making it harder to hit the correct bars. To get all the achievements, you must reach the 50 score. You will die a lot, especially if your reflexes are not very good. I have talked about the gameplay too, off to other features: The user-interface is very simple, and with no special designs, representing the retro era a lot, just like this game. The controls… the mouse doesn’t even work, hence the game says that it has mouse support. Maybe it is just for me, but I played very well with the arrows as well. Overall, they are simple and easy to learn. The engines are alright, I haven’t found any haven’t met any bugs, crashes, screen freezes or frame drops. The mechanics are neat and well-designed. Freebie is a cute indie game, where you will face many deaths before reaching a decent score. Good for the ones who want to improve their reflexing skills.
Positive Points
Neat graphics and textures
2 types of neat atmospheres
Pretty nice audio and music
Fun and challenging gameplay
Simple user-interface
Simple controls
Pretty stable engines
Pretty nice mechanics
Steam achievements
Trading cards
Neutral Points
Some more additional designs would be nice
There should be more music soundtracks
Negative Points
This game is hard for people who don’t have good reflexes or a very high concentration
Right now it has little content