DX-Ball 2

The Good
DX-Ball 2 is good. Great even. It is such an improvment over the original DX-Ball, yet retains its atmosphere perfectly. Every aspect of the game was improved, starting with the amazing visual difference: the "Amigaball" in the menu was upgraded to a fully rendered, bump mapped thing, the logos were replaced with visual effects, backgrounds were added and some of the tiles got animated. And still the game retains the same "simple" atmosphere. Good work!

The sound got a bit of an overhaul too, and the addition of support for background music is a welcome change (just throw any module in the appropriate directory and go ahead), and the default level design is spectacular.

The Bad
While the 4-board limit for user-made board packages is understandable, it is certainly not welcome. I wish they at the very least removed it for registered owners.

Most of the ingame music by SideWinder is, to say the least, terrible. There are some acceptably good tracks, but for the most part I find myself switching tunes over and over again just to play one of the very few good ones. Shame.

The Bottom Line
A completely revisited game which retained the feel of the original. One of the few genuinely good Breakout clones.