Super Bubble Pop (TimeMage)
Format: Advance
Genre: Puzzle
Developer: Runecraft
Publisher: Jaleco

Review
Super Bubble Pop is a unique spin on the classic circular object dropping series. This time around, instead of aiming with some sort of cannon you're placed on a 3D plane with a character on the bottom that can go left and right and throw your spheres straight forward. The goal is sorta similar to other puzzle games, get 3 of the same color in a line to make it disappear. The catch with this one is that whenever you launch a gem towards the field, it will automatically be put at the lowest level on the field and push all the other gems it hits upwards on top of it. This makes it hard to make lines horizontally, but they can be done. There are also various non-bubbles on the field like the PowerUp Void-Lightning Thing, the pie graph which extends the bonus timer, and the rocks which... are rocks. There are also these level star things that, when you get enough, you complete the level. The most interesting thing about this game is how levels are beaten. Seemingly, you can complete a level by either getting enough level stars, or by clearing the field of all the spheroids. What's interesting about this though is that if you clear the field too fast, you will either be awarded with a "perfect" or more lines of bubbles. I'm not quite sure what the conditions are to cause the perfect anymore because of that. Game is strange. The graphics in the game range from adequate to "what the heck?". The text often looks like it's on crack cocaine or snorting some really good ridlin. The music also has a very rough range from sounding like a B-movie's background noise to being the most badass fire and flames type of buildup music. The song named "Amigaos" is easily the best song in the game while the song "Indus Valley" is by far the worst. The game has 3 difficulty levels as well, and a "tutorial". Each mode has 50 levels in it. Beating Easy and Medium will each net you a new character. Beating Hardmode does nothing. Credits in the menu.

All in All, giving this a 7.5 score felt pretty okay. The gameplay gets pretty repetitive. The music can sometimes be distracting. The RNG can sometimes be unforgiving. Fast-Action Puzzle Game?

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