Good but gimmicky – Meganoid 2 Review

First off I'm using a 3rd gen iPad so I have the retina display. The graphics and art are clear and appealing. Really like how it looks. The controls are nice and easy. Everything feels really snappy and it's a pleasant control experience. The interface matches the graphics well so overall the game feels polished. The one thing that annoys me, and it's a big one, is that the way the secret gold object is hidden in every level. It shouts to be a puzzle style game with action blended right into it. You work to feign traps and falling rocks, which is fun, but to feel like you really complete the level you have to find the gold object. It's in a lot of levels it's simply hidden through invisible walls where you're forced to make repeated suicide attempts to try and find it. The concept is there but the execution for a solid action puzzler sidescroller falls short.
Review by hedayk on Meganoid 2.