I still remember the nights when I was a student, hiding in bed and playing "Pinball" on the GBA, playing level after level just to see the hidden easter eggs on the next map. Later, I was addicted to "Explosive Pinball" on the PSP for a long time. The pleasure of calculating damage using reflection angles was really the purest joy in youth. Unexpectedly, I tried this "Miracle Gunner" on a mobile phone simulator today. I actually played it for two hours at a stretch, and my eyes were a little wet😭
To be honest, when I first saw the label "Roguelike Pinball", I thought it was another pickup card game. But when I actually got started, I discovered that this game combines pinball gameplay and skill combinations very well. When the marbles are thrown out, various combos will be triggered when encountering different monsters, such as freezing, lightning, and splitting bombs. I can actually combine the style of "continuous fire + penetration + critical hit" by myself. The sense of strategy is not inferior to the mood when I studied the terrain routines of "Castlevania". Moreover, it has more than 500 levels, and each level has new dark beasts and mechanism layouts. It reminds me of the obsessive state of "just try again and you will pass" when I played "Meteor War" on the NDS.
What surprises me the most is that although it is a new game, it has not lost the "physical feel" of old-school pinball at all - the arc of the shot, the strength of the rebound, and the screen shaking feedback when hitting the weak point are all particularly solid. Unlike many mobile games nowadays, which are all automatic battles and mindless numerical crushing. This game really requires you to use your brain to calculate angles, combine skills, and even design strategies based on different monsters. Isn't this the challenge we loved most on handheld consoles back then?
It is said that the developer is Chengdu Hualian Interactive Entertainment, and the charge is actually 0 yuan, and there are no pop-ups to force you to pay. I played it for two hours, and it felt like I was buying a treasure game on an emulator. Although it is not the emulator itself, it is precisely because of the emulator that I can relive the old taste of GBA, PSP, and NDS on my mobile phone, and taste the surprise of this new pinball Roguelike. Youth is really back! ✨
For those who are interested, just search for "Miracle Gunner" and have a look. If you loved playing marbles secretly under the desk back then, you will definitely understand my excitement. Remember to leave a message and tell me what incredible combo you made! 😎