ZJ The Ball
SCORE: 83
Breakthrough Gaming bounced upon the video game scene with ZJ the
Ball. This quirky, artistic, little title really surprised us here at
Family Friendly Gaming. The main character ZJ is a ball. He moves
throughout the levels by bouncing. Unless you let ZJ sit long enough,
(to bounce himself to stop) he is in perpetual motion. The excitement
this adds to this game is fresh, and innovative. The storyline is a
little quirky, as ZJ goes out on a search for some flowers for his
mother. Along the way he meets a robot, whose job is to make ZJ play
little mini-games, in order to progress. Amazingly, ZJ winds up helping
out the robot, and never does find the flowers.
The graphics in this game are extremely artistic. There are three
camps when it comes to the art work used in this game: those that love
it, those that hate it, and those that are indifferent to it.
Personally, this reviewer appreciated the art work in this game, and a
company that is willing to go in a different direction than the
industry. The sounds in this game are excellent, and the music was
perfectly exceptional. There is some replay in this game, but not a
whole lot. The main reason to replay is to get the code (once all coins
have been collected in the game). This code will be used to unlock
special "stuff" in the sequel. The game's ending sequence strongly
suggest the sequel. The other reason to replay ZJ the Ball is the fun
involved in playing the game. The innovative gameplay is excellent. The
only draw back is the length of this game, as it is on the short side.
Sadly, there is not a lot of extras in this game. There are coins hidden
in different places. This is an area the developer can improve on, in
the sequel.
All of this game is perfectly family friendly. It does not have a
rating, but in all honesty, it does not need one. There is no violence
in this game. All of the dialog is very family friendly, and it is
friendly to believers in Jesus Christ. It is obvious that the developers
are Christians, and this game is a shining example of that.
Breakthrough Gaming has kept their costs low by producing the game
CD, and a small page of instructions only. There is no CD case included.
At the bare bones price of $9.95, this game can be purchased from their
web site. It is really nice to find out about games like this one, that
are family friendly, believer friendly, and fun. This reviewer is
thankful that Breakthrough Gaming took the time to create this game. We
give this game a recommendation.
- Chris
Graphics: 80%
Sound: 90%
Replay/Extras: 69%
Gameplay: 87%
Family Friendly Factor: 90%
System: Nintendo DS
Publisher: Nintendo
Rating: 'E' for Everyone
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