Score: 9
"Some big fun... just got BIGGER."
date: February 13, 2008
The first Bubbles was a lot of fun, and a great game. The second one, though, was a true innovation. I particularly liked the new power-ups (particularly the Bubbles Gravity and the Repel Mines)... but the really smart tweak you did was keeping separate timers for the power-ups instead of clumping them together in the first game.
I especially like how you can make your bubble especially big with the right power ups combined.
The only thing that stops a perfect 10 rating was the loss of the original music from Bubbles 1. The current Newgrounds soundtrack isn't bad, but I thought removing the tracks from the first one (particularly "Around the World" from Daft Punk) was like removing the ketchup from my fries. (Maybe make it a selectable (or unlockable) feature in a Bubbles 2.1 variant, if you have time?)
Oh, and folks, the Newgrounds game is sweet, but you really gotta see how crazy-go-nuts-HUGE you can make your bubble with a Sugar Rush of power-ups with Manuel's original formula back at his rancho.
I'm wondering... is it possible to blow up your bubble so large that it can't fit in the screen anymore? Maybe with the Wraparound power-up?
In any event... big fun... that gets bigger... and bigger... and BIGGER.