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Nervous Brickdown
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 20 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 9 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Eidos Interactive / Secret Stash Games
Developer: Arkedo Studio
Genre(s): Action
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: June 26, 2007
Summary
Nervous Brickdown allows players to revisit old school roots with a twist to the classic breakout game. Revamped, restyled and stepping into the next generation of handheld gaming, Nervous Brickdown refreshes the player's skills in paddle and ball gameplay while introducing new gameplay elements across 135 levels, like controlling spaceships to blast away bricks or even drawing a custom paddle. Featuring 135 diverse levels spanning over 10 unique modes, Nervous Brickdown turns classic brick-breaking gameplay on its head by taking players into other retro gaming worlds such as intense space shooters, action platforms, and scary haunted houses. Do everything from controlling submarines or blowing the ball into bricks to taking on boss monsters. Designed especially for the Nintendo DS, Nervous Brickdown takes full advantage of the DS’ hardware utilizing the dual screen, stylus, and microphone to present an interesting visual style, charming soundtrack, and unique gameplay features which breathes new life into the brick-breaking genre. [Secret Stash Games]
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What The Critics Said
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Digital Entertainment News
Secret Stash strikes again with a reinterpretation of a classic game. This is for classic arcade freaks, and new initiates. While it works within the classic game design, some of the new game modes are truly original.
Read Full Review >Game Almighty
The key to Nervous Breakdown is that it continuously introduces new challenges and concepts that keep it from feeling stale.
Read Full Review >Console Gameworld
Incredibly fun and unique, but it can become frustrating. A good bet for fans of old school twitch action.
Read Full Review >Modojo
If you absolutely, positively hate Breakout, make a note to skip Nervous Brickdown entirely. However, if you could tolerate a few plays of it or are just experiencing it for the first time, this is a must-buy.
Read Full Review >Pocket Gamer UK
An innovative collection of Breakout-themed mini-games, Nervous Brickdown is a well-designed and beautifully realised slice of DS pocket gaming.
Read Full Review >IGN
Even with the variety of styles and level ideas, the fact that the gameplay doesn’t change a whole lot makes the experience a little repetitive – thanks to the cartridge save it’s good for quick gameplay shots, but it doesn’t do a great job holding attention for more than a few minutes at a time.
Read Full Review >Game Chronicles
While the basic concept that forms the core of this game may still be too simple for some to find entertaining, it still provides a fairly lengthy and fun game with several outstanding qualities.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
With plenty of panache and some clever twists, Nervous Brickdown manages to make the classic Breakout formula feel fun and fresh again.
Read Full Review >GamingExcellence
Nervous Brickdown is a very solid game, offering up enjoyable gameplay, with a very good multiplayer mode and the shuffle mode allowing you to play random levels is a neat twist.
Read Full Review >Games Radar (in-house)
A competitive mode would have been nice, but the big weakness in this package is that it ends too quickly (especially for a $30 game) and leaves you aching for more. Which, considering we’re dealing with a gameplay style first introduced more than three decades ago, is a pretty amazing accomplishment.
Read Full Review >Nintendo Power
A clever take on a familiar concept. [Sept 2007, p.89]
GameSpy
The real issue with Nervous Brickdown is that it finds itself bound to the Breakout formula. There are some very cool, very well-suited to the DS mini-games here, but you're always fundamentally bouncing a ball and trying to make sure it doesn't slip past you.
Read Full Review >MEGamers
The combinations of colours in each stage are very attractive and will keep you coming back for more. The design of each level is also crucial to the games success.
Read Full Review >Worth Playing
Nervous Brickdown isn't a game built to last. It is beautifully creative, taking a classic formula and twisting it on its ear again and again … until it runs out.
Read Full Review >Eurogamer
It's a fine showcase for some good ideas, doing for Arkanoid what Flipnic did for pinball. But its novelty value doesn't make it a game you'll come back to for long, though.
Read Full Review >NGamer UK
This is brimming over with smart and snazzy ideas, but it fails to deliver simple gameplay thrills. [Sept 2007, p.62]
1UP
Nervous Brickdown has style and relative variety, but it's twice the price it should be and a bit too late to the puzzle party.
Read Full Review >VideoGamer
Its undeniably attractive presentation may make it look like the next must-have, cultish handheld release, but sadly Nervous Brickdown is all style and no charm.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 8.3 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Roman C. gave it a1:
Breakout is cool but this game hardly pushes the genre forward. A few good ideas but yet not enough to make that game any better than some sharewares you can find on PC. Also the graphics are a bit average and sometimes just too simple. It can be fun if you don't mind the very repetitive gameplay.
Michal G. gave it a9:
Very nice game. There are a lot of different, funny modes, cute graphics and animations. Music could be better but it doesn't matter. I really recommend this title. Well, let's play!
Tony G. gave it a9:
Videogame crack!! have not stopped playing this game for 3 days now. very original presentation style, awesome control, great graphics, music is very upbeat and foot tappin. serious fun for you casual gamers and breakout fans. reminds me of a hooked up bit generations boundish. now I know why the company is called secret stash...secret stash of vg crack. great job 9.5 overall.
