Paddle Quest, taking pong to a new level on Windows Phone 8

Paddle Quest is a pong styled game for your Windows Phone viii device that takes on a bit of a RPG twist in that you tin upgrade your attributes (paddle power, speed, spin power, etc.) as you earn feel points and paddle points.

The game is currently a unmarried role player styled game but has aspiration to become an multi-player game in the near future. Paddle Quest has potential but however has some bugs to iron out.

Paddle Quest's principal pages covers:

Unmarried Thespian options
An online store page
An in-game store folio
The multi-player game folio (currently in beta stages)
The game'due south settings page
Your Gaming Stats page.

As matches are completed, y'all volition earn experience and paddle points that can be used in the in-game store to purchase spin and drag power ups. If you desire to become a jump on things, you tin can go the the online store page and buy experience points, paddle points and a paddle pack. Prices range from $.99 and upwards.

Paddle Quest's game settings include options to rate the game, contact the developer and change your paddle. There isn't options for sound or music considering there is no audio effects or music. Which is a piddling surprising in that I expected some sound effects when the ball strikes the paddle. The "alter paddle" button was not responsive for me and I am not sure if you lot accept to buy the paddle pack to change your paddle or additional paddles become unlocked as yous gain feel.

The Game Stats page charts your point scored, power-ups used, rebounds, losses and wings. Game play itself is not much different than a game of pong, ping-pong or tennis. You control your paddle past tilting your Windows Phone and you try to knock the ball past your opponent to earn a point. The first to 5 points wins the game.

At that place are two power-up buttons at the lesser of the screen to control drag and spin on your shots.

I liked the concept just the game did take a little room for improvement. First, Paddle Quest doesn't have a help section. It's not a difficult game to pick up simply a footling guidance on the RPG aspects would be nice. What's the difference between experience and paddle points? What paddles are available and how do you earn them? All it would accept is a brief reference section to help figure some of this out.

Next, I'm not sure if this is a bug in the programming or a need for sensor calibration in the settings but at times my paddle would sink to the bottom of the screen when property the Windows Phone perfectly notwithstanding. I call back the tilt controls needs a little fine tuning or the option to control your paddle by touch.

And speaking of the paddle, movements were very sluggish. Sluggish to the indicate you lot demand to anticipate where your opponents shot is heading well in advance to get into a position to return the shot. I'm not sure if paddle movement improves up as you earn feel merely without any guidance from... say a help section... it could easily exist a bug.

I can't really say Paddle Quest is a bad game only more so 1 that has a feel of being a piece of work in progress. I wouldn't mind seeing options for a different playing courtroom (the gray seems awfully somber) and a help section to give us an idea on some of the games features. The multiplayer mode is interesting and sounds like you'll be competing against other players online, in existent time. This could really make Paddle Quest an interesting Windows Telephone game. Every bit is, Paddle Quest is okay and worth a try. It will be interesting to come across how this game's development progresses.

Paddle Quest is a costless game for your Windows Telephone 8 device that you tin grab here in the Windows Phone Store. If you give Paddle Quest a try, the programmer has a discussion going on here in the Windows Phone Key Forums on the game.

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