Cryptic Worlds

Ever since they put Xbox Live Indie Marketplace online there has been a steady stream of new games created by many people who may have otherwise never seen their games released to the masses. Of all these new releases there have been the run of the mill Zombie Shooters and lack luster platformers but every so often we see something new and refreshing. Wizorb takes the old Breakout/Arkanoid formula of block breaking and adds an RPG element to it of sorts. In Wizorb you play a Wizard who is a master of an art of magic involving… you guessed it paddle ball. While it sounds kind of outlandish its very well implemented here. The paddle is in effect the wizards wand which you use to bounce the ball while destroying bricks and defeating enemies on screen. The game follows you as you break bricks on your way to restoring a village ravaged by monsters.
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