Mmm.
Ballistic is an addiction on the level of
Puzzle Bobble/Bust-A-Move. You control a spinner in the center of the screen, and chains of differently colored balls come down a spiral towards you. You’ve got to shoot the balls in your spinner into the string, and when three or more of the same color meet, they disappear. Setting off chain reactions both stops the action temporarily and clears the chain. Simple as hell, and addictive as hell as well.
There are three game modes -- Panic, which is basically an Endless mode that tests how long you can last, Stage, which is my personal favorite -- you’ve got to clear a certain amount of balls from the loop before they get to you, and the number and difficulty increases exponentially as you beat the levels, and Versus -- a very Bust-A-Move mode where the damage you clear is wrought on your opponent.
It’s really a game you need to see in action to realize its simplicity -- shoot a ball, clear a chain, watch them tumble. Nothing could be simpler. And man, is it fun. You will spend hours and hours playing this game, wanting to put it away because it’s just too much, and then picking up the controller again after you promised yourself that you wouldn’t.
