BreakQuest: Extra Evolution out now, exclusive to PS Vita

I have a little feedback. I don’t play games based on the “freemium” model, at all. I don’t mind paying for games (Sony can attest to that, with the thousands I’ve spent over the years), but this business model makes a game worthless to me – it doesn’t even get installed.

only 1 game i play on freemium model = m blitz ( u are abel to play free en win )

games like Dust 514- ore Ecolibrium = joke

Freemium sucks, would buy full version of game if it was around $5.

P.S. Meanwhile, US gets great sale on japanese games.

And this sale alone beats sh#t out of our crappy summer “sale” – http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/08/12/ps-vita-game-sale-celebrates-japanese-developers/ .

Keep up good work of failing to deliver deals to EU customers, guys!

Got this game 100% already (101%, actually). For those complaining about the freemium model: the game has enough safeguards to finish it with the 33 free balls provided. You can even construct new balls from ingame drops!
If you really don’t want to play a freemium, just het the mini from last year. It’s basically the same game, without the trophies (and a few other niggles).

I truly enjoyed it. Some feedback: I had a few crashes mid-game, which is a drag, even though the game starts up pretty quickly. More worryingly, I had a few times where the ball itself simply disappeared, forcing me to play with no idea where the ball actually went. This is of course an absolute no-go. I hope you can fix that soon. I have a (Dutch) review of the game on the Sony OPC forum: http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/PS-Vita-Games/Breakquest-Extra-Evolution-review/m-p/19526388

I bought the infinite balls pack thinking I was buying the full game (infinite number of balls = no need to buy 100 or 200 ball packs) rather than just an infinite amount of balls that would mean I couldn’t lose a game but could basically cheat my way through each level. When I realised my error I deleted the game thinking if I re-installed without the infinite ball pack I just paid 6Euro for I could play the game with all the risk a limited amount of balls would offer, instead now I can’t re-install the game because it doesn’t give the option to download again after uninstalling. The freemium model is not something I will support again. You have my 6Euro, but it would of been much better to of sold the game out-right. I have the original PSP Mini version of the game already and really enjoy it but I like having the option of touch controls for the new game. Guess I’ll not get to check that out now.

If you want to buy the full version… It’s called “Infinite Balls Unlock”, and it’s 7 Euro.

Just consider the free(mium) version a demo. Though you can actually complete the whole game and earn all trophies with only the demo, from what I’ve heard.

²monoliet: Ecolibrium is a great game, if you care about the topic. You don’t need to spend any money on it.

The infinite balls unlock isn’t the full game mate. That’s what I thought but all it does is give you infinite amount of balls to take on each level, so you never lose a round by running out of balls, you just keep getting more and more balls ( infinite balls ) until you clear a level, taking all the risk out of the game. It’s not explained very well on PSN.

“By default, BreakQuest comes with 33 balls.”

I actually downloaded the game to try it out, and had 0 (zero) balls to play with, so I deleted the game ASAP.

Not interested in freemium, free2play or anything with in app purchases.
Sell the full game at a fair price and I’m down! The above practices need to stay away from our consoles!

I loved the original BreakQuest that was a mini – devious little brick breaking /Arkanoid game.

I however would have preferred it had you just charged for the game instead of charging for balls. I really don’t like this whole Zynga Farmville approach to gaming.

BreakQuest was a great little game – however this version seems to force people to keep it on the vita, especially those who have purchased the extra balls. Because of limited space on the memory card vita owners (I have a 16gb memory card) have to constantly remove games as most titles available on vita are download only. If someone purchases content (as the case with infinite balls) it should always be there in the download list

downloaded it played it collected all the trophies, very time consuming which is good

Downloaded It, It had 0 balls, deleted It.
Just in case you haven’t got It yet, It’s a big no thanks to freemuim guys!

I downloaded it, and it came with 0, ZERO balls. They didn’t even provide 1-3 balls to even try the game. Cheap dev i must say.

Zero Balls? Hello?

The only thing is “Menu” and you can’t start it the first time without paying to get more than 0 balls.

Yes, i deleted it right away as it was waste of space. They should provide a demo sometime.

guys goto the store you can add balls free for a short period of time

goodgood

Update: I redownloaded it, and “Live Area” says 33 balls, while ingame it says 0. When i quit, and restart the game, “Live Area” also says 0 balls.

I tried this with, and without the 1.01 patch. 0 Balls. I also checked the store, but there is no free balls.

Deleted again, and this time forever to never be installed again. ;)

I’m sticking with the minis version. You should have made a remaster of that instead of a freemium model like this.

Loved the minis version. Is this new one coming to the Australian PSN eventually? Cheers.

My version also came with 0 balls, so I purchased 100. Now I have a great new game for only €1,99. I don’t understand people who want everything for free. I would still like to get the promised 33 balls though.

Same here, 0 balls on my version. But in any case, the idea of losing your content entitlement forever just because you delete the save makes this model of freemium way too unstable for me to consider on the Vita. TOM Blitz and Ecolibrium worked well.

Thanks for the quick bugfix. I already completed the game, so it’s not for me any more, but it’s great news for anyone still on the fence about this game. Really worth the try.

I didn’t realize you were also involved in TOM Blitz. I thought that was Alawar Entertainment, but I guess it’s a dev-publisher relationship. Really liked that game, and the support given to that game, even months after initial release.

I agree there is lots to choose for everyone. Don’t like freemium: get te Mini.
Want trophies, leaderboard etc: get this, and pay for the unlimited balls (which really IS like buying the full game)
Want a challenge: get the free game with 33 balls, and try to finish it with that.

What more can people want??

Alexey, I sent your twitter account a message, regarding your upcoming game(s). I hope you (or anyone from Beatshapers) to read it.

Thanks in advance.

But if I redownload the game I will lose my considerable progress and if I then put my old save back (PS+), I will lose the 33 balls. It’s a catch 22.

The PlayStation store does not even acknowledge I bought Breakquest EE freemium any more. It’s like it’s a different game in the store that I have to “buy” again. What if I redownload through my downloadlist?

Great game! I easily completed the game with only 5 balls used. Everyone should give it a try. I think its the best freemium game on Vita alongside Jetpack Joyride.

However, I have encountered a glitch which has really troubled me. I have already crossed 10 million points, but the trophy for that didn’t unlock. What should I do? It would be really bad if I have to put all those hours again just for one trophy.
Hoping for a reply. Thanks for such a god game :)

Sorry, please ignore the glitch part. I just unlocked it.
I have to say it again though, its a great Vita freemium game, everyone should try it!

I will be glad to hear for a really god AAA game for PS VITA im a VITA owner and i will be happy for it. I hope SONY will show something great at the gamescom Good Luck!!

just redownloaded the game for the 4th time and im still getting the 0 balls error and i have been redownloading it via my download list because it won’t let me download it again please help

can you not just message me a code to redownload the game?

@Alexey Menshikov:

Thanks for the reply. The problem here is that BQEE stores the entitlement data on the Vita. Surely it would not take a huge amount of common sense to store it on a server like Ecolibrium does? Of course, then the user will have to either log in each time they start the game which is inconvenient on-the-go for many people, or periodically, which opens the Vita side up to abuse.

Either way, you’re always going to have problems with users either losing entitlements or not being able to get online when using the freemium model, so with those limitations in mind, I would opt for the highest order of common sense of all: drop freemium and just provide the game for a fixed price.

We are not classic Facebook/mobile gamers, the core demographic of the console market’s target audience is completely different to that of FB/mobile where freemium can work well. It’s been shown repeatedly that core gamers of the type who will buy a Vita are not enamoured by micro-transactions...

Also, I’d have a word with SCEE if I were you. In classic SCEE fashion they have botched the launch of your product for most people, and the 99% of users who don’t read this blog will have already downloaded it, received 0 balls, deleted it forever and cost you a sale.

I tried every possebility, and disabled Wi-Fi every time to “hide the game”, but still 0 balls. Before latest patch, and after patch there is 33 Balls on Live Area, and 0 ingame. If i restart the game 2-3 times, Live Area also says 0 balls even with VITA offline all the time.

@Alexey No offence intended but frankly I fail to see the difference in this case, how is buying 100 balls essentially anything other than a micro-transaction? In TOM Blitz you buy crystals and/or lives. The difference is that in TOM Blitz when your lives run out you can wait for them to recharge; in BreakQuest if you run out of balls you have to buy more to continue. That’s not a criticism, just an observation; but essentially, both games use a model whereby the amount of play time available can be extended by paying money, beit for lives or balls. So how are they different?

Not every launch is perfect, no; this one was pretty much a disaster for you given that, as said, the majority of people who receive 0 balls won’t be checking the blog and will likely feel like I did before I checked it: that the devs were tight and wouldn’t even let me try the game before I decided whether to pay more. I know that’s not what happened but that is the impression that will be left in people’s min...

Ah ok that makes sense, thanks for the clarification.

Glad the US launch went better for you, was it a regional thing or? I noticed that all my UK Vita owning friends got 33 balls but all my Norwegian colleagues had 0, seemed like the classic ‘SCEE forgot to include xyz in the download/server config for most territories’ scenario as so often happens outside the EFIGS countries in Europe. Might have just been a coincidence though. Either way, it’s all pretty amateur-ish in the way its run, I doubt I’m the only person outside EFIGS who is pretty fed up of it by this stage.

why does this have NZ??? when it isn’t out on the NZ store?