I’ll be honest, I didn’t expect that Break Limit would impress me at all. I expected a generic, scrolling shooter with a few power-ups that made it kind of cool. So to say that Break Limit blew me away isn’t an understatement. At face value, Break Limit does look like “just another space shooter,” but it really is much more than that. It is worth it to give Zombie Monkey Games a chance for this one. The game has a lot of unique aspects to set it apart from other shooters, making it absolutely worth the 80 Microsoft point asking price (equal to $1.00).
There’s a lot to like in Break Limit. The game takes inspiration from a previous indie favorite, Hypership Out of Control, although with less focus on the “going faster and faster” aspect. Rather, in Break Limit the core goal is to collect orbs so that you can achieve “break limit.” Once this is achieved, you can hold down the left trigger to fly through the level, destroying anything and everything in your path. Speed does gradually increase as levels continue, but this doesn’t have as much of an effect on the game.
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