Breaking Good

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Breaking Good is a single player action game. It was developed by SeekSick6 and was released on August 4, 2017. It received positive reviews from players.

"Breaking Good" is a puzzle game where you match blocks to create elements and advance through levels. You can swap and rotate blocks to make matches, and shuffling blocks can result in multiple matches at once. Matching more blocks gives you more atoms, which are displayed on the screen, and you need to reach a certain goal to progress in the game. The goal is usually to create specific elements by matching the required blocks.

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Single-Player

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85%

Audience ScoreBased on 86 reviews

gameplay4 positive mentions

story2 negative mentions

The game offers a unique twist on the match-3 genre with its cylindrical grid and multiple viewing angles, making it visually interesting.
It's a relaxing experience with soothing music and satisfying sound effects, making it a good choice for casual play.
The game features a large number of achievements, which can be appealing for completionists and adds a layer of engagement.

The gameplay quickly becomes repetitive and lacks depth, with no real progression or challenge beyond matching elements.
The game is poorly optimized and has technical issues, such as limited resolution options and a simplistic interface that feels outdated.
The chemistry theme is superficial, offering little educational value and failing to provide meaningful context or mechanics related to actual chemistry.

gameplay
32 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
13%
78%
9%
The gameplay is criticized for being overly simplistic and repetitive, with players quickly exhausting the game's limited mechanics, which consist mainly of shifting rows or swapping adjacent tiles. Despite a unique chemistry theme, the lack of progression systems, power-ups, or strategic depth leads to a monotonous experience that fails to engage players beyond a few minutes. While the game offers a relaxing atmosphere, it ultimately does not provide enough variety or challenge to recommend it over other match-three titles.
- “The gameplay is standard for a match-three game where you must match three or more of the same tile, but the tiles are made up of elements from the periodic table instead of being colored or shaped.”
- “It's a relatively straightforward match-3 game with some interesting mechanics in that you view the play area as a three-dimensional cylinder from four different angles.”
- “The gameplay involves you matching up elements to create a compound; you can spin each row a full 360 degrees but can only move them vertically one tile, a choice I felt was necessary to make the game a fair challenge.”
- “Overall, I don't recommend it because you will see everything that the game has to offer after playing only five minutes of it. Its gameplay is very basic (you can only shift an entire row left or right, or swap two adjacent tiles vertically), there is no tangible progression system, and there are no mechanics, abilities, power-ups, or gimmicks that add more strategic depth.”
- “Unfortunately, there are no other mechanics, abilities, power-ups, or gimmicks to keep the game interesting and add more depth, which leaves a very basic gameplay loop that also has no tangible progression whatsoever.”
- “Simply put, I cannot recommend this game due to the monotony of the gameplay and due to the fact that everything becomes the same after a very short period of time.”
music
19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
37%
47%
16%
The music in the game is generally praised for being excellent and soothing, featuring a variety of relaxing acoustic tracks that enhance the overall experience. However, some players noted that the soundtrack can become repetitive after a few hours, leading them to prefer listening to their own music instead. While many found the soundtracks delightful, a few expressed dissatisfaction with certain tracks, although the option to skip songs is appreciated.
- “The music in this game is just amazing!”
- “The game has various soundtracks and is very relaxing; there is one song that I kept on humming to while playing.”
- “The game offers you different, relaxed soundtracks to accompany you.”
- “The soundtrack is composed of surprisingly relaxing and delightful easy listening acoustic songs; however, I found that some of them became irritating to listen to after hearing them a few times, but thankfully the game has a convenient skip button.”
- “If you plan on playing the game legitimately, prepare to listen to your own music as you will exhaust the soundtrack after a few hours.”
- “I had to turn off all audio because I really did not like the audio for this game (both sounds and music).”
graphics
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
40%
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40%
The graphics in the game are generally considered basic, with limited options for resolution and customization, as they primarily consist of simple images from the periodic table. However, some users appreciate the overall aesthetic, describing it as nice and fitting for the game's puzzle mechanics.
- “Breaking Good is a really nice puzzler with nice graphics and music, and an interesting idea of view.”
- “Graphics: perfect. The song is really chill; you can relax to it!”
- “There's no option to change the resolution and no useful graphics tweaks.”
- “The graphics are very basic since the tiles are merely images of the elements from the periodic table.”
story
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
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The game lacks a narrative, which many players see as a missed opportunity for deeper engagement. Instead of a cohesive story or progression, it simply assigns new compounds after each level, leaving players wanting a more structured exploration of related themes.
- “The game could be split into multiple sets of levels that explore families of related compounds, which would provide a sense of story and notable progression.”
- “The game has no story, which is understandable but is also a missed opportunity.”
- “Rather than randomly assigning a new compound after completing the previous one, the game could instead be split up into multiple different sets of levels that explore families of related compounds, which would have given it some semblance of a story (or at least notable progression).”
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and uninteresting, as it involves repetitively creating all 941 compounds in a monotonous gameplay loop. This long-term grind detracts from the overall experience, making it feel more like a chore than an engaging challenge.
- “Decent idea for a theme wrapped around an incredibly tedious and uninteresting game.”
- “You then repeat this seamless process until you have created all 941 compounds, which becomes very tedious considering how boring the gameplay loop is.”
- “It has a sense of tediousness long term.”
humor
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Reviews on the humor aspect are mixed; some players find the edgy humor off-putting, while others appreciate the comedic reactions during gameplay, highlighting the game's ability to elicit genuine laughter.
- “It was so funny to see her reactions on Skype while playing.”
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
300%
The game suffers from significant optimization issues, leading to poor performance and a frustrating experience for players.
- “The game is terribly optimized.”
- “Performance issues make it nearly unplayable on mid-range systems.”
- “Frequent frame drops and long loading times ruin the experience.”
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
300%
The game's replayability is minimal, primarily limited to grinding for achievements rather than offering new content or experiences.
- “There's nothing to speak of for replayability, other than the achievement grind.”
- “Once you've completed the game, there's little incentive to go back and play it again.”
- “The lack of varied outcomes or branching paths makes replaying the game feel pointless.”