Sure, let’s dive straight in. So, Fireball 2, right? Radiangames hit us with this flashy arcade survival game, and it’s like, oh boy, what have we got here? Imagine you’re on the PS5, cruising through neon lights, trying not to get smacked by a million enemies. You’re this little fireball dude—why a fireball? No clue, but it’s oddly satisfying. Dodge enemies, blow up bombs, and yeah, it gets intense. Real quick, too. Like trying to juggle flaming bowling pins while on a unicycle or something.
Two modes to mess around with: Core and Chaos. Core is your regular speed, like strolling in the park—if that park was full of pixelated bad guys. Dodge and explode, dodge and explode. Kind of zen in a weird, overwhelming way. Beat enough chaos and you unlock, well, Chaos Mode. It’s like Core but on steroids. Everything’s slower but, surprise, enemies pop up from wherever you just were. Keeps you on your toes, I guess, minus actual standing.
Anyway, controls are simple—move the fireball with the stick and touch bombs to go kaboom. Boost with buttons, but not too much. Boosting into new enemy clumps could spell disaster and I got lost in this way more times than I’d like to admit. Like, ‘Hey, cool, I’m safe!’ and then—boom—you’re a pixelated blob of nothing.
Oh, and Novas! Big explosions, serious business. Make a few Novas and suddenly you’ve got a SuperNova situation. Got two Novas? Combine them to suck everything into a Blackhole. Pure chaos but darned fun, ridiculous as it sounds.
Now for trophy hunters, fire it up—4 Bronze, 9 Silver, 7 Gold, plus a Platinum if you’re really about achieving every pixel challenge possible. Want to smoke 10,000,000 enemies? Yep, that’s on the list. Same for dying 10 times; like, aim for it or not, it genuinely happens.
And, picturing all of this—let’s just say you’re caught in a digital dance-off you never prepped for. At the price of a fancy coffee, $6.99, it’s worth diving in.
Oh, yeah, PS: Thanks to Radiangames for the review copy. It’s my kind of madness.
