The Recall facility enables you to 'recall' the ball back to the paddle by right-clicking. Moving targets are nothing new in themselves, but Ricochet Infinity features some extremely cool dynamics. Another neat trick is the freeze powerup-normally you'd want to avoid this as it traps your paddle in ice for a few seconds, but if you can survive those seconds, you get a thousand-point bonus. Powerups available include our old familiar friends: the fireball (destroys all bricks), the rail ball (goes through all bricks), and the sticky paddle and yet there are a few that offer fun variations such as the EMP (electro-magnetic pulse-blow it up when the ball is near a cluster of bricks) and the Blossom (trigger to cover the screen in explosive stars). This is a combination of regular powerups, which become simultaneously better and worse as you earn more advanced ships-for instance, a high level ship special may give you a fireball and a wider bumper, but also make the ball faster and smaller. Aside from aesthetics (they're pretty cool-looking ships), each ship has a specialty which will be triggered when you collect the Ship Special powerup. In addition to the basic breakout formula, you can (and should) collect golden rings hidden throughout the levels, which will enable you to get different ships. Ricochet Infinity continues the space theme of previous Ricochet games, whereby your paddle is a spaceship and the quest features the ability to be promoted to 'Pilot', 'Commander' and similar spacey things. And while Ricochet Infinity is no Break Quest, it is a highly engaging and addictive game that should satisfy both breakout and shmup fans alike.

There are a lot of Breakout clones out there, including a lot that use dynamic targets, the most impressive of which is Break Quest. I was skeptical and wasn't expecting much from Ricochet Infinity at first.

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