I remember in high school over twenty years that in my Math class, there was a computer in the back. On the computer was a game where gorillas threw bananas at each other. You input the angle and the strength of the throw, and hope you hit. Notebook Artillery is the successor to those kinds of games. To be fair, so is the Worms series, but this game is to bring back the idea of the artillery games in math class and it does that well. You have three modes. Target practice, VS. CPU and, Vs. Player Two. Game play in all three modes is the same. Adjust the power and the angle, and then fire with the A button. In target practice you hit a variety of targets. In VS. modes you hit the opposing cannons. And that’s all there is to Notebook Artillery.
Notebook Artillery is simple and has a decent price point of $4.99. The only complaint I have is the modes have no end. There is not limit to how many targets you can hit, or cannons you destroy, but neither did the Artillery games in math class. They just kept going. Question is, should you get this, or a Worms game? Well, that depends on how old you are. If you’re like me and want to relive high school days, this is. If you’re younger and want a full fledged game, a Worms game may do. Notebook Artillery will get a Recommended with an eight back score. This is because it does what it says it set out to do. It even says this in the marketing blurb:
Once upon a time in the late 20th century AD, near the turn of the penultimate decade of the millennia, a magical confluence occurred in Middle School Macintosh computer labs across the globe: Artillery.
Infamously known by teachers as the scourge of attention — countless students spending entire computer lab periods firing cannons at each other instead of writing English assignments. The temptation too great, no child could refuse the siren’s call of the game’s accurate physics model and competitive nature.
Get Notebook Artillery if you want it.
Overall: Notebook Artillery competently recreates a math classroom classic. Get it if you want.
Verdict: Recommended
| Release Date | 4/4/24 |
| Cost | $4.99 |
| Publisher | Polycrush Games |
| ESRB Rating | E |
