Hoop World
3D basketball trick shots, played entirely with the mouse.
- Category:
- Sports
- Difficulty:
- Medium
- A session:
- about five seconds a shot
- Input:
- mouse
- Source:
- GamePix
Our verdict
7.8out of 10Short, sharp and satisfying. The rotation control is finer than a one button game has any right to be.
About Hoop World
Hoop World is about the dunk, not about the match. You launch a player toward the basket, control the flips on the way, and score on the landing. Simple clicks, and a surprising amount of control once you learn what the timing window actually is.
Style counts. A plain dunk scores, a clean rotation into a dunk scores much more, and an over rotation costs you the whole shot. It gets its hooks in because every attempt is five seconds long and the failed ones are as watchable as the good ones.
How to play
- Click to launch.
- Click again in the air to start a flip, and release to stop it.
- Land the dunk. Rotation adds to the score, over rotation loses it.
Controls
| Left click | Everything. The game needs no keyboard. |
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Tips
- Start the flip earlier than feels right. The rotation is slower than the arc.
- One clean flip beats two rushed ones every time.