You know, the ones where you use a moving paddle to smash bricks with a flying ball. But DX-Ball 2 is one of the gems. It has flashy graphics, many varied power-ups, cool techno music, and comes with 24 boards to beat. I think the game's strong points are its nice graphics and its varied power-ups. The boards all have good-looking backgrounds and there are tons of different brick styles and graphics.
Explosions are nice and grow in intensity when more bricks are exploding in the same area.
Therefore after about 10 minutes you've seen all the gameplay it has to offer. Some people are going to love this kind of game and can play it for hours on end. I don't feel it can offer the same gameplay value of Quake 2 online multiplayer for example. DX-Ball 2 is one of the best out there. But if you don't like this kind of game, DX-Ball 2 probably can't change your mind.