3 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 2.8 hrs on record
Posted: Sep 5, 2016 @ 5:06pm
Product received for free

-Quick Review-
Marble Mayhem: Fragile Ball is a physics game developed by Bimboosoft Co.,Ltd. and released 2015.

Okay real talk, do you remember those old wooden maze games with the number holes, and the little steel ball you would navigate through the maze by tilting the maze up down, left or right? After a sequence of google searches I've come up with the title "Labyrinth marble game".
Take that concept, and make a game out of it. BAM, that's Marble Mayhem Fragile Ball, and depending on your opinion of that retro physical game, that will effect your opinion on this game. Full disclaimer: I'm terrible at the real life version. Do read on!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=757478124

-Detailed breakdown review-
Gameplay: Easiest controls I can describe: Mouse to tilt right and left. BAM! Review done, roll the credits.

Okay, I can elaborate more on it. Some people seem to have problems with mouse sensitivity, I did notice you can tilt slightly with the keyboard but I pity you if you need to rely on the right and left arrows; I didn't try any levels with them. Some levels let you tilt the camera more then others.

The idea is your moving a ball around a maze, and if your ball hits the ground or spikes it will break and you'll need to restart from the beginning. There are actually two kinds of balls, a blue bouncy ball which won't break from fall damage (but instead you need to worry about spikes, and using bounce physics to your advantage), and the regular brown ball which will break if it builds up too much momentum before running into the wall.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=757674555

There are actually two difficulties for the game, I mainly played Normal because, while I am stupid and do like a good challenge, I'm not a sadist! I played maybe 4 levels on hard difficulty and discovered very quickly I didn't want to play that difficulty (the ball is just significantly less forgiving.

Conclusion: How much entertainment is in this game? I played a few hours legitimately amused an entertained. It would be interesting to see if controllers or motion controls worked with this game (unfortunately I don't have access to either, so I can't tell you if they work).
For the asking price, meh. This game is alright... If you're looking for a quick play, or something to distract your kids with, or want some steam trading cards, go ahead and pick this game up.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=757674540
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4 Comments
Atratzu Sep 9, 2016 @ 11:14am 
Ahhh. I thought you were using some type of slang and google wasn't helping.

It does feel like it would be a cell phone game, but that all depends on if it would register the tilting controls.
Dryspace Sep 8, 2016 @ 10:51pm 
I simply mean that this game is clearly designed for telephones and tablets.
Atratzu Sep 8, 2016 @ 3:38pm 
I'm not sure what you mean by that.
Dryspace Sep 8, 2016 @ 3:35pm 
Obvious telephone game is obvious.