The Ball (2010)

[b]The Ball[/b] [i]lmao[/i], is basically a washed down Portal game set within ancient structures as you navigate your mute character. The puzzles are very simple most of the time and you don't really feel challenged enough to go through the entirety of the game. Enemies are mostly mummies and they are begging to get crushed by, yes you've guessed it - [b]THE BALL[/b]. I've only played for an hour but I already saw all this game has to offer - mid puzzles, a giant, dragging ball that goes wherever you go, no weapons, no legs for the character who is awfully short for some reason and basically no storyline whatsoever. I don't know what were they thinking at Tripwire when they made this game with the most basic ass name in the history of gaming - [b]The Ball[/b] [i]lol[/i] doesn't bode well in my opinion at all and there's literally nothing about it that can make me play it for a minute longer. Tbh, I was basically [i]forced[/i] to buy this game in order to get a DLC character for Killing floor, no wonder why they did that because I don't know who in the right mind would ever buy this. [h3]4/10[/h3]

Its fun but doesn't have too much replayability. Cool puzzles but could of had more stuff I think. Has a portal bonus level. I like it but get it on sale.

I'm gonna be honest right off the bat: I bought this game purely for the Portal DLC that was added during the "Potato Sack" ARG thing prior to Portal 2's release. I have played a bit of the campaign as I thought the aforementioned DLC would appear in the "Campaign" chapters after game completion... And I feel it's a good thing I didn't see the addon right off the bat because the portion of the campaign taught me the varying mechanics of The Ball instead of just throwing myself into the deep end. I like the lighting and the overall aesthetics of the game: the "ancient ruins" vibe is really great! Though my one complaint is that it's easy to miss parts of a chamber; there was one puzzle in Chapter 2 that I couldn't complete for like 15 minutes because I missed the corridor on the left of the chamber, even though it was lit well enough... The puzzle itself was pretty simple. This is not the only example, so maybe I wished some areas was more obvious on where to go. I like the re-occuring motif in the agme's soundtrack - really pleasing on the ears. I got mid-way through Chapter 2 where I randomly checked "Survival" and found the Portal DLC hiding there. The DLC is well made, and I l…

Too slow and too dull. Like a Portal rip off that thinks what is fun is wandering around slowly.

Need to edit config files for modern screen resolutions. Ridiculous spike pit puzzles that suck you into them and then make you re-do a bunch of crap just to get back (so much for save points).

A surprisingly fun puzzle game. It was easy to understand and I had a great time!