Deep Blue 3D Maze in Space

There are various sensations at the time of playing a game that came from a bundle. Wonder for trying to know what's inside without even looking, anticipated joy after checking out the gameplay trailer, eagerness as the installation bar progresses but also moderation since one doesn't really know much about it and should be cautious just in case it's not that great. But that shouldn't be the case, right? Well, it very much is. Deep Blue a.k.a. Deep Blue Maze in Space is a heavily in production early access game that at the same time isn't in early access and may not receive the proper development to become somewhat decent. This is coming from the fact that it’s been many years since its release and the state of the arts as one can perceive it nowadays has become less patient. As there is no story and the presentation is as simple as what you get (gotta give some credit to the tracks and the effects I guess), we can focus ourselves on the deeply flawed gameplay execution of a sphere moving through 3D mazes. Let's get to it. Deep Blue simply doesn't work. Your sphere has to traverse through levels while constantly moving forward and avoiding various annoying obstacles. This implies the use of 2 arrow keys and as you turn from the border the camera does so as well. That's in theory at least since depending on how frequently you do it or the angle of the obstacle, it may get stuck along with the ball. In fact, the hitboxes and the controls are so bad that not only can you fall through the floor into nothingness but the way the ball moves starts misaligned with the level for some reason which can lead to some very frustrating retries. That's not all as there are levels where either the collectible is simply unreachable unless the sphere could jump (it cannot). No worries though since there is in-game currency valuable to purchase upgrades and characters that would make one break the level instead of taking advantage of it. And the game knows this from its achievements, one even having the balls to ask for it to be launched at least 20 times, something the majority of people haven't done and I can't blame them. At least I wouldn't be able to do it if after beating it not even the credits would roll properly. Lovely. In short, for being a game centered around gameplay the only few good points about it are outside of it. Can't really recommend it even for free.