Marble Mountain

When you first boot up Marble Mountain, you probably won't be impressed. The graphics look very cheap, the music sounds like some sort of cheap royalty-free track, and the noises made by the "skull" enemies that soon appear are just awful. It doesn't help that later in the game, the larger levels are very poorly marked and you will spend a decent amount of time trying to figure out which direction you're meant to go, and there's one particular desert-themed level that is just complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. But you know what? I really like this game, for three main reasons: 1. Maybe it's just me, but I can't find a good old-fashined marble run game on Steam. Maybe they went out of fashion, but I really like the balancing act of manuevering many imaginative obstacles and occasional light puzzles and maintaining control over my marble. 2. The controls are sublime. It's really easy to control your marble without losing too much control, yet when you have to maneuver across a sloped surface, you can almost FEEL the marble trying to roll away. it's smooth, it's responsive, and I love it. 3. Despite the poor layout, I'm genuinely impressed by the design of the levels. The developer has clearly put some thought into building the world that you navigate, and there is a great amount of variety to the obstacles and puzzles. The levels are never just plain single-coloured blocks with the occasional decoration but fully fleshed out scenes and structures, and it genuinely feels like your little marble is going on an adventure. In addition to the above, at the time of writing, I'm up to a level simply titled "Tricksy", and that is when ♥♥♥♥ gets real and the developer kicks his design ideas up a notch. VR support is also a bonus. Admittedly, I can't review this as I don't have VR equipment at home, but I imagine it's quite cool. Having support for both Steam and third-party VR is a great idea from the developer, too. TL;DR: Buy it when it's on sale. Pros: - clever level design - great controls - good old-fashioned fun - VR support Cons: - looks cheaply made - poor level layout - that one ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ desert level - annoying music & SFX

I love this game in VR. However, I can play it for about a level before the motion sickness I experience requires me to take a break. The developer mentioned that they did testing and many people are fine. But they are also listening to feedback and will be making some adjustments in the future. In this era of VR, I'm happy with that response and look forward to it. I have only just started this game and will continue to play it in VR once in a while. Therefore, I do recommend it even though I haven't even tried it besides VR. The graphics are nice, the gameplay and challenges are fun, and I like the 3D world / ambience. I feel it's well worth the price for the dev's work. As far as whether you will get sick, all I can tell you is my experiences with tolerance: I can play Lucky's tale for hours. I can play project cars for probably 30 minutes but usually close my eyes during rough crashes or spins. I can't play No Limits 2 rollercoaster sim at all. I can fly for hours, even banking a lot, in the Aerolfy sim. This, as I said, one fun level and I need to stop to be ok. I hope that helps.

Juego entretenido y que requiere de habilidad. No obstante, mi ordenador tiene un procesador intel core i3, aunque he bajado los gráficos al mínimo el juego se para de manera intermitente en mitad de las partidas. Son pequeños parones que no cuelgan el ordenador pero que entorpecen el juego. Aunque los requisitos mínimos señalan procesador 2.0 GHz or higher, es una pena no poder disfrutar del juego al máximo.

If your longing to play Marble Madness again then this is the one to try. Way better graphics and more in depth. Be careful though you just might get motion sick syndrome from all the spinning and zooming around LOL...

2/10

Wonderful VR game with smart level design, good music and relaxing+fun gameplay! Not for VR beginners though..

Good game. Graphics are the same as the Ilistrations, controls are prety straight forward. gets slippery at times !! I would Recommend! 4 STAR Baby! nice GAME so far!

This feels very much like a Dreamsoft Games production although apparently made by a different developer It's so novice it hurts but it's also incredibly enjoyable - there's no reason for a game this cheap and tacky looking to be this good which is similar to what I can say about all of Dreamsoft's works to date as well. Only negative I can offer is that unless you keep going back to complete each level with the best score this is an incredibly short game. Take note of my time, I am half way through the twenty levels right now with best score for all. One other critique, turn the music volume all the way down as, aside from a decent end credits score, it only serves as a mocking distraction.