The Ball

A brief synopsis, first... you're an archaologist exploring a recently discovered chamber near a mining site. You fall into a deep hole... too deep to crawl out without assistance. Your fellow diggers go to find a rope... and you decide to explore the cave you've fallen into. While in there, you discover that this is the entrance to an ancient Mezo-American civilization which had involvement with extraterrestrial life with very advanced technology. And you discover two pieces of this... a "control glove" and a "ball." The entire game involves using this ball... which you can "call" and you can "thrust" using the glove... to clear obstacles, solve puzzles, and so forth. It's nigh-on-indestructable and far more powerful than you're initially led to believe. And it is your ONLY tool. This game has some elements in common with "Portal," which also gives you only one tool, and requires you to discover ways to us that in combination with your environment to proceed. In effect, both games are "puzzle games." This is NOT a "fast paced shooter" by any stretch of the imagination. It requires you to study, observe, and think. That's why I'm so fond of it... I LOVE games that immerse me into a new situation and make me think my way out of them, without it feeling TOO "artificial." Yeah, the ball itself is not really consistent with reality, but once you accept what it is... everything else makes sense, and you can think your way out of any situation you find yourself in.

Nice game with action and puzzle but this game does not install with Galaxy 2.0. The download is ok but the final setup fails. If you download the standalone setup you get the English version of the game and the language setup program does not work. GoG can you solve this issue? It is a pity for such a game. I added this issue on the forum and I have no answer. Four stars for the game less 2 for this issue.

Not your next Shakespeare in terms of writing or gameplay, but offers a little bit of fun. Would not recommend anyone to stop or rearrange their playlist for this. But if you're looking for something different and low comitment this is a nice try.

I am pretty OK with playing shooters, but when it comes with this one, I felt dizzy and it made me puke after a 2 hours of gameplay. The game is not a problem (it's quite fun), there's somehow a problem with the engine, it's making me feel bad.

Playing this game reminded me a lot of playing Montezuma's Revenge, one of the earliest platformers, probably because it has the same theme and atmosphere. This game you are a archeologist exploring caverns filled to the brim with ancient Aztec contraptions. Levels are completed by solving puzzles in which you have to use a big ball and some sort of tool for controlling it, no it's not a whip. =) The puzzles are clever but not too complicated and so is the combat that occasionally takes place. The levels themselves have a nice design but the brownreddish filter has been overused, also on my old PC this game ran with a poor framerate, especially when controlling the ball. All in all a fun game though they could have exploited the setting better with a more engaging story.