Разработчик: Studio Monolith
Описание
НАСТУПАЕТ НОВАЯ ЭРА ПЛАТФОРМЕРОВ С РЕАЛИСТИЧНОЙ ФИЗИКОЙ
Polyball - это современный подход к классическому жанру игр с катящимся мячиком, таких как Super Monkey Ball, Marble Madness и Marble Blast, под влиянием таких серий как Sonic, Trackmania и Mario Kart.НЕМНОГО О POLYBALL
В Polyball есть чем заняться - каждый из более 60 уровней игры бросает вызов Вам и Вашим друзьям, еще больше уровней готовится к выпуску в виде DLC. Если Вы с друзьями ищите, во что поиграть, режим разделенного экрана в Polyball сулит прекрасное времяпрепровождение. Классические режимы Битвы и Преследования, а также многопользовательский вариант обычной игры делают Polyball прекрасной забавой для вечеринок.И РАССЛАБИТЬСЯ, И ПОСОРЕВНОВАТЬСЯ
Таблица рекордов встроена в меню выбора уровня, так что Вы сможете оценить свое место среди игроков всего мира, а также потягаться с их призрачными копиями. Если Вас интересует конкуренция с друзьями, ознакомьтесь с таблицей друзей. Собирая фрагменты в процессе однопользовательской игры Вы разблокируете широкий спектр кастомизаций, начиная с режимов мячика, и заканчивая эффектами частиц. Данные улучшения переходят и в многопользовательский режим наряду с рекордом призрачной копии. При этом кастомизация в многопользовательском режиме за одним компьютером имеет свой особый дизайн для игры с разделенным экраном.ЛЮДЯМ ОТ ЛЮДЕЙ
Когда Вы станете мастером во всех соревнованиях, которые мы разработали, обратите внимание на содержимое Мастерской Steam, где можно обнаружить огромное количество новых испытаний. Созданное сообществом объединяет разработчиков и игроков, а также обеспечивает непрерывный поток нового контента. Мастерская Steam предоставляет игроку возможность проявить себя, создавая механики и дизайны уровней, выходящие за рамки изначально заложенного нами в Polyball. Встроенный редактор уровней легко доступен из главного меню и даже поддерживает импорт самодельных моделей и текстур, поэтому создавать уровни легче простого!НЕМНОГО О НАС
Polyball является первым полноценным релизом Studio Monolith в цифровом дизайне. Это эксперимент в области низкополигонального визуального ряда и геймдизайна с недетерминированным окончанием. Наш подход при разработке состоял в желании создать то, во что мы играем сами, что позволяет как расслабляться, так и азартно соревноваться до бесконечности. Выбор жанра также определялся нашим ощущением, что этот жанр недостаточно адаптирован к современному стилю геймдизайна. Наше желание было простым: создать игру простую в освоении, сложную для достижения мастерства, и просто прикольную!ОСОБЕННОСТИ
- 60+ уровней и бесплатные DLC
- Мощная система кастомизации
- Полная поддержка контроллера и настройка управления
- Полная поддержка многопользовательских режимов - по сети и за одним компьютером
- Глобальная и дружеская таблицы рекордов
- Полноценный саундтрек, созданный независимыми композиторами
- Мастерская Steam
- Отлаженная механика и сбалансированные уровни на основе обратной связи с сообществом
- Поддержка Mac/Windows/Linux
- Языковая локализация
- Призрачные копии рекордсментов
- Облачное сохраниение Steam
- Редактор уровней с поддержкой самодельных моделей
- Отображение статистики
- Достижения
МНОГОПОЛЬЗОВАТЕЛЬСКИЕ РЕЖИМЫ
- Преследование
- Битва
- Разделенный экран + Онлайн режим истории
- Будет еще больше!
Поддерживаемые языки: english, german, spanish - spain, russian, finnish, simplified chinese, italian, turkish, norwegian, portuguese - portugal, polish
Системные требования
Windows
- ОС *: Windows 7
- Процессор: Intel Core2 Duo 2.0 GHz (or AMD equivalent)
- Оперативная память: 4 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT / ATI Radeon HD 3870 / Intel HD Graphics 4000
- Место на диске: 8 GB
- ОС *: Windows 7
- Процессор: Intel Quad Core i5 @ 2.5 GHz (or AMD equivalent)
- Оперативная память: 6 GB ОЗУ
- Видеокарта: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / AMD Radeon HD 7800 series
- Место на диске: 8 GB
Linux
- ОС: Ubuntu
- Оперативная память: 4 GB ОЗУ
- Место на диске: 8 GB
- ОС: Ubuntu
- Оперативная память: 4 GB ОЗУ
- Место на диске: 8 GB
Отзывы пользователей
Admittedly, there are many small things to complain about in this game, for example: the text is sometimes hard to read against a very bright/dark background due to it being unicolor with no outline, the ghost of your personal best is pretty much indistinguishable from the ball you're controlling unless you change your in-game appearance, and there's a way to completely cheese most marathon medals by simply replaying the same level repeatedly.
That being said, there's still fun to be had. The controls feel nice and the levels are satisfying to jump & roll through. Plus, if you're up for the challenge that some of the later levels can provide, the game is relatively straightforward to 100%.
Also space music slaps
A religious experience of the highest order, I couldn't believe it when the ball rolled! Wow!
This game was sooo good back in the days as an early access.
Unfortunately now, when you play this game just as a local multiplayer game, you can not proceed anywhere.
There are multiplaye stages, which all contain like 5-10 maps to play. But playing as local multiplayer, you can not earn points in order to finish stage 1. So you are always stuck with the most basic boring maps :-(
The devs want you to play through it solo -> Then you can play all maps local multiplayer ... uff.
Other than that, the core gameplay is really fun. But it doesnt matter, when you can not play the full game cause of said reasons :')
Its boring and pointless because the player isn't directed into objectives. Exploring isn't fun. The controls are a clunky, controller mashing affair.
Again we can see elaborate make believe worlds to explore are at our fingertips. These games then have to leverage that capability into great gameplay or else its a fail. So often it doesn't happen. 4/10
Even for ~AU$2.00, Polyball somehow still feels like a raw deal. The game itself is about what you'd expect, but it lacks a lot of polish and features that'd help it feel more feature-complete.
Also, at just over 8GB, one would expect a game this simple and streamlined to have somewhat better optimisation and a somewhat more modest footprint on your hard drive.
For my money's worth, I'd rather race melons in GMod.
Overall: 2/10
Edit: Given the 'mostly positive' rating, I'm not sure why you'd even deign to respond to negative reviews.
I mean, snide responses to the largely unqualified opinions of people who didn't like your game seem like they'd do more to ward off potential customers than than anything I could have said about the game -- unfair or not -- but hey, at least I've had some kind of enjoyable experience with Polyball now.
This game is unfinished. I played through about 3 hours before realizing many of the tracks are to glitchy to play reliably. The handling of the marble just feels wonky compared to more polished older games like Marble Blast Ultra. Don't purchase this game if you are looking for that experience.
this game is ball torture
barely made it to the end though couldn't beat two sector 5 levels
play it if you like marble it up or super monkey ball but if you want something very demanding on skill
at least it makes you feel like a badass while playing some of the stunts you can pull off and the tiny platforms
Controller settings don't save depending on your system
horriffic interface
empty level design compared to Monkey Ball's "tight and to the point" focus
Challenge doesn't seem to be on making it but doing it fast
Looked good but overall bad
[Rating: 4/10]
[Better Alternative: The Little Ball That Could or Rock of Ages]
I like ball games, but I do not like this game. Although it seems to have a lot of potential, it felt like a demo or proof of concept.
Pros:
- Level design is interesting.
- Low-poly graphics have a clean look.
Cons:
- Camera control is awful. Having to manually position the camera to stay behind the ball makes playing this game a chore. There is a setting for camera following that looked promising, but it didn't offer a "chase cam" mode that this game sorely needs. The camera follows the ball at a set distance, but does not change perspective to stay behind the ball automatically.
- Clipping, clipping, everywhere! Both the camera and the ball clip through the scenery frequently, which is very disorienting.
- Not much actual gameplay and a confusing scoring system. The game has a par time for each level, but also offers collectibles so there is incentive to wander around and explore. These two competing aims don't sit well with one another - perhaps if some of the collectibles were mandatory to finish the level or provided time bonuses?
- No checkpoints! Especially in the longer levels, this is frustrating.
Don't let the trailer fool you.
The graphics might be quite decent and the sound design likewise...
...but I've never seen such horrid UIs on a released product.
They focused so hard on making new features and content that they didn't stop to think if they should have.
It's a mess of options, levels, and just... stuff.
The UI immediately raised red flags but, then the level design was criptic, but not in a fun way. Open levels for no particular reason except to let players actually lose themselves in them - without the fun parts.
And the levels get only worse due to the wonky camera which is a complete disservice to the game.
So overall:
-Graphics are cool
-Sound design is neat
-UI is a mess
-Camera is a mess
-Level design is a mess
Released to the public way too early, and not for lack of content, just lack of focus.
9/10
Excellent game with tons of content, and I'm assuming more to come. The controls are tight and have little to no "slip" to them. If you enjoy difficult platforming then a definite buy.
In the campaign mode, there are six worlds with 10 levels each. There are gold, silver, bronze and score medals which are awarded based on time and points (earned by doing going fast and picking up "bits"). You can complete levels in any order you want, but need a certain amount of medals to unlock later worlds. At the end of each world, a challenge called a marathon is presented in which you must complete every level in a row, and can be used to earn extra medals.
The local multiplayer mode had a few glitches, however they didn't really take away from the gameplay. I could not find a way to exit it without closing the entire game. There are two modes: one in which you select a campaign level, and must BOTH complete it before continuing, and one where you pick one of six weapons and battle it out in new arenas. These are both fun and get some laughter, especially when you start rolling around and swinging axes.
There's another multiplayer mode with only one map that's like snake, that was interesting but only worth a few minutes in my opinion.
I haven't tried online multiplayer.
You can also customize your ball's shape, finish, trail, etc. with the bits you find.
Pros:
-Great controls
-Tons of content
-Customization
-Built in speedrun timer
-Fun local multiplayer
-Bonus maps
Cons:
-Steep difficulty curve
-No checkpoints, even on 2+ minute levels
RATING: 9/10
As a disclaimer, I played through all of this game in multiplayer online with a friend. These issues may not be there in single-player mode but I don't think that matters. In a full release game seeing these kinds of bugs is off-putting.
This game is good, really good even. If you love monkeyball or other ball-rolling/platforming games you'll probably love this too. There are lots of levels to go through and there's a good combination of them too. There are ones that let you go fast and feel like a god and ones that you need to take more slowly and methodically (Leaning more towards slower platforming/puzzle than fast reflex levels). All the areas are cool and the minimal graphics work for the most part. Platforms usualy seem pretty well defined (save for a few in the space levels). And I really doubt you'd have trouble running this on a laptop or older PC. Controller support is passable-ish but only if you're ok with constantly going back to mouse and keyboard to navigate the menus. Playing on one isn't really required though, the small time I spent playing with keyboard felt fine too.
THE BUGS
I disclaimed at the top of this review for a reason. Me and a friend played through the entirety of this game in 2 very long sittings. Again, this might be because it was multiplayer but we found tonnes of bugs that where sometimes game-breaking. That you should probably know about if you plan to buy this game to play through with friends.
There may seem like a lot of complaints here, but I want to stress that even though all these bugs where in the game I still enjoyed it, a lot even. I would still reccomend it even considering all of these things.
1: Physics-based objects do not reset on levels. For example, there are a few levels where you jump from platform to platform as they fall away behind you. This in theory is great and I always love things like this in games, especially when it's not tied to a scripted event, However, this sections where functionally unplayable in multiplayer mode because when they fall, they don't re-appear after a set time, or even when you reset the level. In order to reset the physics you need to quit to the lobby and re-load the level again, going through the--admittedly short, loading screen all over again. We usually skipped these levels, which was a shame.
2: The menus seem off. This bug isn't solely related to multiplayer and is more-so (from what I can tell) the fault of the controller support. Every time I would pause the game to load the next level my controller would stop working so I would need to switch to Mouse and keyboard. This isn't game-breaking or anything, but what IS gamebreaking are the 2 or 3 times where my controller didn't break. I would sometimes be able to go to the level-select screen but at those times the game would entirely freeze when I reached it. Controllers also didn't work in the settings menu. They worked pretty-much everywhere else such as the customization menu.
2.5: Can't really count this as a bug because maybe it's intentional?? There's a strange sign in every level that just has a random set of letters on it. They seem like they're supposed to be tips for the specific level you're on but sometimes they where hidden in strange places or randomly off in the skybox somewhere. It became pretty fun to look for these, they're in every level, maybe they where put in as a joke? No clue on this one.
3: I can't explain this one without kinda giving something away, I geuss? So the tl;dr is "Sometimes the game just doesn't load and you're stuck in an endless white abyss or otherwise flying endlessly in a random direction". Fixable only by a full-game restart.
4: The bloom on the space levels gets really really out of hand. If you have a reflective surface on your ball, I'd reccomend changing it to something more matte until afterwards. It gets so intense that I feel like I need to call it a bug and not a choice because it was at one point literally painfull to look at. (https://imgur.com/a/4cp73)
[b] END OF THE BUGS SECTION [b]
This next list is just a small list of complaints I have that aren't related to bugs.
-The online co-op doesn't offer the ability to earn in-game money so even after playing through the entire game me and my friend couldn't upgrade our balls once. This isn't really a bad thing, I'm just confused as to why they'd leave it out.
-There's no spectate? What's more fun than watching your friend fail 15 times on a level you beat in 30 seconds? Nothing. Nothing is more fun than that. In order to do that though, me and my friend had to screenshare using discord because when you beat a level the game decides to give you a static camera looking in a seemingly random direction.
-There's no playlists for online. There are playlists for offline, including one that'll take you through the entire story-mode. But nothing like that for multiplayer. You have to go to the menus and load the next level manually each time. Again, not bad but monotonous to say the least.
Again, I can't stress this enough. Regardless of all of this, I would still reccomend this game. If anything in this list stands out as a red-flag for you, then maybe avoid it because I can gaurentee (for multiplayer at least) that these things will happen. However, if you don't think the stuff on this list is a big deal, then please, buy this game. It really is great.
The battle-mode is stupid but fun. The lobby-rooms are huge and full of fun stuff to do too. The music--though there isn't a lot of it, is also very well done. The controls are kind of floaty while still giving you a clear idea of where you can land and what jumps are possible and the post-fx and SFX make movement itself pretty satisfying. There's also lots of potential to perfect this game and put up really impressive-looking speedrun footage on youtube.
Got this game near its release from early access and absolutely love it! Recommended for lovers of Marble Blast and other marble games. The physics are some of the best of the genre promoting speed but also control. If you love competing for leaderboard spots this situation the game for you
This game is a lot of fun. Art style, sound track amazing. Levels get challenging fast, and new stuff keeps getting introduced. Multiplayer is pretty fun, I mean you can deathmatch. I've spent numerous hours on just simple levels just trying to find shortcuts to get those extra few seconds to place in the leaderboards.
Good buy, especially when you have friends to compete with.
I'm giving this game full marks, beffore explaining that I was unable to keep playing it.
I have long been a fan of the idea of ball rolling games, but have only found two examples that I would consider perfection (Marble Blast Ultra and the original Super Monkey Ball..) Now I have found a third perfect game.
The physics, the graphics, the level design and variety are all perfect. This is clearly a labour of love and has been made with create skill. For the costs the cariety of hraphoical and level styles is brilliant., providing a fair challenge with 'one more try' gameplay.
So-thank you devs for making such a great game. If you are on the fence-jump in now.
So why did I have to stop playing? Motion sickness. I suffer this with some games, typically FPS games, though some are fine and others make me unbearably nauseous within minutes. This game has that effect on me, so if you suffer you may wish to try before you buy or be prepared to ask for a refund if affected.
It's such a shame, as in truth I am looking at the screenshots of all the levels I haven't yet reached, and can see that there is a wealth of well made content I'll never see.
It's also worth noting that the game was hard to play via steamlink as the controller response wasn't as lightining quick as I needed.
To be clear I give this game 10/10, and my own miserable motion sickness a zero!
I've had this on my wishlist for awhile, waiting for the Linux release, and now that it's here, I am *very* pleased.
Gameplay, mechanics, soundtrack, maps, all solid. Steam controller worked flawlessly without need for configuration, and controls are extremely well implemented.
It's great to see developers so involved in the community feedback discussion, and I really hope to see more from Studio Monolith!
I bought this game to play with friends. Unfortunately the multiplayer is completely broken and therefore unplayable. The game itself isn't optimised either. I have an Acer Predator gaming computer and only 18 fps on fullscreen with the lowest settings possible (!).
I don't recommend the game at all at this point in time, but I unterstand that it is still an early access and that it has time to improve. I hope that I can come back in a few months and rewrite this review and change it to a positive one.
The Roll a Ball project on Unity's tutorial page on steroids. Visually amazing, loads of content, and a fantastically satisfying difficulty sets it apart from Marble Madness, Super Monkey Ball, and pretty much every 12 year-old kid's first "game" in the engine.
Beautiful and fun game. You have good control over the ball, but the physics feel natural as well. There is a surprisingly large amount of area per level- several times I've fallen from a cliff or into a huge lake and found myself not-dead and still able to somehow get back/explore. There's a load of customization options as well, with skins not costing too many shards (which you naturally pick up as you're playing the levels) and colors are open from the start.
I love that there's a collectible trophy in each level, it remind me of old school collect-a-thon games and needing that very last coin/gem in the whole level.
Certainly a game to pick up!
Tons of fun! Coming from a lot of Marble Blast Ultra, it felt like a very stylish version of it with tons of customization and unique levels.
Even in early access, it's worth the purchase. Two more sectors on the way, devs that are on top of the community, and if everything they promise gets delivered, it'll only get better from here.
Supremely frustrating. Because there are no checkpoints, and the levels are forced to be unlocked in a sequential order, you may be stuck repeating the same level (from the very beginning!) fifty times in a row before you're able to move on to the next. I guess that counts as replay value? I know that I had to play the level where I'd roll across an incredibly narrow path surrounded by LAVA maybe two dozen times. And why is the camera completely controllable in the y-axis? The computer controlled camera is crappy enough to warrant turning it off completely and just using the second stick on a controller to move the camera around, but under what circumstances do I need to see the ball from UNDERNEATH the track? The camera stick has complete control here, but that's not helpful in real life. What would be nice would be if pushing R3 would "right" the camera to point in the same vector as the ball's velocity. An arrow pointing to the destination would be nice, or at least, pointing to the next crystal-thing. Pushing any buttons on a standard gamepad makes a distracting cursor appear on the screen - I couldn't see how it'd even be possible to play ANY game like this without a gamepad for analogue input. (It might be a fault of the engine or some other thing, but it's worth noting).
The graphics are wonderful and the concept is golden, but I feel like it needs a little bit more polish if it's to overcome the critical two-hour make or break point that Valve has now forced indie games to compete on. It's 90 percent of the way there, I feel like.
Polyball is a momentum-based precision platformer with a focus on "Goin Fast". The game is beautifully minimalist in design, controls, and visuals. I play using a controller, and the movement feels extremely tight and satisfying, especially when going near top speed. You are given the controls of movement (acceleration), and a single jump. With limited controls, the mechanics don't run especially deep, but mastering the momentum control required for later levels, or to compete for top times, can present a worthy challenge for even experienced players of momentum platformers. Fans of these games will also appreciate the quick restart button for endless resets in the quest for the perfect IL run. With online leaderboards, you can race against anyone's "ghost" and see how they complete the level. There is also talk of a replay system, but nothing solid as of yet. It should also be mentioned that the developers are extremely responsive on the forums, so many of the early-access kinks are being smoothed quickly.
Since it is early access there is a fairly small selection of maps (sectors) to choose from - 30 in total. These levels progress from easy/beginner to some considerably difficult maps towards the later levels (with some crossing the line into "tedious"). I personally feel as though there are more difficult maps that require precise movement than necessary. I would like to see more levels in the easy-to-medium category that allow for a focus on optimization, rather than not dying. There are currently a few packs of unreleased maps which will be coming out soon, so hopefully this comment will no longer be relevant at that time.
Overall I would definitely reccomend this game to anyone on the fence, or anyone that is interested in the genre.
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Studio Monolith |
| Платформы | Windows, Mac, Linux |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 21.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 77% положительных (101) |