Marble Arena 2 for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By pamason1129

  Lackluster Marble Game

  While the graphics look very impressive and colorful, that’s all that it has going for it. The controls/physics of the marble is extremely awkward, as if you’re both slipping around and walking on the moon at the same time, it feels like I’m controlling a balloon rather than a marble. On top of that the size of the levels do not fit well with the speed of the marble, maybe if the marble could move faster I wouldn’t have as much of an issue with navigating giant maps. And that’s what mainly turned me off to the game, the marble is extremely sluggish, and without the aid of a powerup it has little traction, and almost no acceleration. While I wouldn’t say this is a good game, I do admit it has some nice additions. Some of the power-up concepts are creative, and the addition of a level editor is pretty revolutionary for its genre. But even those things can’t save it from how attrocious the gameplay feels. If you want a good game among the "marble” genre I would recommend Switchball, MarbleBlast Gold, or even Ballance instead.

  
  
• By themanningfamily

  Saving is Screwed Up

  I would give this a 4-5 star rating, but saving doesn't work. I made a lot of progress, by every time I get on I click resume last save. But one time, I get on, then get off, without opening that save, then the next time I get on and click resume last save, I lost ALL my progress. I went into the same PC thing, it was there, but when I open it up, it doesn't work. You will never get a good review from me unless this is fixed, and you will make sure that it works 100%. If you want me to be happy with this game, don't make there be multiple saved games. When I finish a level, it should autosave. Marble Blast Gold from a long time ago did it this way and it worked flawlessly. There should be auto save. This is the only game I've seen in years that doesn't have auto save. To me, this just seems like you guys where too lazy to put it in. Outside of saving, its a fun game. Very challenging. But not fun since I have to restart the whole dang game. If I ever loose my progress again, you won't every expect me to play this game again.

  
  
• By Phil Midland

  A Good start but doesn't feel finished

  I love games that exhibit good physics simulations, and this one does a great job at that. It's just that after a short while, I get really tense just trying to keep the marble in play and controlling the direction of the roll. Maybe that's the point. If so, then the keyboard controls in conjunction with the camera view needs to be polished. Frequently, I'll be rolling the marble along, and then move the mouse slightly, and the camera zooms into the marble and fills the screen. I'm constantly playing with the mouse to get a good camera view. When I do, it changes automatically and sort of ruins the experience. I also agree with those who dislike the music soundtrack. I turn it off and leave the sounds on. There are helpful tutorial levels to get you started, but some misspellings on the description screens show a lack of polish. For a free program, this is worth a try. I was just hoping for more.

  
  
• By Isaac Quiznoes

  Overrated

  Marble Arena had good graphics, easy controls and cool stages, but the bad outweighs the good. You are pretty much just rolling a marble around a stage collecting stars, the camera changing angles randomly, and overall there is really no point. This is not nessicarily a bad thing, but there isn't much excitement, goal (other than collecting stars), challenge, and does not satisfy or make you happy when you complete a stage. This might be a good game for a younger crowd (8 and under) but almost instantly bored me, I deleted it. Hope this helps somebody.

  
  

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