The Ball
The Ball is a first person action-adventure game featuring a full single-player experience. As a swashbuckling archaeologist working on the slopes of a dormant volcano somewhere in Mexico, you get stuck in a…
The Ball is an adventure developed by Teotl Studios, released 26 October 2010 on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 6 hrs to finish.
What The Ball is
The Ball is an adventure game developed by Teotl Studios and released in 2010. It was published by Tripwire Interactive. It is available on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3. It carries an ESRB M age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You reveal ancient ruins that have been hidden from outsiders for centuries and discover a mysterious artifact, a gold and metal shelled Ball. As you progress towards solving the mystery of this amazing place you must unlock the secrets of the Ball and learn to control this ancient artifact. Venturing deeper into the volcano, you reveal some of mankind’s greatest secrets and you will start to encounter not just puzzles and traps, but also various strange creatures – the guardians of this mystery. These creatures have to be overcome, using only the Ball to defend you.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 17 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Ball holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points below the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 6 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.0+ GHz or better (dual core recommended), 1 GB (2 GB recommended) of RAM and SM3 Compatible video card (GF6800 minimum - GF8800 or higher recommended). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it launched against
The Ball launched on 26 October 2010, within three weeks of Fallout: New Vegas, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and Call of Duty: Black Ops. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Fallout: New Vegas, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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