1st Impressions

Super Marble Roll is an accelerator based marble game. As you tilt your unit, you control the direction and speed of the roll.

The elevated game board in each level not only contains turns, but also ramps. When the level is first displayed, you see the whole thing. Your view quickly zooms in though to focus on the marble. My biggest complaint with the game is that when you concentrate on speed and direction, it is easy to forget the upcoming board layout and it is real easy to send your marble right off the edge. After three of those mistakes, the game us over. I would have found it easier to play if there was a small map on each level so that you could tell what was coming up.

The graphics are impressive and game play makes a perfect app to show your friends why the iPhone makes a great game platform. While there is a free lite version to check out, the full game runs $2.99. That is a concern to me. There are other games out there at that price point or less that I believe to offer longer playability before you get bored with it.

Don’t get me wrong. I don’t think I could ever beat the game. In that sense it will always provide a challenge. But I am not sure how many times it will take of me forgetting what is coming up and losing a life before I decide to switch to something less frustrating. If you gave a good memory and steady hand though, you could do worse than checking this game out.