Rolling Shapes
- June 8, 2015
- Vertex Games, S.C.
Get on Steam"Rolling Shapes" is a physics-based puzzle game where you play as aRoller, tasked with restoring life to a ruined Earth by manipulating geometric shapes. As you progress through diverse levels, your shape can be altered in transformation modules, and the difficulty ramps up exponentially, demanding both mental agility and nimble fingers. The game boasts easy-to-handle gameplay, attractive graphics, and a variety of challenging scenarios to keep you engaged.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game features an interesting concept with varied and engaging puzzle designs that can be fun to explore.
- Some players found moments of joy and relaxation while playing, indicating that it can provide a brief escape from reality.
- The physics mechanics, when functioning correctly, offer a satisfying challenge that can be addictive.
- The game is plagued by numerous technical issues, including low framerates, bugs, and a lack of modern resolution support, leading to a frustrating experience.
- Menu navigation and overall design feel outdated and unpolished, making it difficult to enjoy the game fully.
- Many players reported that the game lacks proper testing, resulting in unresponsive audio controls and uncustomizable controls, which can alienate a significant portion of the player base.
- gameplay6 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 17 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The gameplay is criticized for its inconsistency, ranging from simple to complex tasks, and is marred by bugs in the early stages, leading to a lack of trust in the overall experience. Players feel that the game fails to build on newly introduced mechanics, instead opting to rapidly introduce different ones, which detracts from the potential for deeper engagement. Overall, the gameplay lacks innovation and coherence, resulting in a disappointing experience.
“The gameplay varies from pretty simple to quite complex tasks.”
“On the other hand, the game never lets you get into a new mechanic you've learned by providing a few more levels like it; instead, it prefers to throw a different mechanic at you quickly.”
“If your game's first half hour of gameplay is riddled with bugs, what reason do the players have to believe that the rest of it isn't?”
“If your game's first half hour is not at all innovative or original, where is the 'innovative and original gameplay' that developers like you implicitly promise us?”
“The game never lets you get into a new mechanic you've learned by providing a few more levels like it; instead, it prefers to throw a different mechanic at you quickly.”
- stability5 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game's stability is heavily criticized, with users reporting numerous bugs, frequent freezes, and a frustratingly low framerate that hampers gameplay. Many players spent significant time replaying levels due to these issues, indicating a need for substantial patches to improve the overall experience.
“But it's also very unpolished and buggy.”
“This game is fairly short - it took me about 2 hours to get past 60%, however most of the time was spent fighting bugs and replaying the same levels due to freezes.”
“Furthermore, the levels involving the cube are extremely buggy (you can often clip through walls or get stuck in mid-air), and the 40fps framerate makes the cube move too slowly.”
- story4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- -25 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
The story emphasizes resilience and the unpredictability of life, suggesting that perseverance can lead to unexpected outcomes. While the game features a narrative introduced through an intro video, it is considered clichéd, revolving around a common theme of a special character tasked with saving the world. Overall, the story received a low rating, indicating it may not significantly enhance the gameplay experience.
“Moral of the story: you never know what life has in store for you, and if I had given up when all odds were against me, I wouldn't be where I am today.”
“Since the story is quite common as well, there is no spoiling in telling you that being one of the 'special' races, your task is to save the world.”
“The story is quite common as well, so there is no spoiling in telling you that being one of the 'special' races, your task is to save the world.”
“Gameplay & story: 4/10”
“Strangely enough, this puzzle game actually has a story that you get introduced to when starting the game by an intro video.”
- graphics4 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
The graphics in the game receive mixed reviews, with some users criticizing low resolution and a lack of polish, while others praise the realistic physics and overall visual appeal. The interface also suffers from limitations, such as poor volume control options. Overall, the graphics seem to vary significantly in quality, leading to a divided opinion among players.
“Highly polished game, the physics are realistic with a satisfying 'feel', addictive challenge, cool graphics and sound.”
“The video itself, however, is pretty bad, with low-resolution graphics and an insanely poor voiceover.”
“Graphic & interface: 3/10.”
“Add to that a general lack of polish, such as the resolution always setting immediately with no way to adjust sound effects and background music volume separately, mixed quality of art style, and getting stuck tumbling down the stairs due to the game using a general physics engine for what is essentially constrained movement, and my feelings about this game are mixed.”
- music2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The music in the game is described as somewhat calming and adequate, providing a relaxing experience for players, though it may not stand out as exceptional.
“I relaxed for 5 minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay.”
“The audio and music were somewhat okay in this game.”
- replayability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game currently suffers from significant bugs and crashes, leading users to report almost no replayability until these issues are addressed.
“This game offers almost no replayability as long as the bugs and game crashes are not fixed.”
