iO

One of the most satisfying ball-controlling games I've ever played, and one of the most difficult. iO achieves the odd competence of successfully exploring the change of not just volume, but mass as a gameplay aspect. Plenty of other games let one do this, yes, but most don't offer much in the way of worldforce portrayal to actually render it very convincing or interesting. By contrast, iO does. Very much. The success setup in iO is well-thought-out in my opinion. Get to the end at all and you'll get a reward of some sort; yet, reach it in a particular time frame and it upgrades your achievement. Something for the casual player, something for the gamer. You can probably guess that this game harkens back to video games only being video games in this way: There is no stated story or lore. This wheel has no reason to be in the space it's in, nor do the tracks and obstacles and portals and whatnot, other than to serve for being there. -- The only main con I can think of isn't with iO itself, but with Gamious. They seem to pay iO little mind; their own website, when I went, didn't display it, and a PM to them asking about other releases- namely a DRM-free one - yielded no response. I have my fingers crossed they still have this in their heart, because as far as world-force games go this is an impressive one that does well as a game. I recommend iO if you're fond of world-force games. Your call on the price; I'd like to point out plenty of candy bars each cost the same and won't entertain for nearly so long.