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The Good Stuff

This game allows for some seriously fun movement and freedom in executing wild, over-the-top maneuvers! I had such a great time bouncing around, shooting up ramps and landing on an enemy, killing them easily, and just as quickly floating away on a giant fan to wreak havoc somewhere else on the map.
There is a fairly decent amount of abilities, upgrades, and weapons which make each run unique and the synergy that you can build with your selections can make for a really enjoyable runs.

The Bad Stuff

So I mentioned about all the available goodies to have some fun with, but unfortunately it is frustrating that there is no feedback for the player in terms of what the hell things like “increases crit chance” or “increases fire rate” means when you select those upgrades..
For example, I’ll pick 2 upgrades that increase weapon damage for a weapon but it still does the same amount. Did it go up by a percentage? A straight number value? Maybe a shape or color value? No idea, and you’ll never know!
Another minor thing is the soundtrack. The devs said that the way you play will showcase the greatness of the tunes but let me tell you that is not the case. The soundtrack feels like white noise and doesn’t add anything to the overall package..
But those complaints pales in comparison to the myriad technical issues that plague this game, and they go from goofy to straight up broken as shit.
Sometimes when you hit play again, the game goes to a black screen. Trying to go to the main menu? Black screen. Loading up a new run? Sometimes your character will clip through the beginning portal over and over again until you go to main menu. Clicking on menu options to see info on weapons, abilities, etc? On occasion the overlay will just stay on the screen.
Now the egregious issues. Tons of lag during simple movement around levels that result in the you getting hit by enemies or even dying to some B, odd moments of lag LOADING between levels, the game sometimes crashing when you go to the Steam overlay, and once I even got something called a “breakpoint error” message. It’s just all a big god damn mess!!

Final Thoughts

Go Mecha Ball has some great moments, with movement being such fun time when it all clicks, especially with the right build! Unfortunately the technical errors ruin a lot of the fun and result in plenty of frustration. If the game had more time to be polished, I could maybe recommend it but in this current state I can’t make it an easy recommendation. Try it out a risk of frustration, because there is some enjoyment underneath all the mess but it’s hard to view the whole as a postive. ⭐️⭐️✨/5 (2.5/5)