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If you enjoyed playing last weeks giveaway Ghost Cleaner, you'll find a list and some links to similar Pachinko like games at the end of this review; (I didn't post them until the Ghost Cleaner giveaway was almost over. Also, check out the Conan Exiles (worth £26.99/$29.99) competition giveaway HERE, which runs until Monday morning.

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Sustainable Balance

In Brief

A marble rolling balancing game.

Suggestions:

Please take a few moments to give some positive or negative feedback about your opinion of Sustainable Balance; for example, what you liked or disliked about the game, or how it could be improved from your point of view. If you don't like the genre at all, please explain why and if any, what improvements would change your mind? There are thousands of subscribers to the game giveaway of the day every weekend which makes this an ideal forum for giving developers new or fresh ideas as to what their consumers (i.e you) would like to see in a game. For example, you could suggest extra content such as better or more original mini games, or a level editor that you would like to see that would make it more appealing to you. Maybe you think the graphics are a little dated and are in need of re skinning, or maybe you've just had enough of the genre and want to see something different or something with more originality? Giving such feedback instead of saying nothing or just saying this game is rubbish or good may bring more developers to the site, which could mean more and better games. Would you give away thousands of copies of a game (or extra content for a game) away to a community that complains all the time instead of giving useful feedback? It only takes a few moments of your time. This site could be transformed if only the community would be more forthcoming in their opinions of the games they are getting for free instead of complaining about the way this site has changed, they don't like MPC games, they hate HOG, have had enough of Match Three and Time Management games, they want to see the latest version of Call of duty or some other big name AAA game given away or that they don't like Steam games. If something isn't for you then please move on to the next giveaway, or check out the forums HERE, HERE and HERE, where a few members of the community post details of various free games and free game sites as well as links to various indie bundle sites etc; you never know, you may find something that really interests you.

If you miss today's game giveaway you can always get the game via MyPlayCity 24/7 HERE. If you want to try the game first before downloading, you'll find online versions HERE, HERE and HERE. Also, if you want to find other marble rolling games check the conclusion for links to Steam and non Steam marble rolling games.

Installation:

Sustainable Balance downloads to a 36.2 MB zip file that unzips to three files, (a setup.gcd security wrapper, the set up file and a read me). Those with multiple hard drives are able to save games on any drive they wish. The newly installed game is 61.1 MB in size. The game installs to the following path by default, but can be changed by the user if you prefer:

C:\Program Files (x86)\MyPlayCity.com\Sustainable Balance

Four shortcuts are installed to the desktop. three of which can be safely deleted (Play Online Games, MyPlayCity Games and shortcuts to a free online game which vary each week). Also, if you don't like icons installed to the quick launch task bar, make sure you uncheck the box when the additional tasks window appears (after the Select Start Menu Folder window)

Introduction:

Sustainable Balance consists of 9 levels plus 1 secret level. You will direct a ball, which varies by weight each level. It may appear simple at first glance, but the levels can be quite complex. After completing the levels, you unlock a challenging bonus game

If you have a problem installing or activating or getting Sustainable Balance to work please visit the problems section, which I've now incorporated into the FAQ's thread, and which you can find HERE

The Game:

Check your skills and become a master of equilibrium in the game Sustainable Balance! Are you a true lover of calm games without bloody massacres or detective twisted plots? You don’t like playing shooters, hidden object game and match 3? The game Sustainable Balance is just for you! Who told that keeping balance in this world is an easy thing? You are to prove that it’s really difficult. Launch the game Sustainable Balance and try your hand at saving a ball on the game board. Seems easy, but wait a little, it’s just an illusion. Let’s look at the game board, there are lots of wooden bars with various obstacles around: iron blocks, other things that look unnecessary at first sight, but soon you’ll realize that they are helpful to cope with a level. They are not obstacles, just on the contrary, they are the things that will be a support in getting to the end of the level. Try to move the blocks and bars in such a way to overcome all kinds of obstacles waiting for you in the numerous levels of the game Sustainable Balance. One wrong move, and the ball will fall into the abyss, and you’re to replay the level from the very beginning.

Try not to lose a ball and think over your future moves to the several steps in the future. It’s a core feature in the game Sustainable Balance, so prove that you are the chosen who is able to save equilibrium in the world! The weight of the ball is different depending on the level, so each time you should think how to move it to the final destination and not to fall to the abyss. Be careful and don’t hurry up, haste is your worst enemy here. Some of the levels are really challenging, so don’t be upset if you replay it, sometimes it’s inevitable to understand how to play better. You have no hints in the game Sustainable Balance, so try to use only your abilities and skills to become the master of equilibrium! Have fun and check if you are skillful enough not in the shooters and hidden object games but in the peaceful logic games without dynamic gameplay as well!

Reference accessed HERE. 10th June 2017

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Conclusion:

A reasonably challenging marble rolling game, with decent physics. Cons include too few levels, no options (compared to the android/flash versions and there appears to be no way to close the game down except for using Ctrl-Alt-Del or Alt-Tab. Also to turn the music down or off you have to open the Volume Mixer in the task bar.

If you like marble rolling games, there are many marble rolling games available online and downloadable commercial versions. The following are some I've played over the years and enjoyed. The first lot are all available on Steam. Marble Mountain, Spectraball, Puzzleball, Puzzle Dimension, Dexterity Ball 3D™, Shift Orb, Polyball, Rolling Gauntlet and the rest from various online sites. Neverball, Roads of Fantasy, Hamsterball, Ballance , Slickball, Marble Blast Gold (the first computer game I ever bought for my son), Switchball, Marble Madness, plus loads more online versions HERE

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank MyPlayCity for giving away Sustainable Balance and also to the game giveaway team, as always, for securing other ways to get free games.

Useful Information not related to today's game giveaway:

The problems section that used to be posted here in the Game review is now included in the Game Discussion FAQ's thread; which you can find HERE.

I've updated the games section that used to be posted with the review. The thread is now called 'Weekly round up of game deals', formerly the games section of the weekly reviews. You can find the new thread (which I've posted in the sticky section of the game discussion forums to make it easier to find if you are perusing the game discussion forums) HERE.

The rest of the information that used to be posted here can be found in the forums HERE. Don't forget, if you have an account with DOT.emu, you need to download any games you have before June, when the site closes permanently. Finally, check out Delenns thread over in the forums HERE. There are games available for free, some of which are limited to the number of free keys available.

I didn't post the following details about Pachinko/Peggle like games until late in last weeks giveaway, so thought I'd repeat the information again today for those who like the genre. There are quite a few related games, unfortunately most are android games, which probably means you can get them for a few dollars or less, however there are some PC based. I highly recommend Dachinko, all the Peggle games (Peggle, Peggle Nights and Peggle Extreme) and Moleculous. Here's a list of similar games: Dachinko (Playway), Moleculous (Game Circus LLC), Peggle Extreme (PopCap), Kachooly (inteligang), Frozen Free Fall: Icy Shot (Disney), Super Peg World (Spaceware), A Riveting Universe (Jelly Smeared Games Inc), Peggy 2 (?), Pearl Pop: Arcade Shooter (Tapps Games), K3Y (Legacy Games), Wonderball Heroes (Moon Active), Viber Wonderball (Viber Media S.a.r.l.), Peg Popper (Paul Klemstine), Pegland (?),PegGoo Pop (Gentleman Rat Studios), Papa Pear Saga (King). Most are android releases apart from the first three, and you can play all three free either ass a free download via Steam, or as flash versions, or you can google to purchase them.