{"id":23960,"date":"2023-11-20T00:01:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T00:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=23960"},"modified":"2023-11-13T00:29:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T00:29:35","slug":"ball-lab-ii-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/20\/ball-lab-ii-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Ball laB II (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/ball_box-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-23958 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BALL_BOX-150x80.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BALL_BOX-150x80.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BALL_BOX.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Ball laB II is a minimalistic precision single screen platformer.\u00a0 Guide a white ball through beige and orange obstacles like spikes, pits, and air gusts as you make it to the exit of the level.\u00a0 I\u2019ve never played the first game so I don\u2019t know if this one has any additions or improvements.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on all current consoles, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n<p>Move around with the control stick and jump and double jump with the X button and that\u2019s it.\u00a0 You must make it to a swirl of pixels in the level, that\u2019s the exit.\u00a0 If you hit a spike or fall into a pit, you have to start the level over again.\u00a0 And that\u2019s pretty much it.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from being way too difficult, this game has some other problems, too.\u00a0 Some levels have you jump high above the top of the TV screen, and you can\u2019t see where you are until you fall down again.\u00a0 And the gusts of air that blow you around are hard to see since they are just depicted as white dots on a beige background.\u00a0 Plus I had a hard time getting a bead on how they work anyway.\u00a0 Those things just kind of take the precision out of a precision platformer, so I lost interest pretty quickly with this one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/ball_screen-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23959\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BALL_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BALL_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BALL_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/BALL_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nothing too terribly violent here.\u00a0 If your ball hits an obstacle, it just dissolves into pixels.\u00a0 Reading skill isn\u2019t needed, but younger gamers may find this one too difficult.\u00a0 Ball laB II is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ball laB II is a minimalistic precision single screen platformer.\u00a0 Guide a white ball through beige and orange obstacles like spikes, pits, and air gusts as you make it to the exit of the level.\u00a0 I\u2019ve never played the first game so I don\u2019t know if this one has any additions or improvements.\u00a0 It\u2019s available 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