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Steamballs was released by one of the more up-and-down developers Digital Worlds, but Steamballs looked to have held a lot of promise. Thankfully, the looks went along with the gameplay, providing a surprisingly solid match-3 experience. While it seems like match-3s are getting review here more and more often, this one is actually one that’s worth checking out.
I hate match-3s given the sheer volume of them in the App Store, and I’m just tired of them. But Steamballs gave something unique that wasn’t in any other ones before it, involving a system of pulleys and springs with the power of color mixed into the pool of balls.
148apps: "You’ve heard this before. Match three items of the same color in order to clear them off the screen. However, SteamBalls HD (I never tire of that title) does add several new mechanics into the mix, making it worth a second look."
SteamBalls is a new take on the match three genre that uses weights and scales to add to the required strategy. Your goal is to match at least three of the same color horizontally, but the board is constantly shifting depending how much weight is in a particular column.
Touch My Apps: The whole match-3 genre is definitely one of the more casual ones, designed for quick pick up and play. This in mind it’s not a big shock that there are quite a bunch of these games on the App Store, enough to make sorting out the good from the bad a pain for the casual customer.
