Madballs in Babo:Invasion

Madballs in Babo:Invasion

Steam Deck Playable

Playbrains · Indie · Sep 17, 2009

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

At $4.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

84%
Very Positive
298 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Multiplayer: 41 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 26 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 196 sampled reviews

Based on 298 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 196 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
88% of themes are praise12% are divided0% are caveats
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
Both the singleplayer and multiplayer are fun with the multiplayer in particular a big surprise.
41 of 196 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
This game is seriously one of the most overlooked fantastic games that nobody has ever heard of, I LOVED playing this on my console, and was glad to see it here on steam, sadly, there aren't enough people playing it anymore to easily get a multiplayer game in, but the rest of the game is still really fun. it's a type of top down shooter, with a good variety of weapons, secrets, and variety in characters. it's difficult to explain, but really worth giving it a good try, and get into it for a bit, dont just judge from the early when nothing is unlocked yet, there's a subtlety to the depth of gameplay that comes from unlocking many of the other characters and types of weaponry.
27 of 196 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
Co-op was the best part here at the time with 4 player support.
26 of 196 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
So unless you have friends to play with, I would only recommend Madballs for its solo gameplay, and I think the price tag is fair for that alone, even if the campaign is not exactly groundbreaking in any way.
14 of 196 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
It certainly was unique for the time as there were quite few mainstream games which were this creative in times when Team Fortress 2 could be considered fresh, innovating, groundbreaking with its own classes and cartoonish graphics.
9 of 196 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
The story is pretty generic, the game is pretty short and way too easy, and doesn't really require switching weapons or characters as much as it should, but it is still fun and still worth purchasing.
5 of 196 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Multiplayer41 reviews
Story and characters27 reviews
Co-op26 reviews
Gameplay14 reviews
Graphics9 reviews
Difficulty5 reviews
Controls5 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat18 reviews
94%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 4 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $4.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $4.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
84%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
17
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.