Marble Blast Ultra

 Xbox 360
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Console Monster
    72
    The multiplayer is probably the best part of this game. It combines simple fun and “pick-up-and-playability” very well.
  2. Extreme Gamer
    70
    A fun game for what it is. Rolling a ball, or marble only can be entertaining for so long. You really need patience and enjoy rolling puzzle games to get into this for the long run.
  3. 360 Gamer Magazine UK
    70
    This is a great looking arcade game with a very solid feel to the gameplay. It’s appeal is definitely retro in terms of the game’s simplicity, but lends itself to Live multiplayer brilliantly.
  5. PALGN
    70
    A fantastic title for the Xbox Live Arcade because it's easily accessible and a game you can spend hours or minutes on.
  6. IGN
    69
    While Marble Blast Ultra is an entertaining distraction, it's not much more than that. There are plenty of unique physics to how the ball performs on different surfaces and flies through the air, lots of different textures you can apply to the marble with distinctive, appealing effects, and a few cool sound effects, but the game will get old faster than you'd like.
  7. GameSpot
    68
    Offers a decent challenge, but boring multiplayer a lack of variety drag it down a bit.
  8. MS Xbox World
    60
    This is a very nice action puzzle game but after completing the 60 levels, there would not be a lot for me to return to except to play on LIVE, which in turn is quite hard to do as you can’t find many human opponents what with so many other good 360 titles available.

Awards & Rankings

35
#35 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2006
63
#63 Most Discussed Xbox 360 Game of 2006
60
#60 Most Shared Xbox 360 Game of 2006

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User Score
8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 34 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 34
  3. Negative: 1 out of 34
  1. Nerpco
    Apr 23, 2014
    8
    Have you ever felt like you wanted to play something, but you wanted to get away from those first-person shooters and highly-active actionHave you ever felt like you wanted to play something, but you wanted to get away from those first-person shooters and highly-active action games? Well fear not, because this is what this game is like. Its for when you want to just chill out and have fun with a game that is challenging and chill. You'll have a blast on this game, with it's single player levels and fun and competitive on-line matches, this game is addictive. It is definitely a fun game, and I highly recommend it to recreational gamers.… Full Review »
  2. FLInfinite
    Jul 7, 2021
    8
    This was a great game. I say "was" because you can't play it anymore. Or at least I can't, and now I'm sad.
  3. Daniel_N
    Feb 7, 2021
    8
    Although I’ve only played about four levels, Marble Blast Ultra is fun and requires problem solving!
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