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Vector Ball 3D – Casual Game Review
Vector Ball 3D is a Casual/Entertainment/Action game from ION6, LLC, first launched in 5th December 2012.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 18+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Vector Ball 3D Stand Out
VECTOR BALL 3D
THE ULTIMATE PONG EXPERIENCE
"The classic game of Pong, revitalized in stunning 3D." -PocketGamer
Battle your way through the electronic labyrinth of Vector Ball – a modern take on retro arcade gems of decades past.
CLASSIC ARCADE MULTIPLAYER
Compete against other players around the globe and submit your score to the leaderboards, or play directly against your friends via bluetooth or local Wifi.
And best of all, Vector Ball is compatible across all devices. Play with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch!
This Casual game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Vector Ball 3D is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 19th November 2014
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
- Corrected bug for screen dimensions on iOS 7.
- Removed in-game ads.
- Ads only appear on the scoreboard.
- Optimized for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
Download & Availability
Vector Ball 3D is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Vector Ball 3D on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
One of the 1st games we enjoyed on iPhone back in 2009.
The tilt controls are difficult, but adjusting the sensitivity in the settings menu helped a lot. The touch option is spot on. Please create customizable paddles and balls.
We've been playing this game since 2008. We had no clue that there was a version optimized for iPhone 6!! Most games from the 2008-09 era are long gone. We love seeing older games still being made better. Thank you for continuing to better this classic. We didn't even know it was still being updated until we searched it out of curiosity.
Most fun with game!! Love this game. Great update. Love it.
Ive had this game since the iPhone 1, back in 08. Love the use of the tilt controls and the 80s arcade feel of it. Perfect game for a quick distraction.
We've enjoyed playing this from time to time over the years. Its not easy but yet it's not so hard you become frustrated. The 3D effect gives it an interesting point of view.
Our only issue with it is the 'paddle' gets stuck on the sides when in tilt mode which makes it hard to recover position. Also, the option where you move the paddle with your finger would work better if your finger and paddle can be offset. It's difficult to play when your finger blocks the view of the ball. Great job anywho.
Love the game. Our eye doctor suggested we use this as a form of visual therapy. Please, Please stop the ads at the end of each game which have now started to randomly pop up or offer a no add version. This is enough to make us stop playing. Like a few other reviewers we notice the distance from paddle to wall is not always consistent.
Don't like the controls. Too hard to control your paddle. Would be better if you could control with you finger.
Amazing twist on an old classic. Very challenging.
Usually in pong, the challenge is about predicting where the ball will be. The challenge in this game is getting the paddle where it needs to go. There is seems to be variable space. Like… Sometimes you only need to move the paddle one inch to reach a wall (from the center); other times you have to move it 4 or 5 inches to reach the wall. Frustrating game. Tilt controls are hard to use also.
Good gaming platform. However, ads are popping up while serving balls and sometimes it caused us to miss a serve and lose a life. Moreover, the serving speed is fast in the first 3 rounds and then it slows down and remains constant. Just the AI opponent becomes better, to some degree. We would like to see in the future the possibility of choosing difficulty levels. We use this as a training tool, but may have to find something better.
The gameplay is great, but they time the advertisements to pop up right as you hit the serve button so it ensures that you click on the advertisement by accident almost 50% or more of the time. It is shady to make your money selling clicks or ads and design your software to trick people into clicking it.
We love the look of the game, but there are some things that would make it better. 1. The cursor seems to lag so no matter where you held the paddle it ends up centering with your finger on the crosshairs between the lower two quadrants. 2. There some difficulty in telling where you are in the field,several of our friends we had try this game as well as ourselves thought we were there at the edge ready for the ball to find out we were no where close even though the paddle seemed to not be able to go any further. Just a tad upsetting when you are nearing your high score to be derezzed because you missed a ball that seemed to be aimed right in the middle of your paddle.
The ads on this game are just too obtrusive. We click on them by accident 80% of the time.
Just awful. Advertisements pop up and cause you to mess up. Also the margins are weird for the screen. Ruined a great game for us.
Ads pop up in the middle of game play at the worst times. It's set up to make you accidentally click ads in the middle of games.
This WAS a great game, of which we PAID FOR. Some time later ads were incorporated into the game… DURING GAMEPLAY. THIS IS AN UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICE!!! Be leery folks… No reach around here! Very displeased!!!! We wish we could give it NO STARS.
Last update stops play and throws a popup ad after every six balls. Was a pretty descent game is now unplayable. Deleted.
So, suddenly, when you are playing the game, an ad will pop up in the middle of the screen! You literally can not play the game. What. The. Hell.
Just another app to advertise more apps.
This app was great until they added ads.
Get rid of the ads. We loved the earlier version of the game, but the ads now are really distracting.
Bought this app back when it came out. Now it has ads in the latest UI 'update'. Adds are too distracting for us to ever play again.
One of the most Addicting games ever.
A blast on the iPad and iPhone.
Fun game–we haven't run into any flaws whatsoever.
Great game but multiplayer locks it up and never connects.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.8
- Size: 8.16 MB
- iOS: 5.1.1 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: ION6, LLC
Last updated: 19th November 2014 | Genre: Casual, Entertainment | Developer: ION6, LLC