I never said that it would be harder to control it. I just said that I don't think that is its main ability.
It all depends on how you define "better controlled". If you mean rolls slower and doesn't gain the same kind of momentum, then it wouldn't work like it does in the video (especially the part where it rolls up the spinning platform into a light. It would still be affected by gravity and drop down if it wasn't rolling very fast). If you mean that it has more friction and is easier to stop, roll up hills, get to stay on platforms, etc, it would behave like in the video.