There are no real options so the volume levels in the game can’t be adjusted. To find problems is really just to nitpick. Together, they created and released ‘World of Goo’ through their company ‘2D Boy’. Not only that but they released it themselves and those of you with Nintendo Wii’s or Windows based PC’s can enjoy ‘World of Goo’ for $15 to $20 (supposedly soon to be appearing on Linux and a Mac version has already been released.) Kyle Gabler and Ron Carmel are the two artists behind ‘World of Goo’. That’s right, studios spend millions pumping out mediocre games and a couple of guys come along and produce a fun and downright excellent title. The most impressive part is ‘World of Goo’ is that it is a game that was almost entirely made by only two people. Add to that the great sound effects and fun animations and you have a lot of polish for such an inexpensive title. Even though the levels are not the most graphically complex, many times they have added details that give them a little bit of style or a hidden surprise (such as finding a hidden sign waaaaaaaay off in the background of a level.) The music perfectly complements the look of the game, adding rousing tunes that sometimes inject a sense of scale. ‘World of Goo’ has a simplistic cartoony’ look that is inviting and easy to warm up to. Not unlike the best of the ‘Worms’ or the ‘Lemmings’ games, it is fun while still being challenging. ‘World of Goo’ has that magical quality that makes it fun and addicting. Starting out slowly and incrementally building in challenge, ‘World of Goo’ sucks you into its little goo universe that at times plays like sort of goo’y reverse-Jenga. Clicking on the signs brings up different helpful messages by someone called “the sign painter.” The tidbits are sometimes just silly but more often are hints that give you just the right amount of advice to help complete the levels. Plus, scattered throughout the levels are little wooden signs. All of the goo blobs make little noises and, as you will learn, there are different types of goo that have different abilities. It doesn’t sound like much but trust me when I say, ‘World of Goo’ is a lot of fun. None of what I am writing does the game justice. Trust me, it is a polished fun game, well worth picking up. The captures I made don't really do the game justice. Get enough of them down the pipe and you complete the level. Once the goo connects to a pipe, all the free goo blobs are sucked down the drain. Your goal is to build your goo piles in such a way that they can connect to pipes scattered across the videogame landscape. The bits of goo connect to one another to form jiggley structures. All you do is click, drag, and connect pieces of the titled “goo”. It is a family friendly game that can be picked up and started by just about anyone. ‘World of Goo’ is a game so good and so simple that I just had to write a review in the hopes that I could get even just one person to give a try (and there is a demo too, that can be found at the official site HERE.) ‘World of Goo’ is a super simple puzzle game that is loads of fun to play and pretty darn addictive. My upfront disclaimer: this review is of a game I am still playing through. To write this review I am making a compromise: I am writing it before I have finished playing through the game. The reason I have not reviewed them is that by the time I actually finished the game I wanted to review, weeks if not months had gone by and the review was more or less obsolete. ‘World of Goo’ ***** PC/Wii Game Review 110708įirst a disclaimer: For as long as I have been writing these crummy little reviews (which at this point has only been a couple years) I have toyed with the idea of reviewing video games. World of Goo Review - Real Political Face Talk BACK TO REVIEWS
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