Ty ArthurWorld of Goo
October 22nd 2008 20:54
Now that Nintendo and Microsoft have made it much easier to both develop and release video games for their respective consoles there are quite a few indie developers pumping out truly innovative and intriguing new titles. One such game that was recently released is the woefully under marketed “World of Goo.” Anyone who hasn’t seen this particular gem yet owes it to themselves to check it out as soon as possible. Blending cutesy graphics, an awesome soundtrack, addictive gameplay, and a world class physics engine, World of Goo has definitely taken its place as one of the best games to come out in recent memory.
The basic premise of the game is to take balls of goo and use them to build various structures to reach your destination. You might have to build a tower straight up, a bridge across a chasm, or even go around an obstacle like a whirling blade or a pit of spikes. Your structure will topple if you don’t properly consider things like braces, top weight, and in some levels even wind speed. Another level of complexity is added because there are multiple types of goo balls that have different properties. Black goo balls stay stuck wherever you put them, green goo balls can be used repeatedly to construct and destruct your structure however you need to, clear spit goo balls are much more flexible and go farther, and pink goo balls float like balloons so they can be used as anchors or help you get over an obstacle.
The level designs are also uniformly amazing from start to finish. One level might have you building all the way down a chasm to wake up more sleeping goo balls to use and then build all the way back up, while another has you using balloons and spit balls to your advantage in a hurricane to float over a rotating blade. In one level you have a pre-built goo structure which you have to float across a chasm by placing and then quickly removing balloons in a circular fashion.
The only real problems with the game are evident on the Wii version, where the sensitivity of the Wiimote sometimes makes it hard to grab specific objects or causes you to accidently hit a spike when you didn’t mean to. After a couple of rounds of practice it quickly becomes a non-issue though.
World of Goo is available as a download on your PC or directly onto your Nintendo Wii. Check it out, because you will not be disappointed!
The basic premise of the game is to take balls of goo and use them to build various structures to reach your destination. You might have to build a tower straight up, a bridge across a chasm, or even go around an obstacle like a whirling blade or a pit of spikes. Your structure will topple if you don’t properly consider things like braces, top weight, and in some levels even wind speed. Another level of complexity is added because there are multiple types of goo balls that have different properties. Black goo balls stay stuck wherever you put them, green goo balls can be used repeatedly to construct and destruct your structure however you need to, clear spit goo balls are much more flexible and go farther, and pink goo balls float like balloons so they can be used as anchors or help you get over an obstacle.
The level designs are also uniformly amazing from start to finish. One level might have you building all the way down a chasm to wake up more sleeping goo balls to use and then build all the way back up, while another has you using balloons and spit balls to your advantage in a hurricane to float over a rotating blade. In one level you have a pre-built goo structure which you have to float across a chasm by placing and then quickly removing balloons in a circular fashion.
The only real problems with the game are evident on the Wii version, where the sensitivity of the Wiimote sometimes makes it hard to grab specific objects or causes you to accidently hit a spike when you didn’t mean to. After a couple of rounds of practice it quickly becomes a non-issue though.
World of Goo is available as a download on your PC or directly onto your Nintendo Wii. Check it out, because you will not be disappointed!
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