World of Goo [Online Game Code]

10 Review to this product

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  Catherine A. Perkins
  October 16th, 2010 on 4:36 am

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  This game is addicting and fun. I love the challenge of logic based puzzles. You have to think about how to build bridges, having a structure strong enough to make it to your goal, but still leaving some goo balls left. Some trial and error, some logic and lots of variety.

  I hope to see another game like this soon.
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  Lisa
  October 16th, 2010 on 5:11 am

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  What a great game. I have been playing constantly for a day or two now. Even my 4 year old son loves this one. The gameplay is inventive,, entertaining and challenging. The music is top notch, the look of the game is amazing. It is worth every penny.
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  Threemoons
  October 17th, 2010 on 9:34 am

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  Lately I’ve been underwhelmed by many of the Wii Ware titles out there, but if this is the new direction that Nintento is taking with the platform, I say keep it coming! This is one of the most innovative games out there, regardless of platform (although the use of the Wii wand does give the game a more organic feel than twiddling buttons would). Like any good game, it’s easy to learn yet hard to master. Also, the physics of the game are nearly real-world perfect. You get a fantastic amount of bang for your buck on this one.
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  simimac
  October 17th, 2010 on 11:52 am

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  I’ve found Goo to be an amazing game. I’m afraid to say that I’ve racked up many hours of play on my wii as well as my laptop in the pursuit of goo balls. I enjoy it so much because Goo doesn’t totally rely on your swift physical responses, although at some levels it is required, but your thought process in solving various problems. Being 54, I’m not easily amused by video games, but this one is truly addicting!
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  mmarkster
  October 17th, 2010 on 3:54 pm

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  This game is very fun! I was hesitant to buy this game because of the $15 price tag. When I saw that WoG was the most popular WiiWare game in the Wii Shop Channel, I knew that I had to get this game! WoG really requires you to think. This game adds replay value with it’s OCD (Obsessive Completion Disorder or something like that) option. Get more goo than usual.

  This game IS worth it![...]
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  E. Palma
  October 18th, 2010 on 7:36 pm

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  This game has the polish that most games lack. The gameplay is creative and simple but diverse. World of Goo is excellent and can be picked up by all types of players. To top it off the developers are friendly. There’s also, Linux and Windows versions which are all DRM free available for download [...]. The WiiWare version is great because up to 4 people can control the goo balls at once.

  Buy it now, you won’t regret it.
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  Daniel V. Velazquez
  October 19th, 2010 on 1:50 pm

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  The Wii has a lot of good games, but most are overlooked. The same probably happened to this awesome puzzle game, World of Goo.

  The fun is in using the remote to experiment with the little goo caracters and then using them to form a connection to the exit. As levels progress, the Goo’s get different properties that add a lot of variety to the game. Up to 3 friends can use a Wiimote and help with the levels, making this a great co-op experience. I had a lot of fun with my friends, and even non gamers who like to point out solutions that often work!

  Anyone who enjoys a good brain teaser and just plain old fun should download this as soon as they can.
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  Kenneth Gagne
  October 20th, 2010 on 1:30 pm

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  On the surface a simple puzzle game, World of Goo is imbued with a strange but beautiful art style and sense of humor that makes it one of the best values on the Wii.
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  Amy L. Coonce
  October 21st, 2010 on 1:02 pm

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  I tried the online free trial, was a w e s o m e , and so I bought the wii version. So great!
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  Mattias Hammarstrom
  October 21st, 2010 on 11:40 pm

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  Looking at the general quality-to-budget and time-to-staff ratios of games in general and specifically games on Wii it would be easy to assume that the days of the lone coder producing anything of value or interest are far gone. Even first-party titles by the often heralded Nintendo today all too often show low production values (Wii Play), rehashed and tired gameplay and graphics (Mario Kart Wii, Animal Crossing: City Folk) even though they are made by such a large corporation.

  But then there’s World of Goo, a two-man project (2D Boy’s Kyle Gabler and Ron Carmel) that’s innovative and beautiful, has great Danny Elfman-ish music and sound-design reminiscent of Loco Roco. It’s genuinely funny – the humor, a bit dark at times (a la Braid or Psychonauts) and contains many Internet-community and computing references (similar to that in the new Sam & Max episodes and Portal) and – if not braking the 4th wall – then at least tapping it. The level-design brings Lemmings to mind.

  The general idea is to use the titular Goo balls to build a physics-enforced structure to a pipe somewhere on the level through which the remaining goo-balls can escape. In standard puzzle-game fashion you are gradually presented with new an varying challenges both in terms of the environments and through new goo-balls with different properties such as those that can jump, are flammable or detachable.

  Through-out the game you are accompanied by the mysterious sign-painter. Hints and story elements are presented in a Braid/Portal-esque way, partly through the environments but mainly by the sign-painters posts. These are often funny and much like the levels themselves comments on society and pop-culture, bringing greater depth to the game and making you really feel the plight of the poor goo balls… as strange as it may sound.

  However even if you – like my wife – skip the signs all together, there is a fantastically addictive and fun game here that everyone deserves to play. My only gripe with the game is that it was a bit too easy. I burnt through the 50 levels in just five days, about 10-hours. But then there is the Tower of Goo mode in which you build as high as you can and compare your results in real-time to others around the world who’s records hover as clouds in the sky, providing constant incentive to manage just a little bit higher. The goo balls you build with in this stage are the excess balls from the main stages, so by going back to improve your results in those stages you can gain more balls to build your tower with.

  World of Goo is the best thing to happen to WiiWare and one of the best things on Wii period. For those who don’t have a Wii there are also PC and Mac versions and with a Linux version on it’s way there is little excuse not to buy this game. Yes, now we come to the darker side of gaming, piracy. This game is DRM-free and while DRM won’t stop the determined pirate and I applaud 2D Boy for putting their faith in their audience… unfortunately piracy of World of Goo is a real problem. This is not a game by a large corporation swimming in money, so please try the demo and if you like it, buy it.