World of Goo
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AG Score: [ 9.1 ] Automated Gamer calculated average score | |
| Genre: | Puzzle Video Game |
| Release date: | 10/12/08 |
| Available on: | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iPhone OS, WiiWare |
| Created by: | Brighter Minds |
| Buy: | $15.13 @ Amazon |
| Rent: | Rent today @ Gamefly |
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[ 9.5 ] IGN Wii says "We are believers in the goo and that's because 2D Boy's much-hyped and long-anticipated WiiWare game is anything but a letdown. The seemingly simple concept, created by a team of only three (at its peak, mind you; the majority of work was done by two dedicated souls), is brilliant, stunning, and ridiculously fun, exactly the traits we expect and rarely receive from too many retail Wii titles. World of Goo is so good that it oftentimes feels like a title developed internally at Nintendo, which is why, even when you're stumped by a particularly challenging physics-based puzzle -- and you will be -- you will feel compelled to keep playing, and playing, and playing some more. "[ 9.0 ] Gamespot says "Innovative, addictive, and delightfully weird, World of Goo is a superb puzzle game."
[ buy it ] Crispy Gamer says "For a year in game time, the squishy critters in World of Goo are the objects of your care, your hopes and your grief; you won't soon forget them. They fall in droves from above, spill from the mouths of stony-faced creatures, bob and splash in pools of water, and sleep peacefully in piles until you excitedly stir them."
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