World of Goo

This Wii Ware game is a load of fun. If you have a Wii and access to the internet I would highly recommend you download this game and have some FUN!!! Chloe and Logan love watching me play this game.













The Good:
Brilliant design loaded with gameplay depth Varied levels sporting wide-ranging objectives and different types of goo Quirky, surreal sense of humor Fantastic, atmospheric soundtrack.

The Bad:
Wii Remote controls can't always keep up with the action Visuals aren't as vibrant as they could be, given the cartoony premise.

World of Goo has a lot more going for it than a weird name. This Nintendo Wii physics-based puzzler is one of the most innovative and addictive games to come along in years, and easily the best WiiWare download currently available. Indie developer 2D Boy has hit the jackpot, turning what appears to be a simple building game into what could be the next casual-gaming obsession right up there with classics such as Tetris and Lemmings.

Actually, World of Goo's concept owes a big debt to Lemmings, the early '90s sensation that involved guiding suicidal green-haired goons across 2D levels loaded with hazards. The objective here is rather similar, although instead of guiding lemmings to an exit in each level, you're leading globs of goo across similarly dangerous terrain to pipes that suck them up. This rather odd task is accomplished by grabbing hold of the cute, gibberish-spouting blobs with your Wii remote, and then turning them into nodules in framework buildings that reach for the sky and stretch across yawning pits like sticky scaffolding. When your wobbly structure is close enough to the level exit pipe, all of the goo balls that haven't been used as makeshift building blocks then roll over their former buddies to freedom.