A delightfully weird puzzle/construction game involving millions of oblivious - and apparently, tasty - Goo Balls. This is either going to be very cute, or very gross.
Genre: Puzzle Expected release date: Summer 2008 Developed by: 2D Boy
LocoRoco meets Tim Burton in this puzzling WiiWare oddity
Apr 15, 2008
With a name like "World of Goo" and a genre that rests somewhere around puzzle game/construction sim/physics lesson, it's perfectly normal to approach this fledging WiiWare title with reservations. However, our fears quickly melted away like the game's own oily black goo once we had a proper sit down and understood just how addicting linking inky blobs together could be.The premise, like any good puzzle game, is simple - you need to ...
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Yes, goo can be cute, especially in large quantities
Mar 3, 2008
So there are these giggling little globs of goo that you can drag about with a gesture. If you place one near some others, it’ll form a wobbly structure by connecting itself to them with squishy struts. And about half an hour into playing World of Goo, it hits us: this is Lemmings in reverse. You’re trying to build towards this pipe, you see. Once your structure is high enough to reach the pipe, any goos you haven’t used yet ...
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