World of Goo

It's a fantastic game and I liked it. Buy now.



World of Goo is an impressive independent puzzle game for PC, whose mechanics are derived from Tower of Goo, but are much better.

Impressions

Gameplay
The objective of every level is to send enough goo balls trough a pipe. To do so, the player has to construct a structure of goo using the goo balls in order to reach the pipe. The catch is that any goo ball used in the structure can't go into the pipe, therefore the game presents the player with an optimization exercise.

What was done brilliantly in the game are the various types of goo balls, each quite distinct from the others in appearance ans functionality. For example:

• Some black goo balls cannot be used in structures, they can only be sent into the pipe.
• Most of the black goo balls can be attached to two other balls and when used they became a permanent part of the structure.
• Transparent goo balls can only be attached to one other goo ball, and for that reason they look alike water (or saliva) drops. It's appropriate and funny.
• Green goo can attach to two or three other balls, making pretty strong structures, and they can be dettached and reused (or sent into a pipe).
• Ballon goo floats, can be attached to another goo ball, suspends structures, can be reused, but cannot be sent into a pipe.
• Undead goo is similar to green goo, but they are immune to spikes and reasonably rare. Also they are skulls, how cool is that?
• Match goo burn easily. In levels with them, the player is asked to deal with destroying them correctly in order to reach the goal.
• Sticky goo is yellow, rare, and sticks to surfaces, allowing structures to be lifted.

Puzzles progress nicely, presenting a new type of goo ball or playing with the mechanics, asking the player to do new things with the goo balls they already know.

It's a perfect little game. Perhaps the only thing it needs is a level editor and easy sharing of levels. Other than that, I wouldn't change anything in this game.