Pete_LeGrant July 1, 2009 PC, Wii 7 views Comments Print This Post  Email This Post

The game looks quite beautiful to me. Well, it looks like World of Goo is spreading. The game, that is. (Most of the time, goo should not spread.)

Mastertronic have today announced the release of the critically acclaimed “World of Goo”
on PC, previously available as download and as WiiWare, but now a debut
for boxed product. It will also be the first title to be released on
their new label, Great Indie Games, a label set up to offer a route to
market for independent games developers.

World of Goo is
a simple puzzle/building game with a quirky sense of humour. The main
objective of the game is to get a requisite number of goo balls to a
pipe representing the exit. In order to do so, the player must use the
goo balls to construct bridges, towers, and other structures to
overcome gravity and various terrain difficulties such as chasms,
hills, spikes, or cliffs.

The 48 levels are varied with
wide-ranging objectives and a variety of goo. New goo is introduced
early on in each chapter, and subsequent missions progressively ramp up
the challenge and force you to put it to good use. Different types of
goo have special abilities – black goo is rigid and cannot be moved
after being placed, green goo can be moved around after initial
placement, white goo hangs down like long water drips, red goo can be
deployed to act as helium balloons to help keep long bridges in the air
over treacherous pits, yellow goo can stick to vertical surfaces while
Skull goo is resistant to being popped by spikes.

World of Goo on
the PC is a unique visual experience. Brilliant design is achieved
through vibrant and contrasting colours and beautiful graphics, giving
a surreal cartoon feel to the game. Realistic sound effects add to the
games wit and personality and the game is accompanied by a fantastic,
atmospheric soundtrack whereby carefully chosen music tracks set the
atmosphere for each level.

World of Goo boasts raving reviews and extremely high scores. PC Gamer awarded World of Goo 93% along with PC Format, and PC Zone came in just short of that at 90%. Eurogamer scored World of Goo 9/10 commenting “The world of Goo is a raging pleasure to spend time in, and interact with” whilst Gamespy
gave it five stars commenting “(World of Goo is) an amazing,
breathtaking and immeasurably charming piece of game design”. The
comments continue – “The most charming, creative and generally weird
indie title to come out this year” Escapist magazine and “One of the most original and addictive gaming experiences to come along in years” Gamespot

World of Goo has been developed by 2D Boy,
an independent developer consisting of Kyle Gabler and Ron Carmel, both
former Electronic Arts employees, who with World Of Goo won awards at
the Independent Games Festival at the Game Developers Conference in
2007.

Kirsty Payne, Marketing and PR Manager at Mastertronic commented “We
are so proud to be releasing World of Goo on PC. It has all the makings
of a classic and has received phenomonal reviews from the specialist
games press. We will be rolling out a full mainstream consumer
marketing and PR campaign targeting specialist PC press, lads mags,
national press and womens press as this game can be played and enjoyed
by absolutely everyone”.

World of Goo is released on 3rd July 2009.