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| From: Brighter Minds
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $16.95
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New (5) from $16.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 176
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 1.3
MPN: CD-6884
Model: 61275
UPC: 612761612752
EAN: 0612761612752
ASIN: B001ENOVP2
Release Date: October 12, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 47 beautiful levels backed with a spell binding soundtrack | | • | 10 different types of goo, each with their own unique abilities | | • | Use balloons to steady your creation or give your structure flight! | | • | A huge variety of different puzzles and situations | | • | "Beautiful, fun, and one of the highlights of this year" - PC Gamer |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 25 more reviews...
Soooo much fun! January 6, 2009
World of Goo is so much fun. Kids and adults will love it! The seller was also very helpful.
Great January 6, 2009
I purchased this for my grandson and my son-in-law. My grandson will use it on his computer; however, I returned the one for my son-in-law and he will wait until the WII edition is available. I was disappointed that it wasn't available for Christmas! He has read about the capabilities of the game and is willing to wait until it comes out in the WII version!
A great way to challenge your mind January 5, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Have you ever tried to build a card house? Have you ever tried to stack pencils or any one of a thousand other challenges that involve simple physics? Now think about trying to stack, hang, stretch and otherwise support moving, jiggling and flexing balls of goo. This game takes everything you think you know about physics and turns it on its side as you try and recreate those laws. Be warned, it is definitely addictive.
Great game, regardless of age January 5, 2009
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased two copies of this game, one for niece and nephew, one for my family. What a wonderful surprise! Terrific hit for boys and girls 13 to 58, including the tough 16 year old boy. Very original, beautiful music (I recommend stereo headphones), runs on both Windows and in Wine on Linux (some sound correction needed), very easy install. It is a unique puzzle game, with constantly changing figures created to overcome obstacles. (The created structures interact with the game environment; i.e. respond to breezes, gravity, traps, etc.) Difficulty increases as you move through the chapters of the "story". Big plus is ability to quit and pick up where you leave off, at least on the same level if not the identical structure. Light footprint on a laptop. Most of all, just plain FUN! These guys should be encouraged to continue writing game software; DON'T PIRATE THIS GAME. It's already quite affordable, and not from a monster company.
Awesome and Original January 4, 2009
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Love this game, and give it 5+ stars. The physics are awesome, and the game itself is addictive and totally original, and serves as an inspiration for future coders.
I do want to note one point though. After each level you can report your score to the 2D Boy site - this is set to 'on' by default. That was not an issue for me, but I since found that the publishers specifically did this to check game ID against user IP in order to get an estimate of how many versions were pirated, and the game itself is DRM-free specifically for this reason.
The results were made public, and claim that this game had a 90% piracy rate - that is to say that 90% of the installations out there are supposedly pirated.
One huge problem with this, which they do acknowledge but not sufficiently: my IP is dynamic (and so are millions of other users) and I used to watch it change numerous times a day, every day. That means after owning this game for a month, these `pirate' researchers are going to have a result of worse than 99.99% piracy just from me and my single legitimate copy of the game. (I have since switched off reporting scores, but too late now).
This 90% piracy figure has spread like wildfire, and it is highly irresponsible for the researchers to allow this flawed half-truth to be perpetuated. More unfortunately, it will now be used to justify the invasive and destructive measures used by EA and DRM software like SecuROM.
I would've thought ex-EA employees who authored this game would have had a few more clues than that, but apparently not.
Again, love the game, but really not impressed by this flawed `research'. DRM punishes legitimate users and does not stop pirating. I don't buy any EA titles any more after having SecuROM disable a USB combo drive and some older software, and eventually having to wipe and reinstall my entire o/s to get rid of it. Anyone who says DRM software is harmless are liars, and furthermore, when I buy a game, I own it - not after 3 installs only, but forever, otherwise I should get a full refund if I return the software once the installs are used up. Period.
I am strongly against pirating software and those who support it by buying pirated copies, but if there has been anything that's pushed me towards changing my view, it is SecuROM and EA.
Sorry for the rant, but it really did put a damper on what is otherwise an excellent game, as well possibly being an icon in game design in the future.
Buy the game, you'll love it, but please disable the score reporting unless you have a static IP.
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