After a long hiatus, I thought a review was due. Thanks to a friend, I’ve started playing some PC games once again. The last time I played PC games was back in the Quake days, which seem like forever ago. Once I got a xbox, I was quick to dismiss any PC game… until now.

Though there are two other games that I play more (and prefer more) on the PC, a lengthy review on those will come in the near future.

The World of Goo seems like a cute game, it’s basically why I tried the demo. I thought it would be easy to completely and it looked equivalent to arcade games on xbox. I was far from wrong. After 4 hours of playing with the demo, I gave in a bought the game.

This game relies heavily on physics. The point is to use the provided blobs (Goo) to build a structure, through obstacles, and get a certain amount of them safely into their bottle. After each level, the Goo Balls you save, going into an additional level, where you aim to build a solid structure that is high enough to get an online ranking for.

There’s a lot of replay value when (IF!) you ever finish the five provided chapters available. One option is to play OCD mode. You basically use the minimum possible amount of Goo’s to create a structure to lead them home. I’ve only managed to get OCD twice even after lengthy periods of trying. If you enjoyed portal, you’d most definitely enjoy this game.

It’s only available on the PC and Wii. I’m unsure about the Wii version, but it would have been a good idea to have a face-off multiplayer mode. Compared to a lot of games we have available in the xbox marketplace, this game would have been a good seller if they chose to release it on there.

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