World of Goo - Android Game Review

World of Goo is a pretty cool physics puzzle game, which I have played on the PC when it was released, a few years ago.

Basically you move different kinds of Goo figures into places supporting a tower (I vaguely remember the original game which was just making a tower), so that it will reach an objective with enough of the goo balls to get sucked through a vacuum. There are several different goo ball types - regular, which become part of the tower permanently once placed, those that can be removed later, some are gas bubbles that can be used to lift the tower, etc.

The actual puzzles can be very hard and clever. There are signs spread over the levels to give you hints, as well as a form of tutorial.

I got the Android version on Humble Bundle earlier this year, but I didn't get around to trying it till now.

Graphics are almost exactly the same as on the PC, and they look awesome. Sound and music are identical, and pretty good.

Gameplay suffers somewhat compared to the mouse - having a finger on the way of the view is a real visibility problem, as you can't always see what kind of goo ball you are grabbing, or the exact connections you are making.

But overall, it is still a great puzzle game.

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