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Rinox
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Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 7:23 am Posts: 14892 Location: behind a good glass of Duvel
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 World of Goo
Indie game, available for PC, Mac, Wii and soon Linux.
http://www.2dboy.com/games.php
man, I played the demo and i'm totally sold. This is FUN and often brilliant. The first levels are pretty basic, but after that it gets a little more complicated with different kinds of 'gooballs' and settings.
You seriously need to play the demo...it's only 35 mb and the learning curve is incredibly relaxed. You can get it on the awesome Steam or on the game's homepage...I think Satis and Shiny can buy the full version on steam too, for me it says 'zone blocked'.  But I'm buying it anyway, through the site itself...someone who makes stuff this cool deserves the support.
A review:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/09 ... oo-review/
On metacritic:
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platfor ... fgoo?q=goo
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Thu Nov 20, 2008 4:28 am |
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Peltz
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Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:14 pm Posts: 6420 Location: Estonia
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Saw you playing it on steam yesterday.
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Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:15 am |
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Rinox
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Hehehe...Steam is da shizzle. you should give it a try, only 32mb. that's like a 2 minute download on steam 
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Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:18 am |
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Rinox
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Finished the game yesterday...total fun. What a wonderful game. It left me feeling like when I finished portal, happy because of how much fun I had but also sad because the (initial) fun is over.
I might write a review on CK for it. The more people support this kind of work, the better.
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Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:56 am |
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Satis
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Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16701 Location: On a slope
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I played the demo but it's not really for me. Still, I respect the work put into it and hope it does well in sales.
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Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:15 am |
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Rinox
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Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 7:23 am Posts: 14892 Location: behind a good glass of Duvel
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Aight. Too bad you didn't like it. The game evolves a lot throughout chapters 2-4 btw, becomes a very different playing experience.
One of the reasons I wanted to buy the full game was because the makers decided to shy away from any DRM measures. From the order confirmation email:
That's cool.  I'll be buying Stardock's Sins of a Solar Empire soon for that exact same reason, when the first expansion comes out. I COULD just download them without even having to crack anything, but I don't. It's important that developers know that there are consumers who appreciate their customer-oriented attitude. In fact, Stardock's relatively niched games with no copy protection at all are doing well in sales. You'd think that was a wake up call for publishers, together with the controversies surrounding securom lately...
It's time we realized change isn't going to come from EA or Ubisoft, but from smaller developers like these.
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Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:12 am |
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Rinox
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Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 7:23 am Posts: 14892 Location: behind a good glass of Duvel
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Pretty interesting article on the piracy rate of world of goo, which has no copy protection whatsoever and is only a 60 MB or so.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/11 ... y-rate-82/
[quote][b]World Of Goo Piracy Rate: “82%â€
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Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:39 am |
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Rinox
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Interview with the makers of World of Goo. Very interesting.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2d-bo ... -interview
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Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:38 am |
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Rinox
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Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 7:23 am Posts: 14892 Location: behind a good glass of Duvel
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World of Goo is on a 5 buckes weekend sale atm...you really can't let it slip at that price. BUY IT!! 
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Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:36 am |
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Satis
Felix Rex
Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm Posts: 16701 Location: On a slope
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yea, I saw that, 75% off. I grabbed the indie pack several weeks ago they had... it was like iFluid, eets, and a bunch of other stuff for fairly cheap. I twas so cheap I don't feel bad buying it... I might get this one too just for the hell of it.
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