Greg the White wrote:

username wrote: Greg the White wrote: username wrote: Syd Lexia wrote: A Boy And His Blob is the best game of the year. i saw this for $40 @ fry's electronics. i almost picked it up, but i decided to be a tad more financially responsible. how is the game? It's ok. I hated the fact that they take the fun out of puzzle solving by telling you how to do each puzzle. ah ok. so, show me the way, or pull my hair out? hmmm Well, what the game does is at each section where you're supposed to feed a bean to your blob, it'll tell you EXACTLY what you need to do, leaving imagination out of it. It seems more suited to younger audiences.

That's not entirely true. In the early levels, yes the game does have wooden signs in the background that tell you what to do. But as the game progresses, they leave it up to you to figure stuff out on your own.

It is slightly disappointing that the game is broken down into levels, because it makes it more linear, but there is still some exploration to be done within the game, and the game is significantly longer than the original. It is also beautifully drawn and animated, to the point where I honestly wonder why more stuff isn't done in 2D. There are some great looking 3D games out there, but this looks and feels like an interactive cartoon. My one big complaint about the game is that it only has one save file. This is an inexcusable feature on DS games, let alone Wii games.

Maybe I just watch the right shows, but it seems like every fucking time I turn on the TV, I see at least one Borderlands commercial. So it's certainly being marketed well.