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[UFP]Ghost
25 Nov 2008, 22:57
I recommend this game to anyone on this forum that hasn't tried it already. It was one of my favorite games, it was really short but all of it was awesome. http://2dboy.com/games.php
If you've played and enjoyed puzzle games like armadillo run you will love this game. Anyway there is not a lot to describe, but there is a embedded youtube video of the game on the page I linked.
- There's like 40 something levels, I think. It can be beaten in 1-3 hours if you're good at puzzle games and good with your mouse. It takes longer if you go back and beat them all again to get an OCD rating on every level. It's not a long game but It's a great game for all it lasts.
I say this after having played for somewhere near 14 hours and having OCD'd all but the last 2 levels. The game is just phenomenal.

SupSuper
26 Nov 2008, 00:44
I'm stuck on the Volcanic Percolator Day Spa. :(

[UFP]Ghost
26 Nov 2008, 05:04
I'm stuck on the Volcanic Percolator Day Spa. :(
Sick level. I like the flower, i didn't use it for anything but nonetheless it's cool.
Edit: this game is very under played for it's awesomeness. So little people I've spoken to have even heard of it.

franpa
26 Nov 2008, 05:12
So little people I've spoken to have even heard of it.
That would be because the vast majority of people don't have 500$ to spend on a gaming console (so they get a xbox360 or wii)

MtlAngelus
26 Nov 2008, 05:35
That would be because the vast majority of people don't have 500$ to spend on a gaming console (so they get a xbox360 or wii)
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As far as I know, World of goo is available for Wii and PC only...
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Ah, right. Franpa. :rolleyes:

[UFP]Ghost
26 Nov 2008, 13:53
That would be because the vast majority of people don't have 500$ to spend on a gaming console (so they get a xbox360 or wii)
I assume you have absolutely no idea what this game is..... which was part of my point.

Plasma
26 Nov 2008, 13:59
I WANT THIS but I already have too many games as-is. Mabye later.

super_frea
26 Nov 2008, 16:15
Awesome game!
I'm stuck already though D:

robowurmz
26 Nov 2008, 16:53
Completed this, possibly one of the best games I ever played. Pity it got pirated so much though - apparently 90% of people pirated it!

[UFP]Ghost
26 Nov 2008, 22:08
Completed this, possibly one of the best games I ever played. Pity it got pirated so much though - apparently 90% of people pirated it!
true but it's no exception. Most games probably have piracy rates that high. So sad that they aren't working on a sequel. Maybe they will eventually...I can't OCD the last two, it's driving me nuts...grrrrrrrr

SupSuper
26 Nov 2008, 22:24
Probably would've helped if they had put it on Steam.

[UFP]Ghost
27 Nov 2008, 02:51
Probably would've helped if they had put it on Steam.
They did, i believe. You have to activate your copy on steam to patch it. But 90% isn't bad, it just showes how little difference DRM makes.
I just did a search on some torrent search engine to check it out (the top of each):
Fallout 3 (with drm) has about 6000 seeds and about 11600 leechers
World of Goo has 1400 seeds and 28 leechers
assuming all leechers complete the download:
a) Fallout 3 pirated copies on this torrent: 17600
b) World of Goo pirated copies on this torrent: 1428
Now more people play fallout 3 but it probably does have a higher piracy rate on the pc.

Akuryou13
27 Nov 2008, 04:14
love the game. stuck on it, though. some level where the whole thing is balancing on a tiny rod and where the pipe is way up high on one side...

robowurmz
27 Nov 2008, 07:55
Add some more, more sturdy goo, so you get a little closer before trying the balancing act; once it's near the pipe, it'll be sucked up and you can remove the rest of the bits.

Akuryou13
27 Nov 2008, 14:03
Add some more, more sturdy goo, so you get a little closer before trying the balancing act; once it's near the pipe, it'll be sucked up and you can remove the rest of the bits.well that's a rather obvious and generic strategy. the thing is, it doesn't work as labelled on the tin. you've gotta balance the tower going up if you're going straight up. even while you're doing that the level is going to start to wobble slowly and even if you do manage to get a tower, the slight wobbling will send the tower one way or another and then the tower either breaks or sends the ground wobbling one way or another, which breaks the tower or tosses it over the side.

[UFP]Ghost
27 Nov 2008, 19:38
well that's a rather obvious and generic strategy. the thing is, it doesn't work as labelled on the tin. you've gotta balance the tower going up if you're going straight up. even while you're doing that the level is going to start to wobble slowly and even if you do manage to get a tower, the slight wobbling will send the tower one way or another and then the tower either breaks or sends the ground wobbling one way or another, which breaks the tower or tosses it over the side.
But you can use that to your advantage.

robowurmz
27 Nov 2008, 21:07
Use the natural springiness of goo to get stability through wobbling.

[UFP]Ghost
27 Nov 2008, 23:03
my life has meaning. I finished OCD'in it and I'm on the leaderboard for 42nd most balls.

robowurmz
28 Nov 2008, 07:35
You're crazy!

[UFP]Ghost
28 Nov 2008, 13:18
You're crazy!
nah....more like obsessive. The time count of that game was 24 hours. I got te game a week and a half ago.

SupSuper
11 Dec 2008, 18:43
Ghost;677757']They did, i believe. You have to activate your copy on steam to patch it. But 90% isn't bad, it just showes how little difference DRM makes.Yet Steam decided to not make it available on "my region" for some reason.

[UFP]Ghost
11 Dec 2008, 23:09
Yet Steam decided to not make it available on "my region" for some reason.
The other day they released a patch for the boxed copy of the game. All copies are the same anyway so you can update it their. Thus removing the need for pirates to activate the game.

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