Seeing as how I've developed an addiction for downloadable games I couldn't really pass up the title getting all the attention on the Wii. That said, I didn't download it on the Wii but the computer instead. I think that was a better choice after playing the game, but maybe I'm mistaken. Anyway, World of Goo seemed simple enough from the start, but the game really ramps up as you progress. It wasn't my intent to finish the game, but I found myself playing it quite often and was obsessing over some of the puzzles.

So, what makes WoG great? Well, the visuals and audio help, both are fun and simple. The story helps (I was amazed the game even had a story). The real reason is actually because the puzzles are so spectacular! What start out as building simple briges and towers in the begining builds to include all kinds of different goo balls and levels that just blow your mind! Also, all these puzzles keep track of you score. The objective is to complete the puzzle and save as many goo balls as possible, but in addition any extra you save get added to your collection at the World of Goo Corp, a level where you compete against the world to build the tallest tower. That competition makes for a lot of replay and a continuous struggle to better your score.

The only downsides I can think of for this game is that sometimes a stage feels like I brick wall. That itself is remedied by a helpful skip option. That gives you some time to mull it over and come up with a solution and then return to it. If you're good at solving puzzles the game wont be too long for you either, but given its price and the replay I would say that this isn't a problem either.

Maybe I'm being too generous with scores right now, I've rated a lot of games pretty high recently, but I really think World of Goo deserves a 10 out of 10. Everything the game tries to do it does perfectly. The game has plenty of content to justify it price and will keep casual and hardcore players entertained for hours. The presentation is top notch and the games mechanics are really deep and also flawlessly executed. World of Goo has esablished itself as a top tier downloadable titles.