Steven Spielberg redeemed from Indy 4 debacle! Boom Blox creates Hard Cox!

[Joe Molotov]

  BREAKING NEWS 


Wii GOTY! Best Spielberg product since Raiders! Best Multiplayer game since Pong!


I'm an Nfag of the highest calibur, but I'm just going to say it. EA has out-nintendo'ed Nintendo. That's a hard thing for me to say, but trying to remember it's developed by remenants of the former Westwood Studios helps some. Boom Blox is exactly the kind of game Nintendo's been trying to do on the Wii with Wii Sports and Wii Play, the "pick up and play, easy to get into for gamers and non-gamers alike, uses the Wiimote in a way that's natural and immerses you into the game, lots of fun to play with your friends, family, pets, etc, possibly while intoxicated" and this game totally nails it. Fuck Super Smash Bros, Mario Kart, even fuck GTA4 too just because, Boom Blox is where it's at.

I played 2-player co-op mode for only about 30 minutes today, but it rocked my face. You may be thinking "WTF, it's just Jenga." Yeah, it's just Jenga except 10000000X better, and you don't have to restack it by hand every time it falls over. Sure, the graphics are N64-looking, but the physics are great, and that's really what matters in this game. There's a huge variety of levels and stage types, both single-player and multiplayer, and the single-player is fun in it's own right, but the multiplayer is just pure fun. It's like when you're playing Rock Band, and everyone's just goofing around and laughing and having a good time. It's a pure kind of fun. It's like "OMG, you're doing it wrong! The whole thing is falling!" and you're like "Shut up, I've got it, I know what I'm doing here." "Hold on, move that one over a little to the left." "No, that'll shift the whole thing! We need to get this one out of the way." "Oh crap no, it's starting to fall, just hurry and grab the one of the left!" "NOOOOOOOOO...oh wait, it settled. Phew. I think we're good. That right side is looking bad though, I think you need to get this one in the middle next." And so on. And I only played it 2-players, I can only imagine what it's like with four people, which is something I intend to find out this weekend. It should be crazy.

I'll have more as the story develops.

[demi]

zzz

[Howard Alan Treesong]

wow. blocks.

[TVC15]

I'm an Nfag of the highest calibur. . .

Stopped reading.

[demi]

My Gamefly'd copy should be here tomorrow, expect the real talk soon enough

[Joe Molotov]

wow. blocks.

And yet it'll still be better than Saints Row 2/Gears of War 2/Ninja Gaiden 2/Killzone 2/Uncharted 2/Buttrape 2. 

[demi]

yes, clearly. you will stop playing in a week.

[Joe Molotov]

yes, clearly. you will stop playing in a week.

See, already you prove you don't understand this game. It isn't a "OMG, I gotta play this for 8 hours straight this weekend to get to the ennnndddd!" game, this is a "Play for an hour or two with friends every once in a while for months or years" kind of game. And yes, that's right. You do need friends. I don't think this game is going to work out for you, demi. 

[AdmiralViscen]

Wait, I thought this wasn't Jenga lol

[demi]

yes, clearly. you will stop playing in a week.

See, already you prove you don't understand this game. It isn't a "OMG, I gotta play this for 8 hours straight this weekend to get to the ennnndddd!" game, this is a "Play for an hour or two with friends every once in a while for months or years" kind of game. And yes, that's right. You do need friends. I don't think this game is going to work out for you, demi. 

Yes, because you will just have the urge to play Boom Blox down the road. You sound more and more ridiculous with each post - the sorrow of a nintard.

[Joe Molotov]

Wait, I thought this wasn't Jenga lol

The basic ideas are similar, I mean both games have towers of blocks and involve you pulling blocks out of the tower without knocking the whole tower over, but you have different sizes and shapes of blocks and towers, sometimes instead of grabbing blocks you're throwing baseballs or bowling balls at the blocks to try to knock down a certain part. There's a lot to it.

Online? Match making?  Leaderboards?

No.

co-op?

Yes.

60FPS? Solid 30FPS?

I don't really have an eye for framerate, but it looked smooth to me. It's probably 60fps, the graphics are awful so it's not like it's pushing the Wii to the limits or anything.

Time Trials?

Not that I know of, but I still haven't delved into everything.

[Joe Molotov]

yes, clearly. you will stop playing in a week.

See, already you prove you don't understand this game. It isn't a "OMG, I gotta play this for 8 hours straight this weekend to get to the ennnndddd!" game, this is a "Play for an hour or two with friends every once in a while for months or years" kind of game. And yes, that's right. You do need friends. I don't think this game is going to work out for you, demi. 

Yes, because you will just have the urge to play Boom Blox down the road. You sound more and more ridiculous with each post - the sorrow of a nintard.

Who hurt you, demi? Who broke you inside?

[Rman]

Nick Suttner of 1up loved it as well.  His reviews are pretty solid.

[hyp]

sounds like a decent rental, nfag.

[demi]

It is shovelware, and Joe gobbles it up, like usual.

[Van Cruncheon]

played it at gamecrazy -- was really ugly, but seemed amusing enough. 60 fps.

i didn't buy it.

[CurseoftheGods]

Wii fans in general are a great wealth of comedy and absurdity.

[pilonv1]

so desperate to find a good game that a modern day jenga is hailed as genius

[Joe Molotov]

When did xbots gets so bitter and opposed to fun?  I'm sorry I even brought it up now. Sorry it doesn't have enough bloom lightning and exit wounds for you fegs. Sorry that I expected you fuckheads to take a break from lawling at Sony and GTA4 for being shitty or at Borys for buying PC games or whatever to actually play a game. 

If I was so desperate, I'd just stroke it to sales figures, as is my right as a Nintendo fan. But I haven't even finished Twilight Princess or Metroid Prime 3 yet, and I've still got Mario Kart Wii and Super Smash Bros Brawl sitting around if I want to get my multiplayer on. Just thought maybe you knobgobblers might like to know about some actual quality game that's been released since it's not like I can expect any of you to actually know what's going on on the Wii, but clearly you're too busy jerking each other off. So have fun with that, I'm going to go play it some more.

BTW, I played two hours worth of 4-players this afternoon. Very nice. This game will have long shelf life for connoisseurs of fun.

[Eric P]

And yet it'll still be better than Buttrape 2. 

no way

that got delayed to add multiplayer

[CHOW CHOW]

This is one of the handful of Wii games that interests me.  This and 'de blob' look great.  It's just a shame the Wii isn't high-def.  I can't go back to SD gaming.

[demi]

If I was so desperate, I'd just stroke it to sales figures, as is my right as a Nintendo fan. But I haven't even finished Twilight Princess or Metroid Prime 3 yet, and I've still got Mario Kart Wii and Super Smash Bros Brawl sitting around if I want to get my multiplayer on.

WHY ARENT YOU HAVING FUN, JOE?

[Crushed]

If I was so desperate, I'd just stroke it to sales figures, as is my right as a Nintendo fan. But I haven't even finished Twilight Princess or Metroid Prime 3 yet, and I've still got Mario Kart Wii and Super Smash Bros Brawl sitting around if I want to get my multiplayer on.

WHY ARENT YOU HAVING FUN, JOE?

Uh I think he is, because he's playing Boom Blox.

[demi]

[Joe Molotov]

If I was so desperate, I'd just stroke it to sales figures, as is my right as a Nintendo fan. But I haven't even finished Twilight Princess or Metroid Prime 3 yet, and I've still got Mario Kart Wii and Super Smash Bros Brawl sitting around if I want to get my multiplayer on.

WHY ARENT YOU HAVING FUN, JOE?

Uh I think he is, because he's playing Boom Blox.

Yes, that's what I was trying to convey. Now purchase it, and you will be having that fun too.

[demi]

For four hours!

[Crushed]

Why isn't Boom Blox fun demi. Any reasons.

[demi]

I dunno, I haven't played it

[etiolate]

You people have lost it when you start bringing up frames per second on a puzzle game.

[Joe Molotov]

Don't listen to demi, he doesn't even play games except maybe for trolling purposes. Just look at the reviews:

I've been waiting to say something like this for a year and a half: If this is the future of casual gaming, motion controls, and Wii, count me in. Boom Blox may not be the best Wii game, depending on your proclivities, but it's definitely the best use of the Wii yet. It's immensely accessible, wonderfully tactile, and stands as one of the best treatments of gaming in a 3D space.

A+

Just like I was saying in my first post, this is a prime usage of the Wii, the kind of game the Wii was made for. Yeah, I was being a little sensational, but I mean it's not like block stacking/unstacking games are going to sell themselves, I was just trying to get everyone's attention. Mock it all you like, but this is a really, really good game.

[demi]

So basically you've been waiting for the Wii to be a casual machine. You are part of the problem, and thus you must be trolled.

[Crushed]

So basically you've been waiting for the Wii to be a casual machine. You are part of the problem, and thus you must be trolled.

The definition of "casual" once again morphs. Now all "good" games are "casual."

[Joe Molotov]

demi, it's already been established you don't know shit about this game, so quit being a douchebag. At least wait until your copy comes in from Gamefly so you can pretend to have an informed opinion before you bash it.

[demi]

I clearly do. It's blocks. That explode.

[Trent Dole]

The amount of acclaim this game is getting makes me curious enough to give it a shot myself sometime, but I dunno about coughing up $50 for it. Between this and Blast Works the Wii has a whopping two interesting third party games out this month.

[AdmiralViscen]

When did xbots gets so bitter and opposed to fun?  I'm sorry I even brought it up now. Sorry it doesn't have enough bloom lightning and exit wounds for you fegs. Sorry that I expected you fuckheads to take a break from lawling at Sony and GTA4 for being shitty or at Borys for buying PC games or whatever to actually play a game. 

If I was so desperate, I'd just stroke it to sales figures, as is my right as a Nintendo fan. But I haven't even finished Twilight Princess or Metroid Prime 3 yet, and I've still got Mario Kart Wii and Super Smash Bros Brawl sitting around if I want to get my multiplayer on. Just thought maybe you knobgobblers might like to know about some actual quality game that's been released since it's not like I can expect any of you to actually know what's going on on the Wii, but clearly you're too busy jerking each other off. So have fun with that, I'm going to go play it some more.

BTW, I played two hours worth of 4-players this afternoon. Very nice. This game will have long shelf life for connoisseurs of fun.

More power to you dude, jokes is jokes but sometimes there have to be some real posts too.

I'll try this if I have the chance but I'm trying to be more careful with my game purchases.

[demi]

So wait Joe finds this game fun (not a rare case with the Wii) and you people make fun of him?

smh

Nfag finds Wii game fun, NEWS AT ELEVEN

omg

[Joe Molotov]

Played another two hours of 4-player competitive mode today, and about an hour of single-player. Both fun, but co-op is really where it's at. Co-op's only two players unfortunately, but if you're playing on a mode where you take turns, like dissembling towers, you can just pass a Wiimote around to however many people you've got.

I watched the tutorial video on building your own levels, and the level editor looks really easy to use. I'm going to try making something awesome tomorrow, and maybe I'll wiimail it to my REAL friends when I get done.

[AdmiralViscen]

Played another two hours of 4-player competitive mode today, and about an hour of single-player. Both fun, but co-op is really where it's at. Co-op's only two players unfortunately, but if you're playing on a mode where you take turns, like dissembling towers, you can just pass a Wiimote around to however many people you've got.

I watched the tutorial video on building your own levels, and the level editor looks really easy to use. I'm going to try making something awesome tomorrow, and maybe I'll wiimail it to my REAL friends when I get done.

Can you post a link to a vid that's representative of its gameplay?

I always look for good co op games to bust out with my gf

[bachikarn]

Seems like it'll be fun, but no way am I buying this for $49.99.

[CurseoftheGods]

ITT, witness the embarrassing breakdown of a Nintendo fan.

Joe, loosen up. Stop taking things so seriously. The guys are just having a little fun, and seeing you getting distraught over the silliest trolls make it even more entertaining.

I am a friggin' Sega fan, and I probably wouldn't have lasted here for a month if I were to take every post in the gaming forum seriously. 

[Tieno]

What does smh mean?

[demi]

It means SHAKING MY HEAD

It's another way to say you are disappointed

[Joe Molotov]

Played another two hours of 4-player competitive mode today, and about an hour of single-player. Both fun, but co-op is really where it's at. Co-op's only two players unfortunately, but if you're playing on a mode where you take turns, like dissembling towers, you can just pass a Wiimote around to however many people you've got.

I watched the tutorial video on building your own levels, and the level editor looks really easy to use. I'm going to try making something awesome tomorrow, and maybe I'll wiimail it to my REAL friends when I get done.

Can you post a link to a vid that's representative of its gameplay?

I always look for good co op games to bust out with my gf

X-Play's video review has a good overview of all the different modes:

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Here's another video of some people playing the Throw mode, so you can see what's going on off-screen:

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Official Trailer (it's all in-game, though mostly it just shows stuff blowing up, which is a part of the game, but a small part):

[youtube=425,350]Vb6EyvaNn7M[/youtube]

ITT, witness the embarrassing breakdown of a Nintendo fan.

Joe, loosen up. Stop taking things so seriously. The guys are just having a little fun, and seeing you getting distraught over the silliest trolls make it even more entertaining.

I am a friggin' Sega fan, and I probably wouldn't have lasted here for a month if I were to take every post in the gaming forum seriously. 

Relax bro, this ain't my first rodeo, I don't need posting instructions. I've been on a lot of different forums before, and I'm only serious half the time, and I only take what I hear seriously a quarter of the time (cut that in half if it's EB).

[CurseoftheGods]

smh

[Mondain]

it's on Wii, thus it's shit and i'm not even burning it

[abrader]

wow i watxhed videos and this looks fun as hell.

I am sooo tempted as I need some decent games chix can play too.

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

for a 50 dollar, EA published game, the visuals and presentation are painfully unpolished.  Paradoxically, its one of the very few Wii games that isn't (further) uglied up by atrocious jaggies.  But whining about graphics on a dang puzzler is kinda futile, I might as well complain about how every new 2D shooter has terrible art or how FPS's now outnumber the earths biodiversity.  There's just some things you have to accept as being common and admit to yourself that those are the prices you must pay for partaking in that particular genre.

Having got that long and unnecessary preface out of the way, I will say that Boom Blox is indeed all that, and the bag of chips.  There's a metric ton of pretty good single player content, and the co-op and competitive multiplayer is so very wonderful.  Yes wonderful.  Its easily the best multiplayer Wii game I own and has been the source of some very fun times with my casual-gamer-minded gf.

Boom Blox might not look it, but it packs a heck of a value into its modest appearance.  As one of the few really good Wii games that actually uses the strengths of the Wii, it should be on every bodies shortlist of worthwhile games for that game-poor system.

[Oblivion]

I still love you, Joe.

[tiesto]

The amount of acclaim this game is getting makes me curious enough to give it a shot myself sometime, but I dunno about coughing up $50 for it. Between this and Blast Works the Wii has a whopping two interesting third party games out this month.

Yeah, I definitely want to get Blast Works... and Opoona. Want to give Boom Blox a try before I actually fork down $50 for it, even though the reviews sound good and it's probably something I'd be into.

[Van Cruncheon]

you really do NOT want opoona

[demi]

Opoona > Mana Khemia

[Van Cruncheon]

i have played both and my expert japafag opinion is not only that mana-khemia is better than opoona, it is better than any kingdom hearts game

[pilonv1]

Against my better judgement and being desperate to find SOMETHING other than rom dumps to play on my Wii I picked this up.

To say I'm disappointed would be an understatement. Actually disappointed is too strong a word. Apathetic is better. This could rank as one of the most boring games I've ever played. Put your pointer on a block, flick the controller forward or pull it back. WOW A+

It's not even a my first puzzle game, because my first puzzle game would require some puzzle elements. This is just picking a spot and flinging the controller. Do it in less flicks to get a better score. The rudimentary "blocky" animals you choose as your avatar should appeal to closet furries everywhere too.

To charge full price for this is laughable, it should be a Wii Ware game at best. The most polite thing I can say about it is that it's a nice tech demo for their physics engine. I can't believe I unpacked my Wii for this

[demi]

i have played both and my expert japafag opinion is not only that mana-khemia is better than opoona, it is better than any kingdom hearts game

hahahaha you bought opoona too