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Argos 568/9213: Boom Blox - Wii Buy Boom Blox - Wii at Argos

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Boom Blox - Wii from Argos
Boom Blox centres around (mainly) demolishing structures made of blocks of different types, to release gems. Tools at your disposal include bowling balls, bombs and just deft touch. The game is not quite as immediately tactile and accessible as e.g. Mercury Meltdown Revolution, but still quite easy to pick up and go. Quite a lot of variety in the types of tasks - not all demolition jobs! Some of the levels seem a bit arbitrary, especially the ones involving the green chemical blocks, which explode when they touch each other. Consequently, some levels can be finished by sheer luck, and with others massive effort isn't rewarded. The party modes are good, with a somehow quite different feel to the games, and a fair variety of challenges.
Good points:
  • Sufficiently cute and slick 3D graphics
  • Satisfyingly accurate destructive physics
  • More variety in tasks than might appear from promotional materials
  • Decent party modes (nice mixtures of games available)
Bad points:
  • Occasional frustrating wonky Wii-mote pick-up - misdirected throws, pointer vanishing, pointer inverting, suggesting this was not properly play tested before being released
  • Menus a bit cryptic to navigate
  • Spielberg connection really nothing special
Jon S @ 22/07/2008 17:39
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