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Simple to pick up - Sometimes tricky to master
posted by Shazbot (BROOKLYN, NY) May 18, 2008
Member since Aug 2007
36 out of 38 gamers (95%) found this review helpful
Boom Blox is an interesting combination of elements culled from Jenga, Tetris, sideshow "knock down the cans" and an old old table game called KerPlunk. At first sight it easy to blow this one off as a simplistic cartoon block game but it does have some depth.
Many people can breeze through with enough to pass the first run through the diffent types of game.... but if you aspire to scoring Gold on every level then you may be scratching your head a little and stamping your foot when your theory doesn't quite work out the way you thought it should.
Basic premise - chuck a ball at an arrangement of blocks and make them fall down. Control delivery is very similar to throwing a fastball in the baseball games. Targeting is simple point and click to lock but the ball will drop with gravity if you throw at a further away point and this has to be adjusted for. The real fun starts as the blocks behave very differently depending on where you hit them and you can rotate around the puzzle to decide from which viewpoint to launch the ball.
Some games also have you removing blocks with the Wiimote a la Jenga and this can be waaay trickier than you might think.
Hit in the middle most blocks whizz out without disturbing much else but hit at either end or on a corner and you can begin to deliver the chain reactions that are essential to high score the game.
Figuring out the best point to start is often crucial and the most frustrating part but it is more entertaining than you might think.
Problems? - throwing soft shots is pretty difficult with any reliability and sometimes despite aiming the target at one block you will find yourself clipping one in front and to the side of it - this is probably the games biggest drawback.
Overall if you like puzzle games or anything a little off the wall you will probably like it a lot and keep it. If you will try anything once rent it and have some fun for a bit. Action addict? - don't bother even trying it.
Many people can breeze through with enough to pass the first run through the diffent types of game.... but if you aspire to scoring Gold on every level then you may be scratching your head a little and stamping your foot when your theory doesn't quite work out the way you thought it should.
Basic premise - chuck a ball at an arrangement of blocks and make them fall down. Control delivery is very similar to throwing a fastball in the baseball games. Targeting is simple point and click to lock but the ball will drop with gravity if you throw at a further away point and this has to be adjusted for. The real fun starts as the blocks behave very differently depending on where you hit them and you can rotate around the puzzle to decide from which viewpoint to launch the ball.
Some games also have you removing blocks with the Wiimote a la Jenga and this can be waaay trickier than you might think.
Hit in the middle most blocks whizz out without disturbing much else but hit at either end or on a corner and you can begin to deliver the chain reactions that are essential to high score the game.
Figuring out the best point to start is often crucial and the most frustrating part but it is more entertaining than you might think.
Problems? - throwing soft shots is pretty difficult with any reliability and sometimes despite aiming the target at one block you will find yourself clipping one in front and to the side of it - this is probably the games biggest drawback.
Overall if you like puzzle games or anything a little off the wall you will probably like it a lot and keep it. If you will try anything once rent it and have some fun for a bit. Action addict? - don't bother even trying it.
Are these "Blox" more fun than Legos? Maybe.
posted by JMichaud (BETHESDA, MD) May 15, 2008
Member since Jan 2008
6 out of 9 gamers (67%) found this review helpful
BOOM BLOX is about blocks that go boom - sort of.
This is a puzzle game with several different puzzles.
One type of puzzle is where players manipulate blocks that are in one or more large stacks using a grabbing device, a baseball, or a laser.
Depending on the puzzle, you have to either demolish all of the blocks, or some of the blocks.
Another puzzle has you hitting bad guys with a gun, baseball or other projectiles.
The best part of BOOM BLOX is taking out that one block of a structure, and watching the remaining blocks go all over the place. Destroying stuff never felt so good. It feels even better with multiple players.
You can even create your own structures for you and your friends to demolish as well. There's a wide variation of blocks at your disposal.
But the shooting parts of the game aren't as much fun, and constantly throwing baseballs to stop a hoard of bad guys will give you a bad elbow.
Also, manipulating the camera with the B button felt clunky.
But despite that, BOOM BLOX is a lot of fun and shouldn't be passed up.
This is a puzzle game with several different puzzles.
One type of puzzle is where players manipulate blocks that are in one or more large stacks using a grabbing device, a baseball, or a laser.
Depending on the puzzle, you have to either demolish all of the blocks, or some of the blocks.
Another puzzle has you hitting bad guys with a gun, baseball or other projectiles.
The best part of BOOM BLOX is taking out that one block of a structure, and watching the remaining blocks go all over the place. Destroying stuff never felt so good. It feels even better with multiple players.
You can even create your own structures for you and your friends to demolish as well. There's a wide variation of blocks at your disposal.
But the shooting parts of the game aren't as much fun, and constantly throwing baseballs to stop a hoard of bad guys will give you a bad elbow.
Also, manipulating the camera with the B button felt clunky.
But despite that, BOOM BLOX is a lot of fun and shouldn't be passed up.