De Blob

When you look at the sparkling finish that is on De Blob, it's hard to believe that it is here because some college students decided that it would be fun to have a muck around with some video game coding, and a little blob of paint. It is just amazing. From the way that Blob - the protagonist - rolls around, painting buildings, right the way through to the multitude of different characters and modes. If we first look at the basic gameplay, we'll notice how easy it is to grasp, but at the same time, when you've managed to paint the entire city, you'll feel that same sense of acheivemnt that you will with any Zelda or Mario title. That's the thing. Many people will say that De Blob is just for the casual gamer, but it really isn't. Yes, you could complete the game within 5 hours, but that just isn't the point of De Blob - if you've completed the game in that amount of time, you've only scratched the surface of what the game has to offer. If you manage to play every bonus mission, then paint the entire areas in each challenge, and then try and claim every medal, you start to realise that in reality, De Blob offers over 20 hours of gameplay. So now lets focus on the painting. At first it may seem that De Blob only has three colours to choose from - red, blue, yellow. However, as you go more in depth into the game, you'll realise that you can mix these colours to widen your variety all the way up to: red, yellow, blue, green, purple, orange and brown. Then of course you also have the inkies - bad guys that cover you in ink if you touch them. So, what's wrong with this you may ask - well, ink drains paint points, and then your life. The only way to keep your paint points is by rushing to either a water hydrant, or maybe to the sea. Basically, De Blob is a great game and is definitely worth a buy.

36/40