I picked up De Blob during the Amazon Black Friday sale and even with free shipping, it made it here today! I've played for a few hours now and I've got one thing to say:
This game is awesome.
I wasn't expecting too much, just another average platformer as that's what the reviews seemed to indicate. I'm happy to say that, no, De Blob is way more than that.
For those of you who haven't heard about this game, the basic premise is that the De Blob's world has had all of the color taken by I.N.K.T., a company that has taken all of the color from the citizens, the Raydians. Your job is to restore the color to the world and defeat I.N.K.T.
To start with, the game is really charming. It's just oozing personality. Every time you color a building, it adds a flourish to the background music. The places that you color are well laid out, with plenty of challenges to achieve 100% in every level. Each level has some additional variety from little challenges spread throughout the level. The cut scenes are a bit on the cutsie side, but serve the purpose of the story and are entertaining enough. After completing a level, there's additional challenges, such as completing the painting of a level in a certain way after before the timer runs out.
One thing that stands out about De Blob is that it's extremely polished, more so than the average Wii game. The menus are smooth and just well rendered . I'm not sure how to put it, it's a little hard to get excited about menus, but these are just well done. The graphics are perfect for the style of the game, drab at the start, colorful and bright after you've done your job.
I've really enjoyed my time with De Blob so far, it's one of the better platformers to come out this generation. If you haven't bought it yet, I'd highly recommend it.
