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Boom Blox

BOOM BLOX, is the first game developed in collaboration between two giants of multimedia entertainment, Electronic Arts and director/producer, Steven Spielberg. Spielberg is obviously a master storyteller and so knows a thing or two about blockbusters, but he also no stranger to the gaming world. A long-time gamer himself, he conceived the original idea behind Lucas Art’s PC/Mac title The Dig, but busting these BLOX is an entirely new concept.

Fast & wacky fun on your Wii

Enjoy some crazy characters. View larger.

Get to stackin’ in 5 unique worlds. View larger.

Create one-of-a-kind levels. View larger.

Levels and Levels of Fun
A Puzzle/Action game inspired by Spielberg’s own search for a game that he would enjoy playing with his own kids, BOOM BLOX is designed specifically with the strengths and versatility of the Wii in mind. In it players can look forward to a fast-paced gameplay blending the simplicity of the wildly popular block game Jenga and the crazy complexity of a Rube Goldberg machine–devices that although performing very simple tasks are designed to do it by the most complicated means possible.

BOOM BLOX features over three hundred levels, a variety of activities, a cast of over thirty wacky characters, and an easy-to-use in-game editor that allows players to express their creativity. It’s visceral gameplay is perfectly suited for the Wii’s interactivity. The action gets going fast and the fun never ends as you throw baseballs, blast lasers, save wacky animal characters, explore cool worlds and more!… making it the ultimate Wii blox-buster for 2008.

Features:

• Throw, grab, and blast your way through 300+ levels – Use fun action gestures and crazy virtual tools (like bowling balls, baseballs and fire hoses) to destroy your way through over 300 brain-twisting challenges.
• Fast-paced Multiplayer Action – Fun for kids and the entire family, BOOM BLOX offers action-packed interactive activities that takes Wii play to a new level of creativity and fun with single player, co-op, and versus gameplay. Up to 4 players at once.
• Over 30 Wacky Characters set in 5 Unique Worlds – Tackle the action and interact with entertaining characters such as the Blox-laying chickens or the baseball throwing monkeys, who bring personality to the Tiki, Medieval, Frontier, and Haunted themed environments.
• Make It Your Own/Share – Unlock characters, worlds, blox, and props throughout the game and use to build whatever you can imagine in Create Mode. You can virtually build anything you can dream up. Remix any level and share what you create with friends via WiiConnect24TM.

Endless Play and Replay Combinations
Built upon a full real-time physics model, each player’s BOOM BLOX experience can be as easy or difficult as you want it to be. Additionally, players can remix any level of the game in Create Mode using props, blocks, or characters that have been unlocked during the game. Players can also virtually build anything they can dream up. This makes for nearly endless play and replay options in what promises to be the latest must-have Wii title for the entire family.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great fun for young or old
This is a real sleeper of a great game.

You will have many, many hours of fun playing this one.

Give it a try and you won’t be disappointed.

5 Stars One of the best party games
I had never heard of this game until some friends and I went to rent a few games to play for the weekend. We found Boom Blox and thought it looked ok, so we took it home and played all night. I liked it so much I bought it.

The multiplayer mode is the best. We had tons of fun and played for hours, though, yes, our arms were sore the next day. Single player can be pretty fun, but it does get lonely after a while.

5 Stars one of our fave games
this is great fun for all the family, i love to play it and try to complete all the levels, which start of easy then get progressivley harder.

my son loves to create levels, even my husband who is not a gamer likes to play.

there have been a lot of comparisons to jenga, but really there are only a few jenga like levels, a lot of it is bashing, and shooting, and aiming at blocks.

its really a good game

4 Stars fun game, touchy controls, needs some more work
fun with or without friends, my parents actually play it some with me consider it like a wii play type of game only it supports 4 players has a single player campaign, the very hard levels are VERY HARD, and can be a lot of fun.

HOWEVER maybe it’s just me but my wii remotes jump around in this game (i bought it new) just like my counsel. this makes the hard levels VERY HARD, and the VERY HARD levels impossible.

4 Stars One of the best party games for the Wii
Boom Blox was nowhere near my radar when I bought my Wii last year. I’m a reader of Penny Arcade, and while I don’t often use their recommendations to pick up games, the glowing review and concept of a physics-based game where you just threw stuff at blocks was enough to get me to put it in my GameFly queue. Broke it out at a party with friends, and I couldn’t click the Keep It button fast enough.

When I try to explain Boom Blox to people, it just doesn’t go well. You can’t really explain how fun it is to topple half of a friend’s castle with one throw, get thousands of points by blasting targets that can become tiny dots even on a 50″ TV, or getting just the right angle to send a block into the 10x multiplier. I always end up saying, “You just have to play it.” It’s a tribute to the game that I’ve had at least three people who had never played it before say they were going to immediately order a copy.

You actually don’t just throw things: there are also grabber tools and a myriad of special blocks and tools you use to accomplish tasks from simply knocking point blocks to the ground to deconstructing elaborate structures by grabbing blocks one at a time without letting baby cows fall to the ground. Trust me, it makes sense once you play. There are several types of play, so you won’t get bored with just one.

Single-player can get repetitive unless you’re a compulsive who just has to finish everything (like me). Multiplayer is what makes the game really come alive: both the gamesmanship (and even anger) that comes out during competitive play and one of the most basely satisfying co-op experiences out there. The higher levels are genuinely challenging without being terribly frustrating. The three-tier scoring helps out a lot: gold is for people who just have to have all gold and silver and bronze are for those who just want to play through the game for fun.

The single player is the only reason the overall game gets four stars; I couldn’t, in good conscience, give the “fun factor” of the game anything less than a five.

Pros:

- Fantastic party game

- Controls are easy to pick up

- Variable levels of achievement allow even casual gamers to advance

Cons:

- Single player can get repetitive

- Competitive multiplayer could be larger

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