de Blob (Wii) - Review
de Blob, developed by Blue Tongue and distributed by THQ, is an interesting title - there’s similarities to Katamari Damacy throughout, but though it is not as quirky as that title, there’s still little touchs that remind me of why I enjoyed that game. de Blob is a very good effort for a third party Wii game; it’s fun though can be tedious near the end, but does have a lot of collection items that will interest those types of games. The presentation is very well done, particularly in the sound department. It’s definitely the type of game that will appeal to those that like ones that go off the beaten path.
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(2 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5)
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