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Sammy
(5 months ago)
All things Boom Blox
Metacritic Score - 85
Summary of reviews
1up.com - A+ - reviewed by Nick Suttner
I've been waiting to say something like this for a year and a half: If this is the future of casual gaming, motion controls, and Wii, count me in. Boom Blox may not be the best Wii game, depending on your proclivities, but it's definitely the best use of the Wii yet. It's immensely accessible, wonderfully tactile, and stands as one of the best treatments of gaming in a 3D space.
IGN - reviewed by Matt Casamassina
Play it with friends and you won't want to put your Wii remote down. The concept powering Electronic Arts' Boom Blox, a Wii-exclusive puzzle game guided by Hollywood director Steven Spielberg, couldn't be simpler. You're challenged to disassemble, rearrange or completely destroy a series of Jenga-like block constructions ......
GameSpot - good - 7.0
+ : Hundreds of puzzles Strong competitive and co-op multiplayer Level creator adds a ton of replay value.
- : Shooting gallery and escort-style levels dilute the fun Story and characters are embarrassingly bad Can be repetitive.
Gamervision - 8.0
Boom Blox isn’t going to win any awards for production values despite having both EA and Steven Spielberg’s names attached to it. That said, nothing about the game really rings "Spielberg," so I am not too sure how much work he actually put towards the game.
Yahoo Games - 10.0 - reviewed by Tom Chick
Spielberg's explosive puzzle game knows what boys like. At first, you might think it odd that director Steven Spielberg is associated with this physics-based puzzle game from Electronic Arts...
