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Great Fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my son not knowing what to expect.
It is a big hit. After watching them play I didn't think it looked all that fun but then I gave it a try and I can see why the kids love it!
This has the option of a four player game which is great too.
This game is good for all ages! Have Fun!!

More addictive than Caffeine...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

As I've mentioned in many Wii game reviews: I'm not a primary Wii player, and most Wii games have been pretty poor.

This game changes both!

I picked this up for my wife after she read online reviews from [...] . I let her play for about 10 minutes, then commandered the controller for the rest of the night!

The skinny - in this game you pretty much knock stuff down, blow stuff up, and create fantastic digital messes out of blocks and balls. It's very easy to compare to Jenga, though pulling blocks out of towers is only a portion of what this game will make you do. Most of the time you'll be slinging bowling balls, tennis balls, baseballs, or even rubber bouncing balls at ornate and elaborate piles of blocks trying to knock down some or all of them in the quest for bronze, silver or gold medals. A gold might require doing so in a certain period of time, or using a minimal number of throws.

The game is simply addictive beyond belief. Most puzzles are easily accomplished, but earning Gold can be quite difficult, take multiple tries, and require lots of time to analyze. This is far from bad however, as the thrill of discovery and success strongly outweighs any frustration by far.

Probably the most engaging part of the game is the creation mode, which allows you to build a puzzle entirely on your own. The learning curve is very easy, and though it took me four hours to build a puzzle encompassing over 7 chain reactions, it was an absolute blast the entire time. Folks, this is digital legos at it's FINEST.

The ONLY gripe I have is that - when building your own puzzle - you can't really advertise WHAT the purpose of the puzzle IS. For my puzzle, my goal is to free an extra-large gem block from a humongous pile of wooden blocks with just one throw of a baseball. It can be done, though it's anything but clear how to do it. Now finished, I can send the puzzle through the Wii Connect internet service. But when my friend receives the puzzle, there's no way to tell them what my goal is! I can tell them they only have one throw, but as soon as they throw the ball, a window pops up that says "You have met the goal" and ends the game! You can't even watch to see what happens. The only way around this is to remove all requirements (such as throws or time,) and accompany the puzzle with an email or message (not sure if Wii even allows this) to explain what the challenge is.

But, that being said, I replayed my own challenge over and over again because the explosion at the end of the chain reaction was simply awe-inspiring. The realism of the physics is quite convincing - large blocks are harder and slower to move than small blocks. Large "bomb" blocks yield larger explosions than smaller blocks, etc.

With over 300 puzzles included in the game, plus the ability to create countless more, Boom Blox is a game that rewards players of all ages with hours and hours of entertaining and challenging fun. These are the games that remind us we don't need guns and gore to entertain.

Lastly, the inclusion of multiplay opens up Boom Blox to group fun - though it should be noted that it's better as a competition than a co-op game. Though co-op is possible in the various Jenga stages, it's simply not quite as much fun. There's also arcade-style shooting games, but these get old very quickly. The competition series involve bombing opponents castles with bowling balls, and is a LOT of fun, though we quickly learned that while I could sling a bowling ball into a castle with catastrophic amounts of damage, my wife couldn't seem to get as much power behind her throws, and thus was never able to keep up. There are other competition games which require you to push your blocks into colored score zones. These too are a lot of fun and rely more on strategy than strength.

The game also has an entertaining soundtrack of catchy arcade tunes and hilarious animal sound affects. Get Boom Blox - I truely believe this game has something for everyone.

Boom Blox

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 21
Date: June 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this item as a gift for my grandson. I know nothing about it. I just wrapped it up and gave it to him for his birthday present.

Rental

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: August 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Don't buy this game. It's extremely disappointing. I was hoping for a sophisticated puzzle game (as it has consistently been advertised and reputed to be) with an interesting storyline (since a famous film director was involved in its production). Boasting a number of promising elements, the final product just fails to hang together in a satisfying way. The story is nearly non-existent (and what there is is infantile), and the puzzles are almost always either trivial or nearly impossible (or not puzzles at all). It is at best an addictive waste of time. And who in the world would want to create their own levels?

I thought this was going to be lame...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 41
Date: May 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

...and I was right!

Okay, so it's not LAME - but it's not that fun, either. I played for a few hours tonight and it was okay. It wasn't good enough to make me want to buy it (I rented it - wanted to give it a test run before laying down my hot, soft cash). The truth is, even when the price goes down in a few months or years, I still won't buy it. An average game at best.

am I the only one with problems

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: May 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have a normal Wii (not modded) with the latest updated system code.
I tried 2 retail versions of Boom Blox with 4 different sets of wiimote and have trouble with the cursor.
This is what happens, go off the screen right or left and suddenly the cursor is totally out of sync you have to move the wiimote downwards to get it working correctly, but once you move left or right off the screen the cursor is hosed - I can't believe I'm the only one with this problem.
All other games I have, carnival, striker, brawl, Zelda, wii play, wii sports all play fine with my wiimotes.
So now I'm stuck with a $[...]useless game. The last thing to try is move to a 4:3 TV, maybe this games doesn't work well on WS TV.

Order it from newegg

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: May 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I ordered this game from amazon and they sat on my order, not even shipping it, for 5 days. I finally realized I could order it from newegg, pay $3 less, and the order I made 5 days later from newegg would even arrive almost a full week sooner than amazon.

The only catch was my order was "preparing to ship" for about 4 days so I could not even cancel it without customer service intervention. If it's preparing to ship, then ship it. What the hell do you need 4 days to ship a single box for?

Great game, but amazon is slipping. I ordered it from newegg and it shipped the same day for free. 3 days later it arrives. This is much better than waiting 2-3 weeks for amazon to get off of their duff.

Boom Blox disappoints

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 14
Date: June 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

After all the hype I had high hopes for this game. The concept has a lot of potential, and the capability to create and share your own levels looks great on the box cover. However, the reality I found was that levels I created lack the one interaction that makes the built-in levels fun at all -- that the gem blox explode and disappear when you knock them over. I spent hours trying to figure out how to make this happen for my levels before giving up and accepting that it isn't supported. The built-in levels are fun, but there is way too much out-of-game experience (time spent in menus and scoreboards instead of knocking down blox). Also, I had hoped to play this game with my daughter (4yo), but the interaction with the Wii remote was too involved and frustrating for her even though it looks like its targeted for her demographic (and she is able to play most of the games in WiiSports). Last of all, the much hyped head-tracking easter egg was cut in the final product. This feature was the reason I originally heard about the game (on Johnny Chung Lee's blog), and was a major interest for me in purchasing it. I didn't discover until after I brought it home, and after playing the game for a few days that this easter egg was not included in the final product. Overall, very disappointing. Definitely not worth $60. Maybe worth $30 if the price comes down that far.

Should have been a $20 game.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: May 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a simple game with some good play value but it will get old quick and be one of those rarely played ones that end up lost behind your Television.

An okay buy if you're looking for a simple game that a five year old can play but it will not hold much for a teenager or adult. Link's Crossbow Training would be a much better purchase.

Fun, but...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The game is great and we've had a lot of fun playing it. The only concern I have is that the control seems to jump all over the screen. When we play other games the control is steady and moves where we want but with Boom Blox it has a tendency to fly all over the screen making game play much more difficult. I don't know why that happens or how to correct it, but it seems to be the game and not the wii.

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