Wii: Boom Blox
I picked up Boom Blox for the Wii today.
Even in playing it for only a bit, it is truly an awesome game. The physics are just flat out fantastic.
Basically, you throw a baseball like thing at towers of blocks into which various colored glass blocks are integrated. To pass a level, you have to knock all the glass blocks to the ground within a certain number of throws. Fewer throws than the goal yields more bonus points, etc…
Throws are accomplished by flicking the controller. The controls are quite intuitive without any frustration.
Simple premise. Brilliantly executed.
The graphics are solid, but the interaction between the bits of the tower are just patently brilliant. You can move the camera about and it is quite amazing to watch this balanced tower teeter back and forth with some of the blocks moving just a bit differently than others.
In any case, I have barely scratched the surface of the game and it is a lot of fun. I’m just cranking through single player. There is also two player competitive and cooperative modes along with the ability to create and share new levels!
Great game.