Goo Saga HD Edition Review – Just Shy of Lofty Goals

<p><em>Goo Saga HD Edition<&sol;em> is an HD version of a popular mobile title developed by <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tokaloka&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Toka Loka Games<&sol;a>&period; This HD PC port provides puzzle-platforming gameplay across 20 levels&period; Can you help Goo find his creator&quest; Doing so may very well help Goo figure out his purpose and the reason he was created&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Goo Saga HD<&sol;em> was created originally to provide puzzle-platforming gameplay in the vein of games like <em>Rayman<&sol;em>&comma; for mobile devices&period; Now with the HD Edition&comma; Toka Loka Games has added controller support&comma; HD Graphics&comma; and Steam Achievements exclusively for this version&period; In addition&comma; <em>Goo Saga HD<&sol;em> offers 2 different endings&comma; 20 levels of gameplay balanced for puzzle-solving and platforming&comma; 12 types of robot enemies and more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;113130" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-113130" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-113130 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;09&sol;16000519&sol;00screen-1024x552&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;Goo Saga HD Edition&comma; Toka Loka Games&rpar;" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"539" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-113130" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Goo Saga HD Edition<&sol;em>&comma; Toka Loka Games&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The 20 levels that encompass <em>Goo Saga HD<&sol;em> can be completed in three different ways&semi; Normal Mode&comma; Survival Mode&comma; and Time Trial Mode&comma; which all present unique challenges for the player to overcome&period; This adds a layer of replay value to <em>Goo Saga HD<&sol;em> that makes it more than just 20 levels of gameplay&period; Normal Mode gives you the goal of collecting all of the multicolored goo blobs in a level&period; Survival Mode requires you to complete the entire level without taking damage&period; Lastly&comma; the Time Trial Mode &lpar;which is somewhat self-explanatory&rpar; requires you to finish a level in a certain period of time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The premise of <em>Goo Saga HD<&sol;em> is Simple&colon; Goo is on a journey to find his creator&period; Across the 20 levels of the game&comma; by puzzle solving&comma; platforming and defeating enemies &lpar;including 4 epic bosses&rpar; you &lpar;and Goo&rpar; will discover the reason behind Goo&&num;8217&semi;s creation&period; By completing the modes of each level&comma; you can collect crystals which are used to upgrade Goo’s capabilities&period; This is frustrating as crystals can only be gained when all modes for a level are completed&period; This makes progressing Goo’s abilities only for the most skilled of players&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Goo has three states of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;elasticity” &&num;8211&semi; Deflated&comma; Inflated&comma; and Normal&period; These states are used in a variety of ways in order to solve puzzles and progress forward&period;  Inflated is faster than the other two modes&period; Deflated Goo can slide through tight spaces&comma; while Normal Goo doesn’t really have advantages or disadvantages&period; Goo can slam down onto enemies in order to destroy them and gain goo blobs by defeating them&comma; if playing in Normal Mode&period; Puzzle solving involves avoiding things like lasers&comma; spiked balls&comma; and spike hazards&period; Other puzzle solving involves timed switches&comma; moving boxes&comma; and other physics-based puzzles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;113131" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-113131" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-113131 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;09&sol;16000623&sol;00screen1-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;Goo Saga HD Edition&comma; Toka Loka Games&rpar;" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-113131" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Goo Saga HD Edition<&sol;em>&comma; Toka Loka Games&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Each of the levels of <em>Goo Saga HD<&sol;em> takes place in an underwater lab&comma; yet the variety of levels and enemies makes the atmosphere of the game incredibly beautiful&period; The music is calm&comma; peaceful and relaxing&comma; and conveys a sense of serene tranquility&period; The mystery of where your creator has gone permeates the story&comma; and the cutscenes that detail the story are beautifully voice acted and animated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite all of the good things that it has going for it&comma; <em>Goo Saga HD<&sol;em> is somewhat lackluster&period; There are no tutorials&comma; and I didn’t even know I could kill enemies until level three or so&period; The controls can be remapped&comma; but there is no real explanation of what button does what &lpar;playing with a gamepad that is&rpar;&period; It feels like a mobile game just given a fresh coat of paint&period; Even the bosses lack imagination&comma; simply feeling like classic bosses from other games &lpar;<em>Sonic<&sol;em> comes to mind&rpar;&comma; just with a gooey finish&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At the core of it&comma; <em>Goo Saga HD<&sol;em> is fun&comma; but it isn’t to the caliber of gaming greatness that it strives for&period; With a lack of direction and guidance &lpar;plus a progression system tied to being at peak precision skill&rpar;&comma; <em>Goo Saga HD<&sol;em> falls short of peak performance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>A Steam Product Code for <em>Goo Saga HD Edition<&sol;em> was provided by Toka Loka Games for the purpose of this review<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;