Comments on: Big Mouth Strikes Again: The Maw

By: PoisonedV

PoisonedV — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:48:02 +0000

Love how they have ‘rumble’ but it doesnt work with any of my controllers

By: El Diablo con Queso

El Diablo con Queso — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:34:20 +0000

Ah, but the demo IS available via Steam. Maw Demo Here

By: Tei

Tei — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:38:27 +0000

@Henrik J: Surprising.. NO, no rebind of WASD keys for you. That is weird, because I suppose is something you can add to any game in 2 hours of work. I don’t know why, but seems is a sloppy port on this area. Weird.

By: The Sombrero Kid

The Sombrero Kid — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:40:14 +0000

@Hypocee

lol yeah i thought that was pretty funny

By: Henrik J

Henrik J — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:24:20 +0000

Does the full game allow you to customize the movement controls? WSAD is unplayable to me

By: Craymen Edge

Craymen Edge — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:47:29 +0000

I played the Xbox360 version.

It’s lovely, and cute and charming, although probably not WoG levels of lovely and cute and charming. I did really enjoy it though.

By: Tei

Tei — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:45:02 +0000

My suggestions for this game:

The controls are consolified, this mean that you are suppose to use all combos and keys, like [space] [mouse0] [mouse1] [F] … We are acustomed to PC games, that are somewhat simpler and logical, where everything can be made with [mouse0] and only a few rare things need [mouse1] and most of these are optional. So our verbs as PC gamers is [mouse0] [mouse1], but the verbs of this game are stuff like [mouse1][space] [mouse1][space][mouse1] and stuff.. theres also stuff (like moving rocks) that need [mouse1] mantained pressed.

Theres some obscure comment to be made about calling left click [mouse0]. I am programmer, and a byzarro guy as the next byzarro guy, so I start couting by 0. But maybe, and only maybe, It would have been slighty more intuitive to call the buttons [mouse1] and [mouse2] or [LBM] and [RBM] or something like that. Also, something can be commented about a game that need to repeat the keys needed like always and anywhere. Like.. .the player never really learn to use your game. Is obscure like that, in that obscurity style of obscurity. Or maybe we can blame the PC gamers, for his insistence on using a mouse. This game probablly feel more logical with a Pad.

By: rob

rob — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:22:31 +0000

I ate all the puffballs but the purple guy did not increase in size – I guess this is the issue?

By: Tei

Tei — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:15:48 +0000

Now lets make a Angry Internet Men comment,with all, with 4chan memes and SomethingAnfull wit:

Short game is short. It feels like playing the teaser video of a Pixar movie.

The money it cost worth it, but is 3 hours simple gameplay.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:51:09 +0000

Will have to give this a lookie. Looks like an amusing distraction. :)

By: PC Monster

PC Monster — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:50:30 +0000

@Rob / @Cole

I have the rock-not-moving problem, too. I’ve gone nuts with the mouse at that spot, pressing/clicking every action and movement combo I can think of, from every angle and position, and the blighter just won’t shift. I’ve also been all over every other piece of terrain and object just in case the game was being deliberately obtuse. Thoroughly ruined the demo for me (’Wait…that can’t be all there is?!?’) as it was only coming here this morning that confirmed that was what was supposed to be happening!

And yes, the treacle-drowned camera was bugging the hell out of me as well. God only knows what it would be like in the full game.

based on what little I’ve seen so far I think World of Goo’s crown is safe for now, Alec.

By: bansama

bansama — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:00:11 +0000

Yes the PC version will be getting extra levels, the developer wants to price them at $1.25, but it’s up to Valve to okay that.