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Great review. I pretty much share the same overall feelings about the game. I disagree with a couple of points, however. I haven't completed the game, I think I've spent about 6 hours on it in total, but I haven't found the music to be irritating at all so far. The other issue I have with your review is the Tim Burton references, but I'm pretty sure that's just me being a pretentious jackass.

I guess it's fair to say that this game is hard to review objectively. You certainly touch on the fact that $20 for what was once freely available on the internet (and still is, depending on your morals!) is ridiculously pricey. But yet, I don't think you stressed this enough.

I'd love to say that this is a shining example for all big games companies to follow; no DRM, small team that cares about it's procuct etc. but I don't think you can really draw any real conclusions from it's sales/piracy ratio. The game is hardly Halo 4! I'd hazard a guess that your average person who purchases World of Goo is well aware of the dark and seedy world of digital rights "management". However, amongst the gaming populace these people are sadly, still in the minority.

But hey, I'll stop this from turning into an ant-drm rant. Cause there's enough of them on the internet already! Great review mate, enjoyed reading it.

ps. Who the hell is Rune Goldberg?