Raining Blobs Review

I really have had my fill of “Kawaii” games just recently. Just when I think I’ve escaped the very odd genre/culture, I find myself yanked back in - reviewing yet another game with young females at the forefront. I would say women, but it’s likely they aren’t. I am talking about Raining Blobs, a colour-match puzzle game that features a cast of Kawaii girls battling each other for some reason or other.

If you’re reading this review, you’ve played a colour-match puzzle game before. It’s one of the most common and archaic genres in gaming; Columns, Bust-A-Move, Bejeweled and even Candy Crush. It’s a simple premise that developers have been using for years, Raining Blobs is no different in its delivery - apart from the whole young girl thing. The game offers players an arcade mode, tournament mode and endless mode. Arcade and endless can be played via split-screen co-op.

The tournament mode offers some form of story and context to why all of the girls are battling each other, the only problem is, I haven’t actually got past the third level yet. It’s incredibly hard, with a difficulty spike that is especially unforgiving. I can beat the the first two levels each time with no problems, but as soon as I get to the third, the game bends me over and shows me who’s Daddy. I don’t mind difficulty, I’m a huge Dark Souls fan; but difficulty is providing a challenge, not a near unbeatable AI character.

There’s leaderboards, which are the closest players are going to get to any form of online play. I can’t imagine you’d have that many friends playing Raining Blobs, and worldwide leaderboards are kinda pointless unless you are intent on becoming the best player in the world. Online endless co-op would have been nice, it’s something you could just chuck on with it mate if you wanted to have a natter.

It’s not hard to notice the lack of content on offer here. Apart from the three modes I previously mentioned, there really isn’t anything else to do. Players will likely find themselves quickly bored of the content, and likely find themselves playing Raining Blobs in short spurts rather than playing it for extended periods.

Graphically the game is alright I guess. It’s not going to blow you away but the pixel graphics more than suit the gameplay. You spend so much time staring at the blobs falling down that everything around it just becomes secondary. It performs well, I didn’t notice any stuttering or graphical issues while playing. I’m not sure how the game performs in splitscreen mode, but based on the single player offering, it should be fine.

Raining Blobs isn’t a bad game by any means, but I feel that there are better alternatives. Colour-match games are a dime a dozen, and there are plenty more available that offer a greater variety of game modes. I would really liked to have seen some variation on the core game mode, a challenge mode that adds random modifiers to each run would have been welcomed. Making the gameplay more challenging and keeping things fresh at the same time.

The lack of variety is my biggest issue with Raining Blobs it fails to do anything new or interesting; instead it falls back on the fact that there are Kawaii female characters. While that may be enough for some, it isn’t going to be for the majority. Want to play a game where you match colours together? Go play Bust-a-Move via flash, or just download Bejeweled on your phone; if it’s the Kawaii kick you’re looking for, Google exists.