The Wonderful End of the World is an indie developed by Dejobaan Games, LLC, released 25 January 2008 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Wonderful End of the World is
The Wonderful End of the World is an indie game developed by Dejobaan Games, LLC and released in 2008. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on 3D Game Studio.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You can't save the whole world. It's going to be eaten by a mythological demon with the head of a fish. But as a puppet that absorbs all it touches, you can try to rescue as much of Earth's greatness as you can before the end arrives. In the beginning, you roam the Earth, capable of absorbing only the tiniest of objects. A glass marble you collect becomes your head, and a pair of jellybeans becomes your hands. Small creatures overwhelm you, with rats kicking you around and golden retrievers threatening to stomp you to pieces. But with every object you collect, your puppet self grows larger. Eventually, you'll become a towering behemoth with fire engines for arms and the ability to absorb…
How it plays
Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 11 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Wonderful End of the World holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 5,101 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 4 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.5GHz, 1GB of RAM and DX9 compatible 3D card. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
The Wonderful End of the World launched on 25 January 2008, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Burnout Paradise, Devil May Cry 4 and Audiosurf. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Burnout Paradise, Devil May Cry 4, Audiosurf.
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