Splat the Blob

Splat the Blob sounds like a simple arcade idea, and that is also the main thing it has going for it. By our assessment, the appeal is immediate, because the name alone suggests a quick, physicsy bit of messy action rather than a long story or a deep ruleset. The downside is that games built around a single comic gimmick often run out of room fast if the levels do not keep changing. In practice, this kind of title usually lives or dies on feel: how clean the controls are, how readable the targets are, and whether the slapstick keeps being funny after the first few minutes. It sits closer to small mobile or browser arcade fare than to a large platformer, so the ceiling is naturally modest. Splat the Blob is the sort of thing that works best in short bursts, with little expectation of complexity.