Review : Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack

Platform : PS Vita / Steam
Developer : DrinkBox Studios
Price :8,00$ (Currently free for PS+ Members as of November 26)
Type : 2D Platform
Time played : Finished in about 6 hours.

Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack starts from a great concept. You are a small blob that escapes a laboratory.  When talking about blob, we think about growing to disproportional size by eating everything around.

Unfortunately, Tales From Space : Mutant Blobs Attack falls short of this concept. Yes you do grow by eating stuff around, but it is only used to block your path. Most of the game consist on going around and gathering blue points. Once you reach a certain part of the level, you must grow to swallow what is blocking your path. The fact that you also shrink between levels makes the feeling of growing just like an excuse for puzzle. Only in the last 2 levels do you really go around swallowing everything you can. The game would have been great if it was really based on growing and swallowing up everything in a level.

Swallowing stuff and people is the best part.

Level using Tilt functions of the PS Vita

All in all, it isn't a bad platformer. It uses some of the PS Vita touch and tilt features well. The puzzles are nice and skills are required to get all the trophies. It's not worth the 8$ for the best of it. I got it during Halloween sale on PS Vita for 3,50$, but if you can grab it free, it could get you hooked for a few hours.