Go on a rampage as a multi-tendrilled purple space creature trying to escape a space station in Omni Growth. Aim and fire your tendrils to pull yourself closer to walls as you eat bugs and avoid obstacles and enemies as you make your way to the exit. Omni Growth is available on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
In each single screen maze stage, you can’t move directly, but you can use the control stick to aim and fire one of your tendrils like a grappling hook. You can have four out at one time. Depending on how you have them out, you could go careening into a wall or slowly inch your way towards a direction. In each stage are a few things for you to eat, like bugs and these canisters that I imagine are supposed to be toxic waste but I was calling them sodas or energy drinks. Once you’ve gobbled up all of them, the exit will open up and you can move onto the next level. But watch out for obstacles and enemies like spikes and soldiers shooting at you. If you get hit three times you must start the level over again.
Ultimately I just couldn’t wrap my head around the physics of this game. You can fire out your tendrils but if you nick a corner along the way, you’ll come to a complete stop and can’t be pulled forward, and adjusting yourself through narrow passageways was just too hard. Maybe if they explained things a little better in the game or gave you more practice levels I might’ve gotten the hang of it more. But as it stands this one is just way too hard.
Kid Factor:
Omni Growth is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Fantasy Violence and Mild Blood. If you get hit once you’ll just flash for a bit. But when you get hit three times, you split up like a chopped steak! It kind of reminds me of the violent ways those little sprites would die in a game like Lemmings. But that’s about as bad as it gets. Reading skill is helpful for the text, but not necessary just to play. Younger gamers may find it too difficult, though.
