World of Goo 3 is a bad idea

Listen. I love World of Goo as much as the next guy. Probably a hundred times more than the next guy. But I think a third World of Goo that can justify its existence is nearly impossible.

Not even the creators want to make another World of Goo after last year’s sequel. They clearly stated in their first interview that they have no intentions to make a third or fourth game, with Ron Carmel specifically stating that he’s “never making another game again.”

It makes no sense from a thematic perspective either. The entire reason for WoG2’s existence is to prove that the first one is perfect and they can’t make anything to top it. When you make a game with the message that the passionate community (the distant observer) is always going to be the ones who make the games (the species of gooballs) thrive. Because the creators (the World of Goo Organization) are just going to pump out a ton of soulless sequels that nobody will remember (the curator getting its memory erased) for the sole purpose of making money.

Anyways that’s my little rant. Just been seeing a lot of people talking about a third game lately and I needed to vent about why it shouldn’t happen. Very much in favour of exploring the world in other ways however, whether it’s fangames, mods, fanart, or spinoffs like Little Inferno or Welcome to the Information Superhighway (whenever they decide to make that). Looking forward to hear what other people have to say about this matter.