It’s obvious from the get-go that Dr. Fetus’ Mean Meat Machine is more than a puzzle-branded reskin of Super Meat Boy. While old-school titles like Dr. Mario or this game’s source of inspiration, Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine, simply wedged Mario and Sonic characters, respectively, into Puyo Puyo-like match-four gameplay, Mean Meat Machine refreshingly feels as if puzzles have been seamlessly sutured into the pixel-precise acrobatics of prior Team Meat titles. This is meant as high praise, as the results here feel both familiar and wholly unique—a bit like Tetris if Tetris were out for revenge, trying to kill you at every turn.
At heart, Mean Meat Machine hinges on rotating and dropping pairs of malformed Meat Boy clones from the top of the screen to the bottom. Each time players successfully connect four clones of the same color, those clones are cleared from the level’s “gene pool.
At heart, Mean Meat Machine hinges on rotating and dropping pairs of malformed Meat Boy clones from the top of the screen to the bottom. Each time players successfully connect four clones of the same color, those clones are cleared from the level’s “gene pool.
- 6/22/2023
- by Aaron Riccio
- Slant Magazine
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