Mushroom Men feels good, review due soon
Friday, January 2nd, 2009 at 4:20am by Derek
Closing up shop for the holidays, Mushroom Men couldn’t have come across my desk at a worse time.
I received review copies just before the holiday break from the good people at Red Fly Studio, but today was my first play session. I popped in the Wii version for a taste of the serving to come this weekend.
As I wrote in July, Mushroom Men is a stylish throwback, a heterogeneous revival of N64-era platforming driven by malodorous mushrooms with Star Wars-like telekinetic powers.
It feels like a classic Rare platformer, applicable to both the wonderful and tedious connotations that implies.
My preliminary play session today was, above all else, enjoyable. Also born were the quips of mixed commentary for which critiques exist, but suffice it to say Mushroom Men seems to fill a void on Wii:
It’s an enjoyable, traditional single-player adventure, a welcome release during a period in which the like have been relatively few.
Expect a review of the Wii version next week, with the DS to follow.
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:13 pm
I made a tough decision at EB last week between Mushroom Men and de Blob. I chose the latter and it’s been awesome, I look forward to this review as MM may well be my next gaming purchase.
January 2nd, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Mushroom Men has my interest.
I look forward to the review.
January 2nd, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Good to see some more interest in this game. It looked interesting in development, but I am not a huge fan of 3d platformers so I’ve stayed away from the game. Still, it’s on my “to do” list, though getting pushed further and further down as time goes on.
January 2nd, 2009 at 5:19 pm
I played it for an hour last night, its a fun game with some minor issues.
Gonna try to play it some more this weekend, only made it passed Old King Mole.
Gotta love the Spite, Dr.Salts and Crust pop bottle caps,
Jello Kitty was pretty funny as well. :p
January 2nd, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Can’t wait to read the review as well. Would like to see some sales figures on it, but my gut says they aren’t good. Wish there was easier, more reliable access to game sales besides vgcharts.