Splitkick: McPixel is a stupid game. Developer Sos decided to take the speed of WarioWare games and apply it to the point-and-click adventure genre. Much like pickles and ice cream, they don’t go together. But if you’re a pregnant woman it can make perfect sense. My wife never craved that combination of foods when she was pregnant, and was repulsed by even the idea. Basically, McPixel can hit the right spot, but only under certain circumstances and conditions.
McPixel is genre-less hilarious game so pixelated that will bring you back to 80s
Brett spotlights indie games of new and old in half hour of indie. This week he played McPixel. A very bizarre adventure game.
When you first boot up the game, McPixel warns you that long play sessions can lead to brain damage. Take note. They mean it. McPixel is a series of short, rapid-fire point-and-click “adventures” that highlight everything that is wrong with the point-and-click genre. Each scenario only lasts about 20 seconds, and in that time, you’re supposed to find a way to defuse an explosive. The solutions rarely make sense, though...
