Pixeljam Games -- not be confused with PixelJunk -- have just released their newest game on Adult Swim's Web site. It's called Mountain Maniac, and it's probably their best game since Gamma Bros.
The premise is as simple as it is ludicrous: you're an angry mountain man who decides to vent his anger by crushing an otherwise-quiet hillside village with boulders. The boulders control sort of like Pachinko balls, except you can adjust their trajectory from time to time. The boulders are also notably unlike Pachinko balls in that they destroy everything they come into contact with, leading to some satisfying destruction combos (think of a boulder hitting a goat hitting a biplane hitting a cop car, and then all of them hitting a gas station) if you get a really good run going.
The town-smashing is elegantly broken up with short, surprisingly entertaining combat sections that task your mountain man with fighting off park rangers, SWAT team members, and, eventually jet bombers. Check it out here, and be sure to watch out for the goddamn Yetis.
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1:40 PM on 12.04.2009
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I should read more.
A little annoying when your boulder gets stuck on 2 platforms close together, but it's not enough to keep me away.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have a car that I must knock into an eagle to knock into a box of dynamite, that'll knock some boulders loose, which'll wipe out a mountain goat, several marmots, and a skunk. Then, my wonderful RAGE powers will guide the boulder across the entire townscape, bouncing off cars, and removing the top halves of tall skyscrapers.
I'm a big fan of these guys. They create some solid (and demented) titles.
Also, fuck the yeti.
BUT WHY DO MY BOULDERS KEEP GETTING STUCK