While The Meating clings to its NES roots, those roots ultimately feel more like dead weight than a solid foundation. It succeeds in capturing the look and feel of those classic NES titles, but at the same time it struggles to innovate or offer a compelling reason for players to invest their time. In the crowded landscape of retro-inspired indies, The...
The Meating2021
The Meating
2021 Mega Cat Studios56Mediocre
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- $7.99
Details
- Launch
- 2021
- Developer
- Mega Cat Studios
- Publisher
- Mega Cat Studios
- Themes
Overview
Become a ghost minotaur on the quest to put his meat back together in this puzzle platformer. Use pyrokinesis, possession and an array of other ghost skills to solve puzzles, and the mystery of who butchered you. - 40+ Puzzle Platformer Levels - Arsenal of Ghost Powers - Veal and Raw Modes
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Bad- OpenCritic47from 3 reviews
The Meating featuers a quirky story, though the platforming is less than perfect. I apprecite the NES-isms, but perhaps the Switch version could benefit from a few enhancements to separate it from the NES take on things.
Playing The Meating on a modern console strips it away from its only novelty. This is strictly for fans of Crazy Castle who wished the protagonist could jump and do other things. Everyone else will be bored to tears.
The bosses were clever, but the other stages didn’t really engage all that much, and I feel if you want a Mega Cat puzzler on Switch, Roniu’s Tale is still the must-have game to nab. That one just has a lot more brain-pushing puzzles from the get go, while The Meating takes a bit too long to get going, and doesn’t exactly excite once it does.
While I tend to be a fan of games with vintage retro styling, The Meating feels like one you could steer clear of