Summary: Mercury Meltdown is a big improvement on its predecessor; it is better balanced, has been tweaked to be more playable and as a result is more enjoyable while keeping its
Excerpt: Mercury Meltdown is best described as an action puzzle game. It takes a little thinking to figure out how you’ll complete each level, but it’s your reflexes that will get...
Conclusion: THE VERDICT: The core experience has been tightened up and is a much more forgiving and fair experience than the original - even if it does look ridiculous.
Excerpt: QuickView Good: Unique stages, different mercury abilities Bad: Can be a tad difficult, somewhat touchy controls The original Mercury was a challenging puzzle title in
Conclusion: A good deal of gamers never saw more than maybe half of the first Mercury because of the challenge level, and the same will probably be true of this sequel -- the
Conclusion: There’s a melting pot of ideas available here, but there’s no real direction. Poorly thought out puzzles, pointless gameplay mechanics and horrifically garish...