McPixel 3 excels at blindsiding you with absurd, hilarious moments as you struggle to figure out how to solve short puzzles in silly situations.
McPixel is a hero. At least, that’s what the Steam page says. In practice, I’m not so sure, given that many of your actions will get people killed. Beating a guy with the body of yet another guy so you can steal his parachute doesn’t seem PARTICULARLY heroic, but I guess he makes a fine hero for himself. However you feel about his actions, it will be hard to guess what he’s going to do in a given scene. The game presents you with a situation, some items, and a short amount of time to figure out what interactions will make things less lethal.
It’s pretty hard to guess what the guy will do when you click on something, though. McPixel is an unpredictable guy. Any time I thought I had the solution figured out, he’d do something I couldn’t fathom. Often, these cracked me right up, as the game continually delights with all kinds of funny actions. Whether you’re adjusting some internal organs, trying to stop a runaway train, or trying not to get run over by a lawn mower, I can almost guarantee that you won’t guess the correct answer that will keep you alive. Not that this is a bad thing, as the wrong answer tends to be even funnier than the right one. The game gives you a ton of tries to figure out the correct path, but taking time to go back and see all the wrong paths is even more fun.
I really don’t want to spoil any of the oddball situations and solutions you’ll find in McPixel 3, so I just want to tell you that it’s the funniest game I’ve played in years (likely since the first McPixel). It’s continually surprising and endlessly hilarious, and made for some of the most fun I’ve had with a game in a while.
McPixel 3 is available now on the Nintendo eShop, the Microsoft Store, the Epic Games Store, and Steam.
