Mechanic Master (DS)

Portable consoles like the Game Boy & the Nintendo DS have always had a good stable of puzzle games to draw from. This is a little different though. It is a puzzle game. But it is a thinking type (like say, Professor Layton) as opposed to an action type (like say, Tetris). On each level you are presented with a puzzle. The aim of which is to remove all the aliens from the screen. The screen is always static & only moves when you tell it to. You are given different pieces to help solve the puzzle. Some are Robots that move. Some are tennis balls that drop. If you put the pieces in the right place & press action the puzzle will solve itself. ...  Read the complete review

This review is for Nintendo DS game, Mechanic Master, developed and published by Midway Games. Mechanic Master is a puzzle game with over one hundred levels to work through, with many similarities in principle to the 1990s PC game, The Incredible Machine. The aim of the game is to work through the levels, of which there are just over one hundred, solving mechanical puzzles. Each screen has humans and aliens, and you have to save the humans and kill the aliens by placing the various mechanical pieces, such as platforms, levers and boxes, in the right place. There are two different ways that you can play the game, either in the drawing mode or in the ...  Read the complete review

Yet another skill/logic game for the DS, but this is what the little dual screen console does best .Quite a simple premise for this one drag and drop items into the right places to complete the missions. OVERVIEW: Mechanic master starts basically with the first levels giving you all the hints and tips you need to complete the missions, for instance first mission consists of an alien blob and an aersol can on a platform and your job is to drag and drop a ball into the right place to get rid of the alien blob, in this case you drag and drop the ball on top of the aersol can and then press the play button on the bottom of the screen to activate the ...  Read the complete review

I saw this game advertised a few months ago, and I got really excited. As a big lover of old-school PC games, this game immediately reminded me of a similar game I played about 10 years ago (Sid & Al's Incredible Toons). I was desperate to get it, and upon receiving it I played it straight away. Mechanic Master is a simple idea. You need to alter existing situations, or create from scratch, machines and methods in which to kill (or, more gently, simply remove) aliens. At the same time, save any humans that may be captured by those dastardly aliens! Damn them! A puzzle game with a difference. Through the first few levels you are provided ...  Read the complete review

This is a mixed bag of a game, hard to describe what category it best applies to, a logic game, but not in the sense of Professor Leighton or Sherlock Homes, but nothing like an action one such as Sims or Mario type games. Mechanic Master, is simple to an extent, but needs logic to get going with it, the first few levels of the game the system gives you hints and tips, which was very useful, as you move through the levels, which in themselves become more difficult, more complex and more inventive. The aim of the game is the simple part, remove or kill the aliens, whether that be altering the screen and aspects of the game, use equipment, both ...  Read the complete review