The challenge is to keep doing this for a couple of minutes without hitting anything or being hit. It's actually a small mini-game where you get to control a shooting key and take out any enemy that you encounter while you dodge obstacles. The walkthrough is probably what you might expect. If this isn't enough, the game also comes packed with a built-in walkthrough that can be more that useful as long as you don't abuse it.
Don't expect to view a detailed schematic on what you have to do, instead you will be shown a small bubble with a drawing that will give you a good idea on what the end result of the puzzle should be. If you have any trouble with any of the brutal puzzles, you can reach to your upper right side of the screen and use the hint button. The game offers you the ability to combine items together, but because you can only use the left mouse button, you must drag and drop items onto one another and then use them. Once you find one, click and the mechanical tin can will immediately swallow it up and thus adding it to your inventory. You also have an inventory that you can use to stack various useful items. It's all a matter of getting the robot close enough to each an object and then checking to see if he can use it. Moving the mouse around so that you can stumble across something to interact with will resolve nothing because you won't find anything that shows you what you can and cannot use. Each scene that you are in has its own mysteries and the game does not provide any hints on any area. Leaving aside the point and click aspect of the game, the sheer amount of puzzles that you have to solve is mind boggling and not only that they increase in difficulty, but you also have to set in motion the right set of events in the right order. Sounds simple enough, but in reality you have to solve a dozen of puzzles before you even reach the city gates, let alone enter it and rescue your robot soul-mate. Believe me when I say that these types of puzzles are not to be taken lightly.įor instance, from the moment you enter the game, you will have to piece yourself back together and find a way to return to the robot city. You will probably find him amusing at first with all the funny faces that he makes, accompanied by an adorable clumsiness, then later on you realize that all of this is necessary for you to take your mind off the stomping puzzle that you will be faced with. The main character is a small yet very expressive little robot that has the ability to chance his size from crunching down to the floor, to stretching all the way up whenever he needs to reach something. It's true, the game is entirely made using vector graphics and I have to say that if it hadn't been for the right click Flash content menu, I would have never guessed. This is probably because you were hoping for something else rather than a Flash game. As you solve the numerous puzzles that you are faced with and make your way to the city, you will notice that you are destined to do great things and that your misfortune of being thrown in this unwilling adventure will lead you to even save the city and the girl that you so dearly love.Īs soon as you start the game, you will notice that something is very different from what you were expecting. Your mission so far is to help him get a grip on himself, literally, and try to find a way back into the city.Īs you will soon discover, there is more to it than just reaching the city, you will also have to go and search for your beloved robot girlfriend that appears to be nowhere in sight. He finds himself on the outskirts of the city, in a garbage pit, all busted up and scattered across multiple areas. Machinarium starts off with a small cinematic depicting the accidental eviction of a goofy robot out of the robot city. This is indeed one of the reasons why the game has won the “Exellence in Visual Art” prize at the Independent Game Festival in 2009.
Machinarium is one of the few point and click puzzle games that have managed to revive the classic puzzle adventure and give it a nice wrap by using high quality and intriguing graphics. The answer lies in what Amanita Design has managed to publish.
My question to you is what happened to the good old classic point and click games that combined puzzles and funny cartoons in a challenging and yet fun way to spend your spare hours? The latest gaming innovations from all major companies have been focused on extensive graphical features and very complex story lines that ensure them a dose of realism to which any gamer can relate in a virtual environment.
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