McPixel

 iOS
  • Publisher: Sos
  • Release Date: Aug 27, 2012
  • Also On: PC
Metascore
83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Hyper Magazine
    Nov 16, 2012
    80
    It's like a pixel-based WarioWare on acid. [Dec 2012, p.29]
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  2. Slide to Play
    Sep 12, 2012
    75
    Heed the game's warning and play McPixel in short doses -- but do play it.
  3. Digital Spy
    Sep 11, 2012
    60
    The game's nonsensical internal logic and humor is a lot of what makes McPixel so charming. The downside is that failing a puzzle means repeating it until you get it right.
  5. Pocket Gamer UK
    Sep 5, 2012
    90
    An alarmingly bonkers point-and-click puzzle title which is positively bursting with originality and insane conundrums, McPixel is short but most definitely sweet.
  6. Gamezebo
    Sep 2, 2012
    90
    McPixel does perhaps the most audacious thing of all: embrace the idea that joy in gaming comes in equal measure from knowing what you're doing and having absolutely no clue. Betting big on the concept that games aren't simple tests of what you can already do, but tests to see how much you're willing to learn. And hey. It doesn't hurt that Sosowski packs every scene with video-game related in jokes, pop culture references, and intertextual nods to earlier characters, improbably crafting a world one twenty second scene at a time.
  7. TouchGen
    Sep 2, 2012
    90
    I can't give more praise to McPixel than words allow, but by golly this is brilliant.
  8. Polygon
    Aug 31, 2012
    80
    McPixel has two clear inspirations: first MacGyver, the 1980s television series in which a secret agent combines practical scientific knowledge with household supplies to survive life and death scenarios; and secondly, MacGruber, a Saturday Night Live skit in which a secret agent loses track of time and gets everyone killed. McPixel is the step further, a parody of a parody. But it's stranger, grosser, funnier and far more blasphemous.

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#63 Most Discussed iOS Game of 2012

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User Score
6.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 4 out of 13
  1. Siresly
    Sep 11, 2012
    9
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  2. straiyn
    Sep 7, 2012
    2
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  3. ferretallica
    Oct 23, 2013
    0
    Quite simply the worst 'game' I have ever played. Your time will be spent doing these three things in order of frequency (most often toQuite simply the worst 'game' I have ever played. Your time will be spent doing these three things in order of frequency (most often to least):

    * Looking at "McPixel" logos
    * Randomly touching things on the screen for a few seconds
    * Wondering where the last 10 seconds of your life went

    and waaay behind in equal third, you'll spend equal time doing each of these

    * having fun
    * laughing
    * feeling remote any sense of accomplishment
    * being Batman (in real life)

    ie: none.

    The developer of this game is the kind of person who makes be believe in bringing back the death penalty.    … Full Review »
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