{"id":24442,"date":"2024-04-29T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T00:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=24442"},"modified":"2024-04-07T12:16:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T12:16:01","slug":"manic-mechanics-switch-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/29\/manic-mechanics-switch-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Manic Mechanics (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Repair cars as quickly as possible in this madcap multiplayer game.\u00a0 Manic Mechanics takes a lot of inspiration from other games of this ilk, especially Overcooked.\u00a0 But instead of being in a kitchen cooking food, you\u2019re in a garage fixing vehicles.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

You control your character with the L stick as you move around the garages in top down fashion.\u00a0 There are conveyor belts with broken parts in each stage, and you must pick up the right ones and take them to the repair stations.\u00a0 There you must play a short mini-game where you time button presses to fix the part.\u00a0 Then you take the pieces to the cars and when all the parts they need are on, you\u2019ll get bonus points and start on a new car.\u00a0 Be on the lookout for premium parts on the conveyor that are already repaired.\u00a0 You\u2019ll save time and earn bonus points by using those.\u00a0 Use mops to clean up oil and paint spills so you don\u2019t slip, and charge up batteries to use in electric parts.\u00a0 Each stage has a new part, obstacle, or gimmick for you to deal with.\u00a0 You can earn up to three gears in each level by reaching a certain score, and you can unlock new mechanics to play as by reaching certain milestones.\u00a0 You can play solo, couch co-op, online, and there\u2019s even a versus mode.<\/p>\n

My only problem with this game is the same I have with other titles like this.\u00a0 If you are playing in single player, at some point it gets nigh impossible to proceed because you\u2019ll need high enough scores and gears to progress, and the only way to seemingly do that is to play multiplayer.\u00a0 And when you are pretty far in the game, it\u2019s hard to keep track of all the different parts you have to remember.\u00a0 But if you like games such as Overcooked and have a lot of friends available to play with you, you might want to check this one out.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Manic Mechanics is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 Your cartoony characters can get zapped, squished, and fall into pits or water, but they\u2019ll always reappear again good as new.\u00a0 No worse than a Looney Tunes cartoon.\u00a0 And kids love to pretend to fix cars.\u00a0 Reading skill is needed for the text, and younger gamers may need help, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Repair cars as quickly as possible in this madcap multiplayer game.\u00a0 Manic Mechanics takes a lot of inspiration from other games of this ilk, especially Overcooked.\u00a0 But instead of being in a kitchen cooking food, you\u2019re in a garage fixing vehicles.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here. You […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24442"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24444,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24442\/revisions\/24444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}