{"id":6714,"date":"2011-10-22T00:01:16","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T06:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamesanityblog.com\/?p=6714"},"modified":"2011-10-22T00:01:16","modified_gmt":"2011-10-22T06:01:16","slug":"game-review-mercury-hg-xbox-live-psn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/22\/game-review-mercury-hg-xbox-live-psn\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Review: Mercury Hg (Xbox LIVE, PSN)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamesanityblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/MERCURY_BOX.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6715\" title=\"MERCURY_BOX\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamesanityblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/MERCURY_BOX-150x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"39\" \/><\/a>You may have seen or played Mercury when it sloshed onto the PSP or Wii, but now it\u2019s oozing into HD with Mercury Hg on Xbox Live and PSN. This action puzzler plays a lot like other \u2018tilt the ball around a maze\u2019 games like Marble Madness, Super Monkey Ball, or Xbox LIVE\u2019s classic Marble Blast Ultra. (360 version reviewed here)<\/p>\n<p>Gameplay remains the same. Tilt a maze around with the control stick to guide a blob of mercury goo to the end goal. Don\u2019t let it fall off the surface, because if all of the glop spills out, it\u2019s Game Over. Sometimes you\u2019ll have to run over switches or paint your blob a certain color to bypass an obstacle to reach the finish line. You can also split your mercury into two, have both blobs get colored, and then meld them back together to mix the hues into a new color! That part gets tricky!<\/p>\n<p>Scattered about the mazes are atoms, and if you collect enough, you\u2019ll unlock extra stages, challenges, and bonus modes. You can also earn bonus award atoms if you complete a level with 100 percent of your mercury blob intact, if you collect all the atoms in the level, or if you finish the maze in a given time.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the graphics are simple, they look pretty sharp in HD with lots of neat, trippy effects. Some of the driving music is pretty catchy, too, but if you don\u2019t like it, you can also make your own playlist with your favorite uploaded songs. Play control is solid with the analog stick, and best of all, at only 400 points (5 bucks) you get a lot of levels for your money.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamesanityblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/MERCURY_SCREEN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6716\" title=\"MERCURY_SCREEN\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamesanityblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/MERCURY_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/MERCURY_SCREEN.jpg 502w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/MERCURY_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/MERCURY_SCREEN-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nothing objectionable here. Even though the instructions are text only, reading skill isn\u2019t necessary because everything is pretty easy to figure out on your own. Younger gamers may get frustrated at the later, more difficult levels, though. But with endless tries, it\u2019s not too bad. It\u2019s a stretch, but the game could be considered slightly educational since each level is represented by an element on the Periodic Table. Good for if your kids are studying Chemistry in school. Mercury Hg is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have seen or played Mercury when it sloshed onto the PSP or Wii, but now it\u2019s oozing into HD with Mercury Hg on Xbox Live and PSN. This action puzzler plays a lot like other \u2018tilt the ball around a maze\u2019 games like Marble Madness, Super Monkey Ball, or Xbox LIVE\u2019s classic Marble [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6714","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=6714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}