Cannot believe I accidentally started playing this on a Mad Rat Monday.
Man, I love this game. My only real gripe with it is that I wish there were more of it! Mad Rat Dead is an offbeat little game whose idiosyncrasies allow it to really click with me in ways that most of its contemporaries don't. This is a game that oozes both style and sludge, in a way that makes it feel very indie, oddly enough? I was so charmed by its presentation, endearingly clunky writing (it clunks in a way that a roomba clunks against your wall, it's cute, I like it so much), and fucking UNMATCHED penis music OST that I REGULARLY forgot this was an NIS production that normally runs for like sixty goddamned dollars. I've only ever hit that specific feeling of charm with, like... Neon White? Maybe PaRappa the Rapper? Don't dig into those comparisons too much.
All of this to say this game absolutely owns. Outside of my gripes with the lock-on attacks, it plays like a dream, and its soundtrack is an absolute triumph. Story's surprisingly sweet, too—one specific element of the ending really got to me that you have to experience to understand. It can't be captured by video. You'll understand.
Chongo Show's Mad Rat Monday is a must-listen if you like music that makes you feel like your head's exploding.
(Final boss wiped the floor with me, though. Only time I ever got a game over. Ouch.)
Man, I love this game. My only real gripe with it is that I wish there were more of it! Mad Rat Dead is an offbeat little game whose idiosyncrasies allow it to really click with me in ways that most of its contemporaries don't. This is a game that oozes both style and sludge, in a way that makes it feel very indie, oddly enough? I was so charmed by its presentation, endearingly clunky writing (it clunks in a way that a roomba clunks against your wall, it's cute, I like it so much), and fucking UNMATCHED penis music OST that I REGULARLY forgot this was an NIS production that normally runs for like sixty goddamned dollars. I've only ever hit that specific feeling of charm with, like... Neon White? Maybe PaRappa the Rapper? Don't dig into those comparisons too much.
All of this to say this game absolutely owns. Outside of my gripes with the lock-on attacks, it plays like a dream, and its soundtrack is an absolute triumph. Story's surprisingly sweet, too—one specific element of the ending really got to me that you have to experience to understand. It can't be captured by video. You'll understand.
Chongo Show's Mad Rat Monday is a must-listen if you like music that makes you feel like your head's exploding.
(Final boss wiped the floor with me, though. Only time I ever got a game over. Ouch.)