Finally, a game with the guts to ask: what would happen if Rubik’s Cubes floated around in space and blew up when you started adding new blocks to them? Critical Mass is an interesting spin – ha! – on the old Match Three routine, and it’s out right now for PC and Mac. Check this out:
Critical Mass Release Date Trailer from Manic Game Studios on Vimeo.
I’ve been playing all afternoon, and it’s pretty entertaining. The main gist to the thing is that you have to match groups of four same-coloured cubes together and keep the overall mass of each level as small as you can. Hold off long enough without a match and everything explodes, leaving you feeling a bit silly. There are power-ups, plenty of levels and a range of different modes. The camera’s horrible at first, but you quickly get to grips with it.
I picked it up on Steam for £3.49, incidentally. It’s also available on Impulse.
