MDK PC Game Review - Lazy Game Reviews

Shiny is well-known for Earthworm Jim... but do you remember MDK? If you like bizarre yet solidly-made cyberpunk shooters, MDK is the game you need.

MDK for Dos & Windows computers and PlayStation consoles

And what does MDK really stand for anyways? Was it really Murder Death Kill? Oh well.

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[Foka1010]

Hmm, by only playing MDK 2, i presumed the first one had the option of playing Max and Dr Hawkings as well, witch i think makes the game alot more diverse.. have you ever played MDK2?

[phreakindee]

@Foka1010 I have and loved it up until having to play as the Doc. That just ruined the game for me. The puzzles aren't all that great, the gameplay and controls in those sections are slow and clunky, and honestly I just felt it drug on horribly. And even then some of the sections where you're platforming as Kurt get annoying due to some of the awkward design. It just wasn't as simple and awesome as the first to me.

[CatsBunniesDucksMice]

This is not just a game it's ART!

Probably my all time favorite game ever.

[phreakindee]

@CatsBunniesDucksMice I completely agree. This is more than just a game! Easily of my favorites, period.

[mstrsmth]

Thanks so much for reviewing MDK. It's a game I have long been curious about thanks to its great magazine reviews and intriguing advertisements back in the day. I feel like your video really summed it up. I also appreciate how regularly you are adding new videos. Your hardware reviews are great because you condense a lot of easy to understand information into one entertaining video that would have been hours of research for me.

[phreakindee]

@mstrsmth

Thanks, I'm glad these are appreciated. That was one of my biggest goals starting out: to make relatively concise, informative, yet entertaining reviews that have the needed content in a digestible amount of time. The hardware reviews especially, I really like doing them, but they can take months of hands-on!

Hence, "Lazy" reviews. I have a system of making these and as long as it keeps working I'll keep making them weekly. Thanks again for the comments, here and otherwise!

[Schmidt54]

I have a copy of this game on CD and not long ago I played it through. I recommend it to everyone who plays games - the game looks awesome, some levels look like they're really from outta space, it is fun, has a good gameplay, it's never boring, unique bosses and level designs, some fun platform elements, some extreme shoot-outs. Overall it is awesome.

BTW do you know the racing game POD (planet of death)? You should give it a try. It's not an "oldschool" game but I think you might like it.

[thenaimis]

An excellent review for an excellent game. One thing I found when I played the game was that it was actually easier to play using a joystick rather than a mouse.

[RiseofBane]

wowowowowowo been lookin for this game forever, thought I would forget about this game until I saw it just now !!

[Chaniyth]

@sm4sh3d

Touché good sir, you are correct.

[sm4sh3d]

@Chaniyth there's only MDK2 on Dreamcast

[rampingass]

the screaming health box freaked me out so much as a kid

[thatguyontheright1]

@kawrght I don't think the Law has anything to do with it, the Game industry really regulates itself. You can make what ever you want, but be careful about getting that dreaded AO rating by the ESRB. The most important is probably money. Since the gaming industry is run like a business now, the bigger publishers wont touch something that is not likely to make money, which is why you see lots of indie games being self published.

[Chaniyth]

The SEGA Dreamcast version is damn good too. :D

[sm4sh3d]

I played the demo back in 1997 on my Pentium 90Mhz 8Mb ram Win95.... now I just bought it on GoG, 14 years later, and it's still damn good. Nice review dude

[skymonkeyGTFO]

where my friend can i get my hands on your theme music...??? :D

[kawrght]

the reason for the lack in variation of games these days is 1>money 2>the law 3>the players,

but most important is number 2, since somat like 2006 its much tighter and closely monitered than it used to be during the experimental period of the 80s and 90s.