Pipe Mania
The plumbing may be old, but it still works, more or less
Tags: PipeMania Categories: PC Reviews, PS2 Reviews, PSP Reviews, Reviews
Posted by Jake McNeill on Nov 19th, 2008
| Title | Players | ||
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| PipeMania (title page) | |||
| Developer | Publisher | Genre | Online |
| Puzzle | No | ||
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Pipe Mania is not a new idea. Then again, not many games are these days. Back in the 80s and 90s, this game was called Pipe Dream. Modern gamers might recognize it as the hacking minigame from Bioshock. In any case, the formula behind it has been around for decades: place random pipe pieces on a grid so that a liquid (seemingly invariably called “flooze”) gets from point A to point B without spilling.
While the formula it’s based on has aged considerably, Pipe Mania is saved from complete obsolescence by having a good variety of options, including puzzle and endless modes, as well as a story mode which adds enough variety to keep you interested as long as you ignore the… well, story.
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Graphically there’s nothing special here, nor anything noteworthy in the audio department, but then I suppose you wouldn’t really expect much from a puzzle game like this anyway. At the very least what’s on store here should make for a nice time-waster if nothing else.
In any case, players should find Pipe Mania to be a decent puzzle game. Just nothing especially new or compelling.
| What Works | Score |
|---|---|
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+ Same reliable puzzle formula that's worked for decades + Plenty of extra content |
7.0 |
| What Doesn't | |
| - Nothing really new or interesting here | |
| Under the Shrink-wrap | |
| Pipe Mania does a decent job rehashing an old formula with a sizable amount of content. | |
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Posted by Jake McNeill on Nov 19th, 2008 and is filed under PC Reviews, PS2 Reviews, PSP Reviews, Reviews. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can post a comment, or trackback from your own site.
