Super Crate Box

Ah, the good old days... the days when a video game was all about getting a higher score than everyone else. Story was unimportant, nobody cared about the engine it ran on, and everything was measured in bits. Well, here's a game that really panders to those times: Super Crate Box. Super Crate Box is an odd title, but it fits the game perfectly. The point of the game is to collect boxes. Boxes give you random weapons, but you can only have one weapon at a time. This is the odd part of the game. You score by getting a box, which gives you a new weapon, which take away your old one. The point is to adapt to whatever weapon you has until you can get a new weapon. It's incredibly simple. But, simple doesn't mean easy. This is a ridiculously hard game, which is something going both for it and against it. (To give you an idea of how hard it is, if you averaged my score, you would probably get 4.) Add in a rockin chiptune soundtrack to the addicting gameplay, and you have a winner. This is the perfect retro throwback that is still a contender today. And, since it's completely free and for both Mac and PC, nobody should go without this game.

FINAL SCORES:

Graphics: 1/5. You can tell what's going on, and it certainly looks retro, but the pixels are a little too big.

Gameplay: 5/5. This game wouldn't be worth the price (yes, it's free) if not for the gameplay.

Plot: 0/5. There is no plot.

Footnotes:

Great soundtrack +1

Addicting +1

Free +2

Perfect for those moments when there's nothing else to do +3

13/15