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Out now: A Mechanical Story finds the cute in putting the cogs of a robot friend together

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Out now: A Mechanical Story finds the cute in putting the cogs of a robot friend together
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Perhaps the greatest achievement of Skyfish Studios's A Mechanical Story is how it gives the steel-hard frigidness of cog-operated mechanisms a colourful warmth.

I'm really, really not the kind of person who enjoys having their head stuck inside a car engine all day. And working through A Mechanical Story's 48 levels is akin to that experience.

Despite that, I'm attracted to the game, mostly due to the florid presentation: there are no greys here, it's all deep reds, watery greens, and fiery golds.

This is game about affixing cogs to pistons, getting greasy to fix up Mr. Mechanic's newly-found robot friend. It's almost cute - in fact, it might be.

You can check it out for yourself by purchasing it for 69p / 99c on the App Store right now.

That's a limited-time discounted price, by the way, so get it while it's cheap.

Chris Priestman
Chris Priestman
Anything eccentric, macabre, or just plain weird, is what Chris is all about. He turns the spotlight on the games that fly under the radar.