MANOS: The Hands of Fate ~ Director's Cut
FreakZone Games · 2015 · Indie, Adventure, Action, Retro, Platformer
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About MANOS: The Hands of Fate ~ Director's Cut
Remember how every film had it's own platform game adaptation? When every man, woman, child, animal and inanimate object were out to get your character? When the streets were filled with bats, ghosts and Frankenstein monsters? MANOS: Director’s Cut will take you back to the absurd adaptations of the past!
Lost on their vacation, Mike and his family have wandered the desert trying to find a place to stay, only to wind up in the mysterious Valley Lodge. Maintained by Torgo, an unusual man/satyr who "takes care of the place while The Master is away", the hotel is swimming with paranormal activity which Mike has to brave through to find his now missing family. Who is The Master, and what does he want with Mike's family? Armed with his trusty revolver, Mike will have to wander the haunted halls, venture out into the desert, uncover a dark temple and battle the forces of darkness to find out!
- The worst movie of all time is now a video game!
- Homages to all of your least favourite terrible movies and games!
- Retro-style cut-scenes telling the not-so-classic story of MANOS, with art by Matt Kap, the pixel artist from The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth and Castle in the Darkness.
- Unlockable PLAY AS TORGO mode
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Players are divided on this Mystery Science Theater 3000-inspired retro platformer. Fans appreciate the authentic NES-style aesthetic and find the challenging difficulty appealing, particularly if they're MST3K enthusiasts, though some feel it captures the "bad game" aesthetic a bit too faithfully with unpredictable boss patterns that rely more on luck than strategy. Critics argue the game is frustratingly difficult without fair mechanics, lacking the clever design of similar parody games and feeling more like a genuinely poor NES title than a thoughtful homage.
[table] [tr] [th][h1] My Playthrough [/h1][/th] [th]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVtCOekv5G8[/th] [/tr] [tr] [td][h1]The Review[/h1][/td] [td]A retro game based on Mystery Science Theater 3000. The game is short but the difficulty is no joke even on normal. Easy recommendation for MST3K fans.[/td] [/tr] [/table]3 found this helpful
Waste of time. Progress through the levels is too easy; leading you into a false sense of security... Boss's follow no pattern so you can't form much of a strategy. This results in re-loading over and over again until that one time the boss's random choice of movements allows you to get lucky. MANOS replicates NES titles that got low review scores and turned up very quickly being kicked around the floors of Toys R Us with a Five-Dollar price tag on them. It's an "Athena-Like." Benbo's Quest, I Wanna Be The Guy & Eryi's Action made fun of these titles; allowing for easy solutions for those who thought outside of the box. MANOS, instead, insists on holding seriously true to being 'that game' at the very bottom of 90's K.B. Toy store wire bins. Unless you're under age Sixteen or are rich, single and without children, you're not going to have time for this.1 found this helpful
Who would want an 8-bit platform game based on a notoriously bad horror film...? (lets face it, you know if you are). It's fitting that the game looks like a cheap 8-bit knock off, made from a cheaply made horror film. The game was also cheap, so YAY, another win!
All that's missing is the stunning conclusion to Hired!
very good
the movie is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ great if your drunk or high or somthing you dont need any narcotics to enjoy the game
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