Meat Puppet

Released

1997 on Windows

Credits

76 people

Publishers

Developers

Kronos Digital Entertainment

Moby Score

6.2

#18,907 of 163K

Critics

57% (15)

Players

(4)

Ranking

#6,439 on Windows

Collected By

15 players

Genre: Action
Perspective: Diagonal-down
Visual: Isometric
Gameplay: Shooter
Setting: Cyberpunk / dark sci-fi
Post-apocalyptic

ESRB Rating: Mature

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: CD-ROM, Download
Input Devices Supported: Keyboard, Mouse

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Description official descriptions

In Meat Puppet, you play the role of Lotus Abstraction in a darkly futuristic post-apocalyptic world. Lotus responded to a personal add claiming "help wanted for nocturnal missions". These "missions" turn out to be a far cry from what Lotus expected! As Lotus, your main quest besides performing the occasional kill is to discover the identity of your employer, who has deigned not to reveal himself, and free yourself from his mafia-style employment agreement.

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Credits (Windows version)

76 People (57 developers, 19 thanks) · View all

Dumaine	Brad Kane
Aggregate Bodies, Eugenics Kids	Bob Bergen
Apex, Jonathan Guilt, Leonines	Larry Brandenburg
Emil Medamothi, Surgikill, Whipkeeper	Jim Gallant
Abomination, Chieftain, Cicero and Coronado	Kevin Killebrew
Lotos Abstraction	Valerie Michelle Arem
Body Actor, Lotos Abstraction	Patricia Winters
Characters Created by	David Sears Max Chapman
Executive Producers	Stanley Liu Albert Co
Executive Producer	David A. Luehmann
Producer	Dave Hoffman
Associate Producer	Carlos Rodriguez
Marketing	David Localio Mark J. Polcyn
QA Manager	Rich Frey
Lead Tester	James Martinez
Testers	Andy Hsu Jose Zatarain Lee Jones David Arranaga David Ontiveros Anthony G. Vasquez Gary Mahan
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Reviews

Critics

Average score: 57% (based on 15 ratings)

Players

Average score: 4.1 out of 5 (based on 4 ratings with 1 reviews)

Third-person isometric futuristic shooter

The Good
The graphics are stunning. The character movements (esp. that of Lotus) is very smooth and fluid. The environment creates a bleak atmosphere of what the future may be like. This made the scenery interesting to traverse. The sounds are also good, as is the music.

The Bad
The controls are very difficult to use. Moving with the mouse is preferable, but shooting enemies is very difficult. Also, the enemies are extremely stupid: you shoot one, and it takes another a while to notice. Also, there isn't really a lot of variety in terms of weapons, and each level is timed. This gives you less time to explore.

The Bottom Line
Not quite as good as Crusader, but very fun.

Windows · by willyum (1020) · 2001

Trivia

Comparison

When this game was first released, it was heavily compared to the Crusader games since it was an ultra-violent isometric game. However, the game's development was actually started before Crusader: No Remorse was released.

German index

On December 31, 1997, Meat Puppet was put on the infamous German index by the BPjS. For more information about what this means and to see a list of games sharing the same fate, take a look here: BPjS/BPjM indexed games.

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