BurgerTime is a game you can't help but love, no matter how badly it's beating you. The AI can feel absolutely fiendish at times, but the game ultimately plays by its own rules. It's just easy to get distracted, whether by the necessity of planning your movements three steps in advance or the utter hilarity of being chased by anthropomorphic hot dogs, pickles, and eggs. (They even have official names, which naturally are Mr. Hot Dog, Mr. Pickle, and Mr. Egg.)
In some ways this is essentially a less freeform Dig Dug, but with the enemies of Pac-Man. Instead of fighting back with tiny rocks or turning your enemies into ghosts, however, you're dropping Guinness World Record-sized buns and patties on evil eggs and hot dogs. These items have a satisfying heft and bounce, and the fact that they drop only one platform at a time is what makes the game such a challenge. No matter what its influences, its dual commitments to pure goofiness and intelligent, fair play make BurgerTime very much its own thing -- and a game well worth revisiting.
In some ways this is essentially a less freeform Dig Dug, but with the enemies of Pac-Man. Instead of fighting back with tiny rocks or turning your enemies into ghosts, however, you're dropping Guinness World Record-sized buns and patties on evil eggs and hot dogs. These items have a satisfying heft and bounce, and the fact that they drop only one platform at a time is what makes the game such a challenge. No matter what its influences, its dual commitments to pure goofiness and intelligent, fair play make BurgerTime very much its own thing -- and a game well worth revisiting.