King of Meat
Publisher: Amazon GamesDeveloper: GlowmadeAvailability: TBCPlatforms: PC (Steam), PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch
Amazon Games has announced King of Meat, a new game from ex-Lionhead and Media Molecule developers.
The party game is part co-op action multiplayer and part dungeon builder. Players team up online in the fictional King of Meat TV show to complete dungeons filled with enemies and traps; then dungeons can be created from scratch and shared with the game’s community.
Developer Glowmade is led by Jonny Hopper who previously worked for Lionhead on the Fable series and Media Molecule on LittleBigPlanet, along with other staff from those companies.
With that knowledge, it’s clear where the game’s irreverent British humour and focus on user-generated content stems from.
Prior to the game’s announcement, I was able to go hands-on with the game and had a lot of fun with its explosive, chaotic action. Players team up in groups of four to tackle dungeons brimming with skeletal and goulish enemies, spike traps, bombs, bottomless pits, and more. The controls are tight but the action is relentless, between belly flopping jumps and combat that balances dodges and parries with outlandish special moves. I could stomp on enemies with a giant horse hoof, for instance, or belch enemies off platforms.