Mm Picks ‘Survival Challenge’ Edition!

We loved this idea! The way it works is that Score Bubbles and Timed Bombs fall from the top of the screen through a series of pegs that give them a random motion. You never know where the next Timed Bomb will fall! It's a great idea that has lots of playability and some hidden depth which is good for players who want to master it and get high scores. Although it's great as it is, it maybe looks a little drab and the Timed Bombs are a little difficult to see as they come down. Definately my favourite

This one impressed us (and worried our physics coders...) with it's impressive use of physics. In this Survival Challenge, you have to ride a gradually growing wave and collect as many score bubbles as possible. It's great to see the physics in action like this and again, it's great fun with 4 players. The only niggles we had is that it was hard to die, or rather, easy to stay alive, maybe throw a few electric balls in there as well?

This one was on our Hmmm list as it is not really a conventional Survival Challenge (as it's easy to stay alive by doing nothing) but we thought it was so ingenuous and original so we Picked it. The idea is that you are a crane operator and you are building a building. Your job is to drop the swinging buildings at the right time in order to stack them, topple the tower and it's all over. Our only complaint is that sometimes the buildings would come out too early and knock our tower :(

Another Discombobulator style level but this one has a conveyor belt that runs both ways so you can go left and right without have to move. The difficulty is a little too much as there are maybe too many electrified bits so maybe one for professional jumpers and dodgers?

Any level that Danny plays over and over to get the highest score is definately a keeper. We all liked the originality of this level and the art was well done (good to see Mr Gnome getting some attention). The difficulty ramped up a little too quickly and the ‘hurdles’ could be better defined (maybe with the Metal Gear VR materials) but other than that, a superb Survival Challenge.

It's great to see a level that caters for 1 player and also 4 players. In this Survival Challenge, Players can either run right for 4 Player fun, or a single Player can run left to play on their own. The level is another Conveyor Belt style level which is nothing new, but playing against 4 players takes it to another level of fun and, dare I say it (oh, go on then), Co-opetition!

Another great idea that really gets your nerves tingling. In this one you have grab the Score Bubbles before the ‘crushers’ get them, and you! This level really promotes careful play, it’s not a point fest so scoring is slow but that’s cool, it doesn’t always have to be about huge scores. Play with 4 people for a great laugh.

Last but not least is Plasma Dome (where's the Dome?). Based on the simple concept of moving back and forwards via a Lever this another Survival Challenge for multiplayer mayhem. Our only problems where that the Lever was the wrong way around (left to go left?) and the colour coded Plasma Balls are not explained which makes it confusing.

This Survival Challenge uses 'danglers' that move left slowly, the goal is to use them to swing constantly to the right, if you stay too long on a dangler then you plummet into the gas. This is a great concept but we thought it was a little tricky to get from the elasticated danglers to the next dangler (especially if there are multiple players). Would be nice to see this idea extended, as there is plently of room for multiple players.

This one builds on Victor's Discombobulator idea but goes a little further by tilting the whole level. It's gets very crazy as 4 players scramble over all the stuff that slides towards you so play it with as many people as you can for some insane fun. We're not sure it needs that huuuuuge drop at the end though (after you die) but if plummeting is your thing...