Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 Steam Charts & Stats

Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 exists with a combination of game genres that doomed me to be within the target audience, and I do not regret a single dollar that was spent on this wonderfully unique experience. Story recognition/spoilers follow: [spoiler] This game, by it's own admission, should not exist. The meta-narrative of its own development hell being woven into the game is sad, funny, and engrossing enough that I ended up binging the 2nd half of it in one session. This game is unironically art that has been transformed by the medium and industry it exists in, for better or worse, and I have nothing but respect for all those who managed to make it happen. [/spoiler]

CRDM3 is a treat. I don't gravitate to Match-3 often, but what carried me through the game was the excellent comedy and commentary on what makes a video game, and what devs often must sacrifice to push their game to ship. I'd recommend this to most anyone that enjoys a more easy-going game. In the last few years, Strange Scaffold has become a development team that I keep my eyes on. They're a clever bunch and I hope more people see how creative they are.

this was a very fun, and very good game. The chuckles and gameplay carried me to the end no problem

[i]I played and finished the game mostly offline, so the playtime was not recorded. [/i] [b][i]Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3[/i][/b] is a heartfelt story about game development. It is also a Match-3 game. And a visual novel. And a horror game. The protagonist, J.J. Hardwell (the name and personality are hard-coded and not customisable), former Postal Inspection Service agent and the newest agent of the ATS, is on his first mission to investigate the mansion of a suspected super-scientist, Duncan Dockright III. Generally, the game is well-written and technically well-made, with the diverse dialogue options, victory conditions, and “battles” (not all matches are battles), the trait system based on the story branches completed, and the quality-of-life features, such as the fast-skip function and highlighting the previously-chosen options (which may have other branches behind them). There are a few issues, most notably, the UI for the Match-3 sections seems to be controller-focused and rather uncomfortable, which is odd, considering how smooth and responsive it was in the demo. The skip function does not work for some animations and, as mentioned, the highlight does not take the post-option branching into account. The few keys that are used are not possible to rebind. While it is possible to replay from any unlocked checkpoint (usually every 1-2 matches), the game uses auto-saving into a single slot, so Windows Explorer is the only option for save file management. It is not unusual, but nonetheless disappointing. The graphics, music, and animations are expressive and fitting and the game is VA-free.

CRDM3 is a video game meant for video game sickos. Not for people who occasionally dabble in the medium here and there, not for people who just buy the newest yearly sports games or multiplayer FPSes, and [i]especially[/i] not for the Gamers™. It is for people who genuinely [b]love[/b] video games as an art form & avenue of creative expression. It's for people who see the word salad that is [u]"match-3 survival horror comedy RPG metroidvania"[/u] and lean in with curious interest rather than recoil in confused disgust. It's for people who don't confine their libraries to the narrow boundaries of what they think is "good" or "fun" and allow themselves to take risks on games that look even slightly interesting or cool. And most of all, it's for people who genuinely appreciate the hard-working guys and gals behind the curtain making the games they play, and don't abstract their work away into something they take for granted. Am I being preachy & gatekeep-y about a $20 indie game? Probably, but with something that is both very niche and very me-pilled, I think I'm entitled to a little grandstanding.