Polygon.com / 30.04.25

Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 is as delightful as the name implies

Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 is the latest game from Strange Scaffold, the studio behind El Paso, Elsewhere, Clickolding, and I Am Your Beast. With so many different titles in the developers library, I never quite know what to expect from one of its games, and Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3 is one of its weirdest ventures yet.  This is a match-3 narrative game, and from the title alone (which is a joke there is no first or second entry in this pretend franchise), its clear that this is more than your usual mobile fare. I first sampled CRDM3 as a Steam Next Fest demo, and it has a delightful twist that really caught my attention. The characters of CRDM3 are aware they are in a video game, where theyre trapped by the mortal limitations of game developers. It takes a bit to work up to such heady, philosophical quandaries; CRDM3 instead begins as a big goof. Stepping into the shoes of J.J. Hardwell, agent of the ATS (Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Super Science), I am immedia...
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