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 On 03/26/2017 at 08:27 PM by Cary Woodham See More From This User » |
Hey folks, I’ve got another batch of game reviews I’ve written recently over at GamerDad.com! Please click on the links and read as many as you can and maybe even post a comment or two. I’d really appreciate it. And if you can guess the reference in my title, you win a gold star.
But first I wanted to ask a question to everyone. Would you all be too terribly disappointed if I DIDN’T make an April Fool’s Day blog this year? I just can’t think of anything good. Heck, last year’s April Fool’s Day blog about me volunteering at the National Videogame Museum wasn’t really an April Fool’s Day prank at all (although it did end up being a joke in itself as things turned out, sadly). False hopes and broken dreams and all that. I guess you could give me suggestions for April Fool’s Day blogs, but I guess that would kind of defeat the purpose of it. So just let me know, thanks. OK, onto the reviews!
LEGO Dimensions: The LEGO Batman Movie Story Pack (Wii U)
So this is just a set for LEGO Dimensions that’s like half a regular LEGO movie game. You get Robin and Batgirl figures as well as a Bat Computer and Batwing to build, and get to play six levels based on the movie. But you HAVE to also have the Batman figure to play. Which is fine since he comes with the starter set anyway, but if you lost your Batman figure along the way, you’re pretty much screwed here. I did see The LEGO Batman Movie in preparation for this review. I enjoyed it a lot. Not as much as the original LEGO movie, but it was still a lot of fun and you should see it.
LEGO Dimensions: Knight Rider Fun Pack
When I was a little kid, I mostly watched cartoons on TV. But there were some live action shows that caught my interest. One was The Dukes of Hazzard. Mainly because it had cars that jumped over ramps and stuff. I would get out my Pac-Man TV tray and play with my Dukes of Hazzard cars while the show was on (keep in mind I was like, five years old). I wish they could’ve made a Dukes of Hazzard LEGO Dimensions set, but I think I may know why they didn’t (but we won’t get into that here). Anyway, another show I liked as a kid was Knight Rider. I don’t remember as much about the human characters in the show. I know David Hasselhoff was in it, but I don’t know what he did (did he even have a job?). But the most important part of the show to Little Cary was that it had a TALKING CAR!!! Back then, all of us kids had Big Wheels and I remember when the Knight Rider Big Wheel came out and it had a brake mechanism that would make your Big Wheel spin out. I was so jealous of the kids who had that, but not too jealous since I was still pretty happy with my Pac-Man Big Wheel. Anyway, now you can relive the action of the TV show in LEGO form with the Knight Rider Fun Pack for LEGO Dimensions.
Back in the day, Double Dragon was super popular. The series had tons of sequels and spinoffs, and there was even a cartoon and live action movie. The movie was horrible, but also fun in a B-movie, MST3K sort of way. Anyway, with as popular as it was, there was never really an official Double Dragon IV. Until now. They took the Mega Man 9 and 10 approach with this one and made it with all retro graphics, like what you would play on the original NES. It’s fun but still has all the problems the old Double Dragon games had: enemies ganging up on your, wonky hitboxes, and bad platforming sections. I really prefer what WayForward did with Double Dragon Neon. Man that game was hilarious!
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas (PS4)
It’s basically a Zelda game, borrowing mostly from Link to the Past and Wind Waker. There are even sailing sections! I’m surprised Nintendo didn’t sue, but they didn’t sue when another company made 3-D Dot Game Heroes, which was even more of a Zelda clone than this. Only big difference with this one is the 3-D isometric view. The game can be beaten in around 10 hours, so it’s pretty short. But it’s still a pretty fun bit-sized Zelda-like adventure.
In this one you control two jellyfish-like things. One on the left side with the left stick and one on the right with the right stick. You must solve puzzles and learn to control them in tandem to progress. I really enjoyed it, even if it got stupid hard towards the end. An anonymous person posted a comment on this review and said, “Review something good,” which I thought was pretty funny.
The best way to describe this game is it’s like a block pushing puzzler except you’re the blocks. You control square robots and must get them to certain spots on the field to pass levels. Up to four players can go at the same time, so if you have a group of friends who like these kinds of games, you’re all set!
Ever since the popularity of Shovel Knight, seems that every other indie company wants to make a pixelly game, too. But just because it looks classic, doesn’t automatically mean it’s fun. In this one, you play as a Pong ball who gets arms and legs and goes on a 2-D adventure to save “The System” from evil programs. You get a red floppy hat that looks suspiciously familiar that you can leave behind and then warp back to it. Using that gimmick, you’ll solve all sorts of switch based and timing puzzles. This game didn’t draw me in like Shovel Knight did. Most of these types of games have rather stiff controls, and that really turns me off. The only new retro pixel game I’ve played other than Shovel Knight that I really liked was Adventures of Pip, and that was because it had great controls.
And finally is this roguelike where you go down randomly generated wells, fighting and avoiding enemies and traps while collecting items and trying to get as deep as possible. In a way, it reminded me of Mr. Driller, especially a game mode in Drill Land, which sadly didn’t make it outside of Japan. I liked the Behemoth style graphics in this one, but it just didn’t draw me in. Unlike Mr. Driller, which I was totally obsessed with when it first came out.
And that’s all for now! Thanks for reading and posting comments on my reviews. I do appreciate it. Sorry I don’t have anything else for you all right now. One last quick random question: What do you think is the most filling sandwich at Subway? Later! --Cary
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