{"id":12036,"date":"2014-06-25T00:01:51","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T00:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=12036"},"modified":"2014-06-15T12:12:53","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T12:12:53","slug":"pigs-cant-fly-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/25\/pigs-cant-fly-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Pigs Can&#8217;t Fly (iPad)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/25\/pigs-cant-fly-ipad\/pig_box\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12034\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-12034\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PIG_BOX-150x76.jpg\" alt=\"PIG_BOX\" width=\"150\" height=\"76\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PIG_BOX-150x76.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PIG_BOX.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>At the bacon factory, angel pigs fly up into heaven.\u00a0 But one of those holy hogs accidentally bumped into an airplane and fell into a deep hole and ended up in\u2026well, the other place.\u00a0 Now the departed pig must use his newfound angel wings to fly and escape hellish obstacles in this silly little 2-D action game for iOS and Android devices (reviewed on iPad here).<\/p>\n<p>Play control is simple.\u00a0 On the left and right sides of the screen are wings.\u00a0 Tap on them and the pig will fly up and flap in that direction.\u00a0 Similar to how you control the ostriches in the classic arcade game Joust.\u00a0 You have to reach a door to pass a level, and avoid obstacles along the way like spikes, seas of magma, lava spouts, flying demons, and more.\u00a0 If you get hit, you have to start at the beginning.\u00a0 The game records how many tries it took for you to reach the end.\u00a0 Get to the door to pass the level, but sometimes you must find a key first.<\/p>\n<p>Hidden in every level is a star.\u00a0 They are usually in harder to reach places than normal, but sometimes not.\u00a0 You\u2019ll want to collect as many stars as you can, because that\u2019s the only way to unlock the boss chase levels and open up new worlds.\u00a0 Plus, stars unlock new skin costumes for your piggy to dress in.\u00a0 It may get a little too hard for its own good in later levels, but this is still a fun little humorous action game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/25\/pigs-cant-fly-ipad\/pig_screen\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12035\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12035\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PIG_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"PIG_SCREEN\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PIG_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PIG_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PIG_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I guess some families with strong religious or vegetarian beliefs may object to some of the themes of this game, but it\u2019s all presented in a silly Looney Tunes fashion.\u00a0 Violence is cartoony, too.\u00a0 If you get hit, you\u2019ll either pop like a balloon with feathers flying everywhere, burn to a crisp and fall into crumbs, or fall to a comic book SMACK word balloon.\u00a0 Reading skill isn\u2019t needed and you get unlimited tries, but younger gamers may get frustrated at the more difficult levels that require extra finesse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the bacon factory, angel pigs fly up into heaven.\u00a0 But one of those holy hogs accidentally bumped into 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