{"id":12262,"date":"2014-08-27T00:01:12","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T00:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=12262"},"modified":"2014-08-17T04:41:05","modified_gmt":"2014-08-17T04:41:05","slug":"adventure-time-presents-time-tangle-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/27\/adventure-time-presents-time-tangle-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventure Time Presents: Time Tangle (iPad)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TIME_BOX\"<\/a>Another one of Cartoon Network\u2019s most popular shows, Adventure Time, is about a boy named Finn and his talking magical dog friend Jake as they go on crazy adventures in the land of Ooo.\u00a0 In their newest game: Time Tangle, Finn mistakenly breaks the Time Totem and must dash through portals to repair time.\u00a0 This third-person, continuously running action game is available for download on iOS devices, Google Play, and Amazon (review on iPad here).<\/p>\n

In the game, Finn constantly runs forward and you must tilt the tablet to move him left and right to avoid obstacles.\u00a0 Tap on the left side of the screen to make Finn jump over things, and tap the right side of the screen to make Finn punch enemies and breakable roadblocks.\u00a0 And that\u2019s all you do, simple as that.<\/p>\n

When you start a level, you are given a quest.\u00a0 These quests usually involve running to a specific area, chasing after characters, or rescuing a friend trapped by a mini-boss.\u00a0 But they all have you doing basically the same thing: running and avoiding obstacles and punching enemies.\u00a0 When you complete a quest, you\u2019ll earn a crystal shard and start on another quest with the chance to earn even more shards.\u00a0 When you have collected enough shards, you\u2019ll be able to fight that area\u2019s boss.\u00a0 When that enemy is defeated, you can move onto the next area.\u00a0 When Finn gets hit, he loses a heart.\u00a0 Lose all three hearts and it\u2019s Game Over.\u00a0 But you still get to keep the crystals you\u2019ve collected so that\u2019s good.<\/p>\n

As Finn runs and rescues characters, he may come across one of his pals from the cartoon who is willing to help him.\u00a0 Tap the icon on the bottom of the screen to activate their powers, which let you do things like take an extra hit, fly over obstacles, or refill one of your hearts.\u00a0 As you punch enemies and other things, coins will scatter.\u00a0 Collect them to fill up a meter and when it\u2019s full, you\u2019ll be able to choose a power-up at the end of that quest.\u00a0 Some of these power-ups are temporary, but some last the rest of the quest or until you get a Game Over.\u00a0 As you play you\u2019ll also unlock characters and items to view in a gallery, achievements, high scores, and other stuff.<\/p>\n

The 3-D visuals are simple but reflect the style of the cartoon very well.\u00a0 There are even neat little details like battle damage and torn clothes on Finn when he loses hearts.\u00a0 The only problem with this game is that it\u2019s yet another continuously running platformer in a sea of tablet games of the same genre.\u00a0 However, Time Tangle is better than most, thanks to the good license.\u00a0 So if you really like Adventure Time and its characters, you may want to check this game out anyway because they make good use of the theme in this title.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even though you punch and hit enemies with weapons, they just fly back and disappear in a puff of smoke when defeated.\u00a0 So violence is all cartoony.\u00a0 If you\u2019re OK with your kids watching the TV show, they\u2019ll be OK with the game, too.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the text, but most of it is paired with speech by the actual voice actors from the show.\u00a0 Younger gamers may get bored with the repetitive gameplay and frustrated by the harder, later levels, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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