{"id":12301,"date":"2014-09-10T00:01:26","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T00:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=12301"},"modified":"2014-08-23T16:28:29","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T16:28:29","slug":"panda-pandamonium-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/10\/panda-pandamonium-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Panda Pandamonium (iPad)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PANDA_BOX\"<\/a>Two adorable little pandas need your help!\u00a0 They\u2019re trapped between stacks of tiles, and need you to clear them away!\u00a0 Panda Pandamonium is best described as a fast-action arcade Mah-Jongg style game, and it\u2019s available to download on iOS devices (reviewed on iPad here).<\/p>\n

In each level, tiles with symbols are arranged on the playfield, and you must tap two of the same tiles to make them disappear.\u00a0 The rule is that you can only match tiles that are not in between other tiles, so it plays a bit like Mah-Jongg in that respect.\u00a0 But this game is a bit more fast-paced and arcade-like.\u00a0 The quicker you match tiles, the higher your combo streak rises, which boosts your score.\u00a0 Once the two panda tiles are not in between other tiles and can be matched, you can tap on them to complete the level.<\/p>\n

There are special tiles and obstacles that can hinder your progress later on, though.\u00a0 Rocks need to be broken by matching tiles near them.\u00a0 Ice needs to have tiles fall on them, and dragon tiles can be cleared away by matching sword tiles, or by matching a sword tile right next to them.\u00a0 If you match all the tiles you can in a level, and still can\u2019t free the pandas, you can tap the button on the bottom of the screen to make more tiles rain from above.\u00a0 But you can only do this a limited amount of times in a level.<\/p>\n

By saving the pandas, as well as other objectives in each level like clearing out a number of certain tiles or getting a high enough score, you\u2019ll earn stars.\u00a0 You\u2019ll want to get as many stars as you can because they let you unlock gates to new levels, as well as \u00a0replenish your supply of lightning bolts. \u00a0To play a level, it\u2019ll cost you one lightning bolt.\u00a0 Similar to \u2018stamina\u2019 in other tablet games, your supply of lightning bolts will fill up over time, but earning stars lets you keep playing without having to wait.\u00a0 Every few hours you can also earn jade, which you can use to buy boosts to aid you in the levels.\u00a0 You can also buy jade and stars with real money in the shop.<\/p>\n

While most tablet games with in-app purchases and \u2018stamina\u2019 that limits how long you play usually annoys me, it\u2019s not so bad in this game.\u00a0 In fact, I\u2019ve been able to play for a long time without even having to worry about that.\u00a0 I guess if I had to pick a problem with the game, it\u2019s that the announcer that yells out your combos, \u201cPANDA SLAMMA JAMMA COMBO!\u201d can get a tiny bit tiresome sometimes, but it\u2019s really not that bad.\u00a0 All in all, Panda Pandamonium is a fun little puzzle action title and the pandas are just too cute.\u00a0 Plus they\u2019re supposedly adding new levels every month!<\/p>\n

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

While you do break rocks, ice, and dragon tiles that have facial expressions, there really isn\u2019t any violence in the game.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the text, but with a little help, the game is easy to figure out by playing.\u00a0 Parental supervision is recommended for the in-app purchases, but you can enjoy the game just fine without them.\u00a0 Kids will love the cute panda characters and the game enforces thinking and logic skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two adorable little pandas need your help!\u00a0 They\u2019re trapped between stacks of tiles, and need you to clear them away!\u00a0 Panda Pandamonium is best described as a fast-action arcade Mah-Jongg style game, and it\u2019s available to download on iOS devices (reviewed on iPad here). In each level, tiles with symbols are arranged on the playfield, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12301"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12311,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12301\/revisions\/12311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}