{"id":13395,"date":"2015-05-01T00:01:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T00:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=13395"},"modified":"2015-04-22T11:59:46","modified_gmt":"2015-04-22T11:59:46","slug":"steven-universe-attack-the-light-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/01\/steven-universe-attack-the-light-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Universe: Attack the Light (iPad)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"STEVEN_BOX\"<\/a>Steven Universe is a popular new animated series on Cartoon Network.\u00a0 And now you can go on an RPG adventure with Steven and the three Gem Warriors in Attack the Light, a new game you can download on the App Store, Google Play, and Amazon (reviewed on iPad here).\u00a0 The Gem Warriors Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl find a mysterious Prism, but when Steven touches it, a Light Monster escapes.\u00a0 When Garnet punches it, the monster splits into the different colors of the rainbow and scatters all over the place.\u00a0 Now it\u2019s up to Steven and the others to battle light creatures and capture the monsters to save the day.\u00a0 They\u2019ll need your help, too, but don\u2019t forget your Cheeseburger Backpack!<\/p>\n

Attack the Light is an RPG tailor-made for tablet and mobile devices.\u00a0 Because of this, it takes out some of the aspects RPGs are known for.\u00a0 You don\u2019t have to wander around towns or a vast overworld, talking to everyone you see.\u00a0 And there\u2019s not much of a story either. The only things you do in the game are explore dungeon mazes and battle monsters.<\/p>\n

To explore dungeons, you\u2019ll select them from a map.\u00a0 These dungeons are based on the colors of the rainbow and some are even directly from the show!\u00a0 Your goal is to find the warp point back home, and fight monsters and collect treasures along the way.\u00a0 To move, just swipe in the direction you\u2019d like to go.\u00a0 Keep an eye out on secret spots to find treasure, as well as hidden rooms that may contain more goodies.\u00a0 Each dungeon is fairly short, but perfect for handheld gaming on the go.\u00a0 At about the fourth dungeon, you\u2019ll fight a boss and move onto the next world.\u00a0 But each area also has hidden dungeons that are behind locked doors that you may have to come back to later.\u00a0 Also, each world has a special gauntlet dungeon where you must fight tough enemies and can\u2019t bring any of your collected items, but you stand to reap some valuable goods!<\/p>\n

Aside from exploring dungeons, you\u2019ll also battle monsters in typical RPG fashion.\u00a0 Battles are turn-based, and you\u2019ll tap on the three Gems to make them fight.\u00a0 To attack and defend, you\u2019ll have to time your taps on the screen correctly, or you might have to slash as many times on the screen as you can, or play a small mini-game.\u00a0 It\u2019s very similar to the battles in Mario RPG titles.\u00a0 Each move costs a certain number of stars to use, and you get five stars per turn.\u00a0 When you run out of stars, you can end your turn and must defend from enemy blows by performing timed taps on the screen again.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a tip: watch for discolorations on the ground and a star icon to know when to tap to attack and defend.<\/p>\n

Steven himself can\u2019t attack, but he acts as a support character.\u00a0 You can use stars to have Steven give the Gems words of encouragement to heal them, or beef up their defenses by using a magic bubble.\u00a0 Steven can also hold items in his Cheeseburger Backpack that can be used to heal the Gems or give them more stars.\u00a0 But remember that Steven can only use one item per turn, so choose wisely.\u00a0 The Gems also can\u2019t attack if they run out of Harmony, and while I\u2019m not sure entirely how that works, I think it runs out if you use the same Gem move over and over again.\u00a0 After battles you\u2019ll gain experience points, and when you level up you can choose to beef up stats, or learn a new move.\u00a0 You can also equip badges to the Gems that you find that\u2019ll cause various effects in battle.<\/p>\n

While many of the RPG aspects of Attack the Light are stripped down, the game is still enjoyable as a mobile game because the battles are so much fun and engaging.\u00a0 The game uses a slightly different art style, which is a bit off-putting at first, but you can tell the creators of the show were involved with the making of the game.\u00a0 Only big fans of the Steven Universe cartoon will be able to get all the references and things in the game.\u00a0 In fact, there are several times where you can choose different dialogue selections, and if you choose the right one, that character will get a slight boost of experience points.\u00a0 So really, only fans of the cartoon show will get the most enjoyment out of this.\u00a0 But why would you download it if you\u2019re not a fan anyway?<\/p>\n

\"STEVEN_SCREEN\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Violence is only minimal.\u00a0 While you punch, whip, skewer, and zap bad guys, they are all just made out of light and disappear when defeated.\u00a0 If one of the Gem Warriors loses all her energy, they just turn back into gems for the rest of the battle.\u00a0 Reading skill is needed for the text, and younger gamers may need help with the tougher battles.\u00a0 If you\u2019re OK with your kids watching the TV show, they\u2019ll be OK with the game, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Steven Universe is a popular new animated series on Cartoon Network.\u00a0 And now you can go on an RPG adventure with Steven and the three Gem Warriors in Attack the Light, a new game you can download on the App Store, Google Play, and Amazon (reviewed on iPad here).\u00a0 The Gem Warriors Garnet, Amethyst, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews","category-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13395","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=13395"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13399,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13395\/revisions\/13399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}