{"id":13424,"date":"2015-05-13T00:01:24","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T00:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=13424"},"modified":"2015-04-27T11:53:26","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T11:53:26","slug":"krinkle-krusher-ps3-ps4-vita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/13\/krinkle-krusher-ps3-ps4-vita\/","title":{"rendered":"Krinkle Krusher (PS3, PS4, Vita)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/13\/krinkle-krusher-ps3-ps4-vita\/krinkle_box\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13420\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-13420\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/KRINKLE_BOX-150x120.jpg\" alt=\"KRINKLE_BOX\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/KRINKLE_BOX-150x120.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/KRINKLE_BOX.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>A medieval kingdom is having a festival with a great big cake.\u00a0 But when the greedy Krinkles catch a whiff of the cake, they want it all for themselves.\u00a0 So these little creatures, which look like little walking balls with sharp teeth, come invading the castle looking for goodies.\u00a0 Now it\u2019s up to a wizard and his living, talking glove to protect the kingdom in this cartoony tower defense style game.\u00a0 It\u2019s downloadable for Sony\u2019s current consoles, but reviewed on PS3 here.<\/p>\n<p>In the game, the Krinkles come from the top of the screen and run downward where the wizard and castle wall is.\u00a0 If too many of them make it to the wall, it\u2019ll break and you\u2019ll lose the level.\u00a0 You control the wizard\u2019s magic glove, who can fly anywhere on the playfield.\u00a0 The wizard gives the talking glove some magic rings to wear, that give the user elemental spells.\u00a0 You can zap the Krinkles with lightning, create walls of flames, freeze them in place, and more.<\/p>\n<p>But you\u2019ll have to be careful.\u00a0 If you use a spell too many times, the ring will break and you\u2019ll have to wait for it to charge up again for you to use it.\u00a0 That\u2019s a problem because those Krinkles move very fast, and your spells have limited range and are very weak at first.\u00a0 Later on you\u2019ll be able to upgrade your rings, but at the beginning of the game, the learning curve is quite steep with the weak spells.\u00a0 I think this game would be better suited to a console with a touch screen or a tablet device, and if it were a bit easier, too.\u00a0 Where it is right now, the game is a bit too hard and frustrating to be any fun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/13\/krinkle-krusher-ps3-ps4-vita\/krinkle_screen\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13421\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13421\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/KRINKLE_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"KRINKLE_SCREEN\" width=\"499\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/KRINKLE_SCREEN.jpg 499w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/KRINKLE_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/KRINKLE_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Krinkle Krusher is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Fantasy Violence and Crude Humor.\u00a0 You can zap and burn Krinkles with magic spells, but violence is only cartoony and they just fall over and disappear when defeated.\u00a0 The glove also makes plenty of snide comments and they even say \u201cOh my God\u201d in the text, too.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the instructions, also.\u00a0 While most kids will be delighted with the colorful graphics and characters, they\u2019ll probably also be frustrated at the high level of difficulty and steep learning curve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A medieval kingdom is having a festival with a great big cake.\u00a0 But when the greedy Krinkles catch a whiff of the cake, they want it all for themselves.\u00a0 So these little creatures, which look like little walking balls with sharp teeth, come invading the castle looking for goodies.\u00a0 Now it\u2019s up to a wizard 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