{"id":14202,"date":"2015-11-11T00:01:31","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T00:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=14202"},"modified":"2015-11-05T12:53:19","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T12:53:19","slug":"race-the-sun-wii-u-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/11\/race-the-sun-wii-u-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Race the Sun (Wii U, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RACE_BOX\"<\/a>Race the Sun is one of those 3-D endless runners\/flyers that\u2019s all the rage now on mobile devices and such. You pilot a solar powered flying machine and must glide as far as you can without crashing into anything or staying in the shade too long, causing you to stop completely.\u00a0 But be careful as the sun is setting, and the shadows get longer and bigger.\u00a0 How long can you last against the sun?\u00a0 Race the Sun has been available on PC for a while, but now you can download it\u00a0 on Wii U as well, which is the console I\u2019m reviewing it on.<\/p>\n

Controls are simple. Just move left and right to avoid obstacles.\u00a0 There are a few power-ups you can gather as you soar.\u00a0 Blue triangles will increase your score multiplier, but if you graze any obstacle, you\u2019ll lose your count, so watch out!\u00a0 Yellow pickups give you a speed boost so you can stay in the sun longer.\u00a0 And if you pick up a green doohickey, you\u2019ll be able to jump one time by pressing the A button, handy for emergencies when you can\u2019t swerve out of the way of an obstacle.\u00a0 You lose if you run into anything or if you stay in a shadow for too long and stop (remember, your craft is solar powered).<\/p>\n

The stages stay the same for a day, but then they change randomly after a 24-hour period and the leaderboards reset, too. Similar to other games of this ilk, there are objectives you can complete, like picking up a certain number of power-ups, jumping a certain number of times, travelling a certain distance, etc.\u00a0 When you pass one of these objectives, another will fill its place, and you get a little blue circle notch.\u00a0 Get enough of these and you can level up.\u00a0 Levelling up lets you equip parts to your plane, like a magnet for attracting power-ups, a score multiplier, the ability to hold more jumps, and more!\u00a0 You\u2019ll also unlock other goodies like a super-hard Apocalypse mode!\u00a0 While the game isn\u2019t a whole lot different than other endless flyers of its kind, the simple gameplay and minimalistic visuals give it a certain charm, and it\u2019s worth trying if you enjoy this sort of thing.\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t very good at this game, myself, but my brother Jeff got way further than I did!<\/p>\n

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Nothing really violent here, except your craft explodes when you hit something. But there is no indication that there is actually someone in the plane, so I guess that\u2019s how they got around that.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, but not necessary just to play. Race the Sun is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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