{"id":14255,"date":"2015-11-25T00:01:14","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T00:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=14255"},"modified":"2015-11-10T02:22:46","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T02:22:46","slug":"viva-sancho-villa-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/25\/viva-sancho-villa-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Viva Sancho Villa (iPad)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14253\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14253\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-14253\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VIVA_BOX-150x125.jpg\" alt=\"VIVA_BOX\" width=\"150\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VIVA_BOX-150x125.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VIVA_BOX.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>This is a 2-D platformer featuring Mexican art, music, and themes. Play as the title character as he runs, jumps, slides, slashes cactus monsters, and farts his way to the end of each level to save the day!\u00a0 Viva Sancho Villa is downloadable on iOS devices and Google Play, but reviewed on iPad here.<\/p>\n<p>Like a continuous runner, you are constantly going forward and can\u2019t stop. But the stages are not random, and you select them via a map kind of like a Mario game or other typical console platformer.\u00a0 In each stage you must make it to the end, but take a hit and you must start at the beginning.\u00a0 Swipe up on the left side of the screen to jump, and do it again to double jump with a fart boost.\u00a0 Once you get a sword after the first level, you\u2019ll be able to swipe on the right side of the screen to slash cactus and pi\u00f1ata monsters and perform combos.\u00a0 Later on you\u2019ll get other weapons like a pistol.\u00a0 You can also defeat enemies by stomping on them, or by swiping downward on a hill to slide down and hit anything that is in your way!<\/p>\n<p>Scattered about the stages are coins that you can use at the start of each level to buy power-ups, or to revive your character if you get hit in the middle of the stage. You can also find peppers that can grant you temporary invincibility, or beans that\u2019ll let you fly for a short while by farting.\u00a0 I found the game challenging, but not because the game was tough.\u00a0 Sometimes I wouldn\u2019t have enough time to react because the camera was zoomed in too close, or the scrolling was so choppy that I couldn\u2019t control the character very well.\u00a0 With some polish, this could\u2019ve been a somewhat decent console platformer, but I\u2019ve played better 2-D adventures with Mexican themes (like Guacamelee).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14254\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14254\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14254\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VIVA_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"VIVA_SCREEN\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VIVA_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VIVA_SCREEN-150x85.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/VIVA_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While you do slice and shoot silly cactus monsters with your sword, they just tear in half when defeated, so the violence is very cartoony. There is a bit of crude humor with all the farting going on as you double jump and fly with the power of beans.\u00a0 Younger gamers may find the game too challenging and frustrating.\u00a0 Reading skill is needed for the text, and parental supervision is recommended for the in-game purchases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a 2-D platformer featuring Mexican art, music, and themes. Play as the title character as he runs, jumps, slides, slashes cactus monsters, and farts his way to the end of each level to save the day!\u00a0 Viva Sancho Villa is downloadable on iOS devices and Google Play, but reviewed on iPad here. 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