{"id":14317,"date":"2015-12-07T00:01:04","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T00:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=14317"},"modified":"2015-11-24T05:13:33","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T05:13:33","slug":"adventure-time-finn-and-jake-investigations-wii-u-3ds-ps3-ps4-360-xbox-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/07\/adventure-time-finn-and-jake-investigations-wii-u-3ds-ps3-ps4-360-xbox-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations (Wii U, 3DS, PS3, PS4, 360, Xbox One)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ADVENTURE_BOX\"<\/a>Adventure Time is one of Cartoon Network\u2019s most popular shows, and man, oh man are there a lot of games based on the franchise.\u00a0 Trust me; I\u2019ve reviewed most of them!\u00a0 I think I\u2019ve reviewed more games based on Adventure Time than any other cartoon license, and since I\u2019ve been doing this for nearly 20 years, that\u2019s saying something!\u00a0 Most of the other Adventure Time games imitate other classic titles like top-down Zelda games and other dungeon crawlers.\u00a0 But when I first heard about the name \u201cFinn and Jake Investigations,\u201d I thought it might be like one of those Phoenix Wright games.\u00a0 But when I saw screenshots it looked more like a 3-D platformer!\u00a0 To my surprise when I actually played it, it\u2019s really a point and click adventure game!\u00a0 In fact, if TellTale Games had this license, this would probably be like something they would make, at least a few years ago.\u00a0 At any rate, it\u2019s one of publisher Little Orbit\u2019s best games yet!\u00a0 It\u2019s available for nearly all the current game consoles, but reviewed on Wii U here.<\/p>\n

Anyway, in the game, boy Finn and his stretchy magic dog Jake are hanging out in their treehouse when they find an enchanted tickertape machine.\u00a0 Their mom and dad used it to find cases to solve when they were investigators, so Finn and Jake decide to use it to help out their friends in the land of Ooo and be like their parents!\u00a0 While the game plays like a point and click adventure, you don\u2019t move around a cursor with a mouse to click on things.\u00a0 You directly control Finn with the stick and move him around to points of interest.\u00a0 When you approach something you can interact with, the game will prompt you to do one of three things.\u00a0 You can look at the object in question, you can pick it up, or you can use another item on it.\u00a0 When you approach another character, you can usually talk to them, too, or open doors when you go near them.\u00a0 While it takes a second or two to get used to this way of controlling things, there are plenty of tutorials you can do at the beginning of the game that\u2019ll help out a bit.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, you might have to combine two items in the inventory screen to make a new one, and you can also use Jake as an item if you need to reach something far away, or climb up a tall ledge. \u00a0\u00a0The only part of the game that isn\u2019t a point and click adventure is the combat mode.\u00a0 When you have to fight enemies, the screen switches to a 3-D arena and you have to fight in real time with your sword and Jake\u2019s abilities.\u00a0 It kind of reminds me of Tales RPG battles.\u00a0 There is no way to die in the combat areas, but you\u2019ll get more treasure if you don\u2019t get hit. \u00a0Although treasure really doesn\u2019t do anything except look cool in the treehouse! \u00a0The game is split into five cases, or episodes, so it\u2019s really like a TellTale episodic adventure, except you don\u2019t have to wait two months to play the next one!\u00a0 You can also earn rewards like achievements for doing certain things.\u00a0 One of the coolest things about the game is that it is fully voiced by the cast of the cartoon show, and considering how much text is in the game, that\u2019s pretty impressive!<\/p>\n

The problems with the game are few and far between, and are fairly minimal and hardly worth mentioning.\u00a0 The 3-D graphics are nice, but I wish they were cel-shaded so it would look more like the cartoon show.\u00a0 While the game is fairly straightforward, there is no hint option so it can be a bit of a roadblock if you get stuck.\u00a0 And finally, there are some puzzles that are easier if you know about characters and plots from the show.\u00a0 I don\u2019t really watch the cartoon but I was able to muddle through a lot of it in this game since I\u2019ve reviewed so many other Adventure Time titles (plus my brothers really like that show).\u00a0 But it is more fun if you enjoy the cartoon.\u00a0 At any rate, if you like point and click adventures and are a big Adventure Time fan, you should definitely get this game!<\/p>\n

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Adventure Time: Finn and Jake Investigations is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Cartoon Violence and Comic Mischief.\u00a0 While you do fight and punch enemies in the combat mode, they just fall over with stars over their heads when defeated, so the violence is only cartoony.\u00a0 Finn and Jake do play pranks on certain characters in the game, and there are some butt and fart jokes, too. \u00a0But if you\u2019re OK with your kids watching the cartoon, they\u2019ll be OK with the game, too.\u00a0 Reading skill is required, because while the game is fully voiced, there are times when you\u2019ll need to make menu selections in the inventory where you must read.\u00a0 It may be kind of silly, but while Finn and Jake willingly cause mischief sometimes, they are always happy and willing to help their friends and put their pals\u2019 problems before their own, and I think that\u2019s a good message in the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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