{"id":14468,"date":"2016-01-27T00:01:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T00:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=14468"},"modified":"2015-12-16T22:31:44","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T22:31:44","slug":"minions-paradise-ios-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/27\/minions-paradise-ios-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Minions Paradise (iOS, Android)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MINIONS_BOX\"<\/a>One day, all the Minions took a relaxing tropical vacation on a cruise ship. Even accident-prone Phil.\u00a0 Poor Phil.\u00a0 When he mistakenly turns the ship\u2019s helm and steers them right into a rock, all seems lost as the ship sinks.\u00a0 Luckily, Phil finds a deserted tropical island nearby, and all the other Minions survived.\u00a0 But for ruining their fun, they\u2019re not very happy with Phil as they swim to the island.\u00a0 Help Phil get the island ready with lots of fun things to do and make, so the other Minions can still have their tropical vacation!\u00a0 Minions Paradise is available free-to-play to download on iOS and Android devices, but reviewed on iPad here.<\/p>\n

So when you first get to the island, Phil sets up a Tiki bar of sorts, which acts as your home base, where you\u2019ll receive missions and requests, which you\u2019ll also get on the nearby bulletin board. When you complete missions and fulfillments, you earn party points, which help you gain levels.\u00a0 Gaining levels lets you bring more Minions to the island as well as build more things for them.\u00a0 Sometimes you\u2019ll also earn doubloons and smaller coins, which you can use to buy items and complete missions without waiting or before you get all the materials you need.<\/p>\n

Some of the things you can build are \u201cDistractivities\u201d for the other Minions. These include a pi\u00f1ata, a skateboard half pipe, hammock, and more.\u00a0 Assign a Minion to one of these places and after a while, they\u2019ll help you earn Party Points.\u00a0 You can also build places where Minions can gather materials, like coconuts, bamboo, ice, etc.\u00a0 Like with Distractivities, you\u2019ll need to assign Minions who will gather those materials after a given time.\u00a0 You can also build structures where you can use materials to build things for the minions, like skateboards and mischievous weapons to fulfill party requests.\u00a0 Or you can use the materials to expand the island so you can have room for more stuff.\u00a0 You can also play mini-games every now and then, like a water-ski game where you must tap the screen to jump over rocks and collect goodies.<\/p>\n

So yeah, the game pretty much plays like a casual Farmville clone, and as a free-to-play game, there will come a point where you won\u2019t be able to progress without paying real money for coins to buy what you need. So while it is cute to see the Minions lumbering around on the island doing goofy things, the game ultimately gets rather repetitive very quickly.<\/p>\n

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

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

Nothing too terribly violent here. You can crash into rocks on the ski game, but the Minion won\u2019t get hurt.\u00a0 You also make things like bazookas and ninja stars out of things like bamboo and clam shells, but you don\u2019t use them for anything violent, the game just calls them \u2018party favors.\u2019\u00a0 Remember, those Minions do usually work for bad guys, so they can be little troublemakers.\u00a0\u00a0 Cute, but still trouble.\u00a0 If you\u2019re OK with your kids watching the Despicable Me and Minions movies, they\u2019ll be OK with the game.\u00a0 Reading skill is a must for the text, and parental supervision is highly recommended for the in-game purchases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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