{"id":14743,"date":"2016-03-16T00:01:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T00:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=14743"},"modified":"2016-02-23T21:20:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T21:20:06","slug":"fire-fu-ios-android-windows-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/16\/fire-fu-ios-android-windows-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Fu (iOS, Android, Windows Phone)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FIRE_BOX\"<\/a>Fire Fu is an arcade action game where you swipe your finger across the screen to summon streams of flames to burn up silly dragons and other goofy-looking monsters. It\u2019s available for most mobile devices, but reviewed on iPad here.<\/p>\n

When you start, you\u2019ll have about a minute to defeat as many flying critters as you can for points. Watch out for power-ups that can give you a few more seconds on the clock or double your points.\u00a0 Just be careful and try not to burn any bombs, as you\u2019ll lose 50 points if you do.\u00a0 Keep an eye on a meter on the top left,\u00a0 when it runs out you’ll need to remove your finger from the screen to fill up your flames again.\u00a0 At the end of the game you\u2019ll enter a bonus stage for one last boost of points, then the game tallies up your score and saves the highest one.<\/p>\n

As you play, you can earn points which you can use to unlock and buy potions to carry with you as you play. You can also unlock boss characters with points, which adds new enemies for you to toast as you play.\u00a0 Simply tap on the right bottom corner of the screen to activate a potion.\u00a0 Some of the potions will freeze time for a moment, or make your flames wider, or summon a meteor shower to help you zap enemies, among other things.<\/p>\n

The game has a few problems, though. When you swipe to make a flame, it lingers around for a little bit, and if a bomb happens to hit it, it\u2019ll explode.\u00a0 This makes avoiding bombs almost impossible.\u00a0 And while the game does a good job of teaching you the very basics, they don\u2019t explain what each potion does, what the power-ups do, and what you\u2019re supposed to be doing in the bonus stages.\u00a0 While most things are easy to figure out just by playing, it couldn\u2019t have been too much trouble to explain certain aspects a bit better.\u00a0 But if you want a simple arcade experience when you need to kill a minute or two, Fire Fu may fit the bill.\u00a0 And best of all, no in-game purchases that I could find!<\/p>\n

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

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

When you burn up the silly looking enemies with fire, they just crackle up and disappear in cartoony fashion, so the violence is pretty minimal. Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, but most of the game is pretty easy to figure out just by playing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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