{"id":15871,"date":"2016-12-26T00:01:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T00:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=15871"},"modified":"2016-11-30T01:29:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T01:29:51","slug":"steamworld-collection-wii-u-ps4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/26\/steamworld-collection-wii-u-ps4\/","title":{"rendered":"Steamworld Collection (Wii U, PS4)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"STEAM_BOX\"<\/a>This is a collection of two very different games, but with similar characters.\u00a0 The games are Steamworld Dig and Steamworld Heist, two indie titles previously only available via download, but now are together in a single physical copy disc.\u00a0 It\u2019s available for Wii U and PS4, but reviewed on Wii U here.\u00a0 We\u2019ll take a look at each game separately.<\/p>\n

Steamworld Dig<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was the first game in the series to come out.\u00a0 You play as a steam-powered robot cowboy in a world filled with other robots in a Wild West setting.\u00a0 Your job is to dig underground in a mine to gather valuable ores, which you can then sell and buy upgrades.\u00a0 These upgrades include longer lasting lamps, better pickaxes and drills, and bigger bags so you can carry more stuff.\u00a0 Every so often while underground, you\u2019ll encounter caves that have puzzles to solve and usually a special item.\u00a0 These items will help you get around easier in the mines, like speed boots and water powered jets.\u00a0 The game reminds me of a mix of Dig Dug, Boulder Dash, and Mr. Driller, with a bit of Metroid-style exploration thrown in.\u00a0 I really liked this game, but I had two problems with it.\u00a0 Depending on how you dig, you may find it difficult to climb back up later on when you need to resurface.\u00a0 Also, later in the game there will come a point when you fall down a long way, and if you don\u2019t come prepared, it\u2019ll be tough to get back to the surface.<\/p>\n

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

Steamworld Heist<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure if this is meant to be a sequel to Steamworld Dig or whatever, but in this one, the world has exploded into smaller land chunks, and water is a scarce and valuable commodity (these are steam-powered robots after all).\u00a0 Scrapper robots are stealing from moisture farms, and it\u2019s up to Piper Faraday and her crew to take back what they stole, whether it be water, weapons, or kidnapped robots.\u00a0 So instead of a Wild West setting, it has more of a space pirate vibe.<\/p>\n

The game is totally different, too.\u00a0 It takes the form of a strategy game.\u00a0 In each stage, you\u2019ll board a spaceship and take turns moving, taking cover, and shooting in 2-D spaceships.\u00a0 Find the best places to snipe enemies and guard against their fire, and steal all their treasures and find the escape pod to win the heist.\u00a0 You can steal treasures like weapons and other items, as well as water which you can spend like money in shops.\u00a0 You\u2019ll also be able to recruit new crew members later on, too.<\/p>\n

Normally I don\u2019t like strategy games, so I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d like this one.\u00a0 But there are five selectable difficulty settings, and aside from not earning as much experience points, you\u2019re not really penalized much for playing on the more casual settings.\u00a0 Plus the simplicity of the game, as well as the detailed graphics and animation, kept me interested.\u00a0 Only problem I had was the learning curve was a tiny bit high, so while they did a good job teaching the basics, they didn\u2019t go over the more intricate parts as well.\u00a0 And if you start a game, you have to reset the system if you want to play the other one.\u00a0 But if you enjoy indie games, you\u2019ll definitely want to check out this collection.<\/p>\n

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

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

Steamworld Collection is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Fantasy Violence, Mild Language, and Use of Tobacco.\u00a0 I really didn\u2019t notice much bad language in the text, and some robots smoke, but that\u2019s it.\u00a0 You do use guns to shoot at robots in the Heist game, and robots fall apart when they are hit.\u00a0 Reading skill is needed for the text, and younger gamers may get frustrated at the difficult parts later in the game.\u00a0 Luckily Steamworld Heist has difficulty selections, and the easy ones are pretty simple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a collection of two very different games, but with similar characters.\u00a0 The games are Steamworld Dig and Steamworld Heist, two indie titles previously only available via download, but now are together in a single physical copy disc.\u00a0 It\u2019s available for Wii U and PS4, but reviewed on Wii U here.\u00a0 We\u2019ll take a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15871"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15873,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15871\/revisions\/15873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}