{"id":16070,"date":"2017-02-13T00:01:59","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T00:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=16070"},"modified":"2017-01-18T22:02:04","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T22:02:04","slug":"toby-the-secret-mine-wii-u-xbox-one-pc-ios-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/13\/toby-the-secret-mine-wii-u-xbox-one-pc-ios-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Toby: The Secret Mine (Wii U, Xbox One, PC, iOS, Android)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/toby_box\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-16064\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TOBY_BOX-150x79.jpg\" alt=\"TOBY_BOX\" width=\"150\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TOBY_BOX-150x79.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TOBY_BOX-300x158.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TOBY_BOX.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Toby\u2019s friends have all been imprisoned in little cages and taken away to a mine by baddies, and it\u2019s up to Toby to save them.\u00a0 Toby: The Secret Mine is a 2-D platformer adventure with silhouette style graphics and gameplay similar to Limbo.\u00a0 In fact, if Toby didn\u2019t have those big horns or ears sticking out of his head, I probably wouldn\u2019t be able to tell much difference (although it\u2019s not quite as creepy and the backgrounds aren\u2019t as dark either).\u00a0 It\u2019s available to download on Wii U, Xbox One, PC, and mobile devices, but reviewed on Wii U here.<\/p>\n<p>As Toby, you can run and jump, and there is a button for activating switches and pressing buttons.\u00a0 And that\u2019s it.\u00a0 You\u2019ll solve a lot of switch and block pushing puzzles, as well as jumping across pits and other dangerous obstacles.\u00a0 Many of the puzzles are physics-based, so for instance, you may have to walk back and forth across a hanging platform to make it swing so you can jump over a gap.\u00a0 Hidden in the stages are your caged friends to find as an extra challenge.<\/p>\n<p>The only problem is that the game gives you hardly any clues as to how to solve the puzzles, which is just part of the challenge.\u00a0 But it can be aggravating sometimes as you fumble around trying to figure out what to do.\u00a0 Luckily the checkpoints are usually placed close to where you died, and you get unlimited lives.\u00a0 If you really enjoyed games like Limbo, you\u2019ll probably want to check this one out, too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/toby_screen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16065\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TOBY_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"TOBY_SCREEN\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TOBY_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TOBY_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/TOBY_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toby: The Secret Mine is rated E-10 for Fantasy Violence and Mild Blood.\u00a0 You can get hit and squashed by traps and will fall over, but that\u2019s about as violent as it gets.\u00a0 I don\u2019t remember seeing any blood in the game, though.\u00a0 Reading skill isn\u2019t needed to play, but younger gamers may get frustrated and need help with some of the tougher puzzles and challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toby\u2019s friends have all been imprisoned in little cages and taken away to a mine by baddies, and it\u2019s up to Toby to save them.\u00a0 Toby: The Secret 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