{"id":16264,"date":"2017-04-10T00:01:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T00:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=16264"},"modified":"2017-03-02T10:02:57","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T10:02:57","slug":"88-heroes-ps4-xbox-one-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/10\/88-heroes-ps4-xbox-one-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"88 Heroes (PS4, Xbox One, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>An evil supervillain has 88 missiles aimed at Earth ready to fire, and it\u2019s up to 88 of the goofiest, most useless heroes to stop him!\u00a0 88 Heroes is a silly 2-D platformer challenge available to download on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

In the main story mode, you start out with a randomly selected hero out of 88.\u00a0 If you die in that level, you\u2019ll get another one, so the 88 heroes act as your \u2018lives.\u2019\u00a0 Once you reach the end of the level, you\u2019ll start the next with a new randomly selected hero.\u00a0 At first you\u2019ll just have to find a door, but in later levels you\u2019ll have to locate keys to open the door first.\u00a0 But you\u2019ll have to hurry as each level is timed with only 88 seconds (catch a theme here?).<\/p>\n

Each of the 88 heroes has his or her own special abilities and controls, so the challenge comes from rolling with the punches and adapting to each new character as you play.\u00a0 Some can defend themselves with firepower and swords, while others can double jump or even fly.\u00a0 Many of the heroes are parodies of other video game characters.\u00a0 My favorite is a pink dinosaur who looks like the ones from Bubble Bobble, except this one shoots out bubbles from his butt!\u00a0 Others include \u201cVeronica Vortex,\u201d who has a portal gun, \u201cBoost Goose,\u201d a goose in a spaceship that can fly and controls like the Asteroids ship, \u201cRetro Reptile,\u201d a snake who moves like the classic game \u201cSnake,\u201d \u201cCath Letics,\u201d who controls like a Track and Field character, and \u201cBat Bot,\u201d a flying bat robot.\u00a0 When the bat robot stops moving, all the enemies stop as well, so it reminds me of controlling characters in a dungeon crawling RPG.\u00a0 With 88 heroes, there\u2019s no way I can list them all, but you get the idea of the variety.<\/p>\n

Aside from Story Mode, you can also unlock an 8 Hero Mode where you can select 8 of your favorite heroes to try and make it as far as you can.\u00a0 There is also a solo mode where you just have one hero.\u00a0 Collect enough coins in the levels and you can choose one fallen hero to revive.\u00a0 The action is viewed in a 2-D 8-bit pixel style, but you see it on a screen in the villain\u2019s lair as he watches the action and makes comments and taunts when you die.\u00a0 After each world he\u2019ll come down and fight you in a boss battle.\u00a0 I think my favorite thing he says when watching you on the TV is when one of his minions offers him tea with sugar, and he says in his deep voice, \u201cNo thanks, I\u2019m sweet enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

I think the only problem I had with this game is that it is unfairly difficult.\u00a0 When you start a level, they\u2019ll give you a brief description of the hero and his or her control scheme, but it\u2019s not always helpful.\u00a0 Sometimes I would die because I didn\u2019t realize that particular hero\u2019s weapons could hurt them as well, and some heroes just flat out control badly on purpose.\u00a0 But this is one of those \u201cJust for laughs\u201d kind of games, so if you don\u2019t mind dying a lot at first, you\u2019ll definitely get some fun and chuckles out of this title.<\/p>\n

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

88 Heroes wasn\u2019t rated by the ESRB quite yet when I wrote this review, but I imagine it would get an E or E-10 rating.\u00a0 You can hit enemies with guns and swords, and get zapped by lasers and explosions.\u00a0 But when anyone dies, they just fall apart into pixels and explode into confetti, so the violence is just Looney Tunes cartoony stuff.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the text, and younger gamers may get frustrated at the higher challenge level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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