{"id":16451,"date":"2017-05-22T00:01:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T00:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=16451"},"modified":"2017-04-30T16:12:40","modified_gmt":"2017-04-30T16:12:40","slug":"tumbleseed-ps4-switch-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/22\/tumbleseed-ps4-switch-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"TumbleSeed (PS4, Switch, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/tumbleseed_box\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-16446\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/TUMBLESEED_BOX-150x70.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/TUMBLESEED_BOX-150x70.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/TUMBLESEED_BOX.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Can you name a video game where you play as a seed?\u00a0 Yeah, me neither.\u00a0 But now you can with TumbleSeed, a new downloadable game for PS4, Switch, and PC (reviewed on PS4 here).\u00a0 In this game, you must guide a seed up a mountain so it can plant itself at the top to save the world or something.\u00a0 It\u2019s a very unique, but also very difficult, game.<\/p>\n<p>You must guide the seed safely up vertically scrolling stages.\u00a0 You control the left and right sides of a long stick, and move them up and down on the left and right sides to tilt the stick.\u00a0 This will cause the seed to roll, and you must roll it past holes and creatures who can destroy your seed.<\/p>\n<p>Scattered about the levels are patches of dirt that you can plant into to do various things.\u00a0 You can switch your seed\u2019s power at any time, and depending on your power, different things will happen when you plant into these patches of dirt.\u00a0 You can plant flags at these places so that if you die, you\u2019ll start back at that spot.\u00a0 You can also grow thorns so you can attack enemies, or refill your hearts.\u00a0 Each time you plant something, it\u2019ll cost you a crystal.\u00a0 In fact, there is even a power that lets you gain crystals at these spots, so you must use strategy in switching your powers.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s pretty much it.\u00a0 There is an adventure mode as well as daily challenges.\u00a0 The stages in both modes are somewhat randomly generated.\u00a0 I love the uniqueness of this game, but I found it way too difficult early on, as there are so many holes and other obstacles for you to avoid.\u00a0 The learning curve is very steep, and I think the game could\u2019ve stood to be a little easier.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/tumbleseed_screen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16447\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/TUMBLESEED_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/TUMBLESEED_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/TUMBLESEED_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/TUMBLESEED_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TumbleSeed is rated E for Everyone with ESRB descriptors of Mild Fantasy Violence and Simulated Gambling.\u00a0 You can fall into holes and crumble when enemies get you, but that\u2019s it.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t see any gambling in the game, but I might\u2019ve not have gotten far enough to see that.\u00a0 Again, this game is very hard, and would probably frustrate younger (and even older) gamers.\u00a0 Reading is helpful for the text, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you name a video game where you play as a seed?\u00a0 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