{"id":16858,"date":"2017-09-20T00:01:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T00:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=16858"},"modified":"2017-08-28T17:03:03","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T17:03:03","slug":"bleed-ps4-xbox-one-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/20\/bleed-ps4-xbox-one-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Bleed (PS4, Xbox One, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Bleed is a somewhat unique run and gun shooter platformer featuring retro graphics and sensibilities.\u00a0 The story is a little unclear.\u00a0 I think you\u2019re a girl who is either gunning to be the number one video game hero or she\u2019s just imaging it all (as you see her on the start screen writing a story at her desk and you select stages off a list that she\u2019s writing).\u00a0 But once you start playing, it really doesn\u2019t matter as you\u2019ll just be shooting everything that moves in this frantic downloadable game for PS4, Xbox One, and PC (reviewed on PS4 here).<\/p>\n

In the game you move left and right in 2-D space, but you jump using the R trigger button.\u00a0 It\u2019s a bit unconventional, but the reason it\u2019s that way is because you use the right analog stick to aim and shoot in any direction.\u00a0 So it\u2019s like a twin stick shooter mixed with a 2-D platformer.\u00a0 Press the jump button in midair and you can do a double jump\/dash move.\u00a0 Hold down the L button to slow down time for a short while, and the R button changes your current weapon.<\/p>\n

You can buy new weapons as well as health and power upgrades in a shop, using your score as a means of currency.\u00a0 You can carry two weapons at a time.\u00a0 You\u2019ll start out using a quick but weak machine gun and a slow but strong missile launcher.\u00a0 But later you can buy laser guns, spread shots, and much more.\u00a0 You can also unlock new characters by beating the game in different difficulty selections.\u00a0 And a second player can join in, too, which is cool.<\/p>\n

I only had two main problems with the game.\u00a0 One is that it\u2019s insanely hard, even on Easy mode.\u00a0 The other problem is that jumping felt a little floaty, which was especially noticeable when you had to make precise jumps.\u00a0 But if you enjoy old school run and gun shooters like Contra, you may want to check this one out anyway.<\/p>\n

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

Bleed is rated T for Teen with an ESRB descriptor of Language.\u00a0 Wait, what?\u00a0 I first thought that the ESRB web page might\u2019ve gotten their wires crossed, but that\u2019s the rating it gets on all the official Bleed pages I looked at.\u00a0 Honestly I don\u2019t remember seeing any bad language in the game, but there is lots of shooting and retro style violence, and when you shoot some enemies, they\u2019ll burst into splats of pixelly red stuff.\u00a0 But really the game\u2019s no more violent than an early 90\u2019s arcade game.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, and some gamers may get frustrated at the high difficulty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bleed is a somewhat unique run and gun shooter platformer featuring retro graphics and sensibilities.\u00a0 The story is a little unclear.\u00a0 I think you\u2019re a girl who is either gunning to be the number one video game hero or she\u2019s just imaging it all (as you see her on the start screen writing a story […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16858","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\/16858","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=16858"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16860,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16858\/revisions\/16860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}