{"id":16929,"date":"2017-10-11T00:01:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T00:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=16929"},"modified":"2017-09-15T05:34:40","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T05:34:40","slug":"ink-ps4-xbox-one-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/11\/ink-ps4-xbox-one-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Ink (PS4, Xbox One, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/ink_box\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-16927\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/INK_BOX-150x84.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/INK_BOX-150x84.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/INK_BOX.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Ink is a simple 2-D platformer with an \u201cink\u201d-teresting twist.\u00a0 It\u2019s available to download on PS4, Xbox One, and PC (reviewed on PS4 here).\u00a0 You play as a simple little white square, and all you can see in each level initially are your character and the door you must exit.\u00a0 But as you move and jump along, you\u2019ll splurt out ink everywhere that\u2019ll cover the surface of walls and floors that you can climb and run on.\u00a0 It may take you several tries to find the right path to the door, but luckily you get unlimited lives and the ink will stay when you die.<\/p>\n<p>Even though you start out each stage totally in the dark, luckily stages don\u2019t get too much bigger than one or two screens horizontally or vertically.\u00a0 You can only hop and do a double jump, but you can also climb up walls while jumping like Mega Man X.\u00a0 Some stages have rectangular enemies you must hop on to defeat, and when there are enemies on a stage, you have to hop on them all to open the door.\u00a0 After a couple dozen levels, you\u2019ll fight a boss, which just looks like a regular enemy just bigger and with more varied attacks.\u00a0 There are also hidden coins in stages for you to find as an extra challenge.<\/p>\n<p>The game is all right, but play control feels a little loose and slippery, like you\u2019re running around on wet ink.\u00a0 So maybe that\u2019s what they were going for.\u00a0 It can be frustrating when you die a lot, especially on stages where floors and walls have spikes on them that you can\u2019t see, but I think the game is meant to be like that and you do get unlimited tries.\u00a0 If you enjoy extra hard platformers like Super Meat Boy, you may want to check this one out as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/ink_screen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16928\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/INK_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/INK_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/INK_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/INK_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you hit enemies or spikes, your square will just explode into an inky mess.\u00a0 So violence is pretty minimal since everything is just geometric shapes.\u00a0 Younger gamers may find the high challenge frustrating, though.\u00a0 Ink is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ink is a simple 2-D platformer with an \u201cink\u201d-teresting twist.\u00a0 It\u2019s available to download on PS4, Xbox One, and PC (reviewed on PS4 here).\u00a0 You play as a simple little white square, and all you can see in each level initially are your character and the door you must exit.\u00a0 But as you move and 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