{"id":17281,"date":"2017-12-28T00:01:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T00:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=17281"},"modified":"2017-12-13T18:12:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T18:12:50","slug":"the-next-penelope-race-to-odysseus-switch-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/28\/the-next-penelope-race-to-odysseus-switch-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Next Penelope: Race to Odysseus (Switch, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Next Penelope is like a cross between a top down racer like Super Sprint, mixed with the high speed action of an F-Zero game.\u00a0 The story combines intergalactic battle racing with Greek mythology, but the plot doesn\u2019t really enhance the gameplay much.\u00a0 And no, this game is not about Wacky Races\u2019 Penelope Pitstop.\u00a0 You\u2019ll compete in all sorts of super-difficult racing and battle missions as you progress through levels around the galaxy.\u00a0 The Next Penelope is available to download on Nintendo Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

Play control is unique in that there are no gas and brake buttons.\u00a0 You\u2019re always going.\u00a0 It kind of reminds me of Kirby\u2019s Air Ride in that regard.\u00a0 But this frees up buttons to be used for weapons, of which there are many.\u00a0 Each of the face buttons and shoulder buttons will allow you do things like boost, drop mines, fire lasers, teleport, and much more.\u00a0 Good luck remembering what each button does!\u00a0 Luckily the first mission in each area is kind of an intro to a new weapon in your arsenal.<\/p>\n

Using your weapons will deplete your energy, though, but you can regain it by passing over certain fields on the track, or by using certain weapons.\u00a0 Be careful, because if you run out of energy or fall off the track, it\u2019s Game Over and you\u2019ll have to start the race again.\u00a0 Other than racing opponents, some missions will require you to collect items on a track or just simply make it to the end.\u00a0 Completing races will net you experience points which you can divvy out to improve your stats.\u00a0 There is also a local four-player multiplayer mode as well.\u00a0 The only problems I had with the game were the insane difficulty and having to remember which button fires which weapon.\u00a0 But if you are up to the challenge, you may want to check this one out anyway.<\/p>\n

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The Next Penelope is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 The only violence in-game are exploding polygonal space racer ships, but the illustration of an injured Penelope with one eye and half an arm a little unsettling.\u00a0 Reading skill is needed for the text, and younger gamers (and older ones as well) may get frustrated at the high difficulty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Next Penelope is like a cross between a top down racer like Super Sprint, mixed with the high speed action of an F-Zero game.\u00a0 The story combines intergalactic battle racing with Greek mythology, but the plot doesn\u2019t really enhance the gameplay much.\u00a0 And no, this game is not about Wacky Races\u2019 Penelope Pitstop.\u00a0 You\u2019ll […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17281","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\/17281","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=17281"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17283,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17281\/revisions\/17283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}