{"id":17896,"date":"2018-06-25T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T00:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=17896"},"modified":"2018-06-06T03:34:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T03:34:58","slug":"eden-obscura-ios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/25\/eden-obscura-ios\/","title":{"rendered":"Eden Obscura (iOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This is a pretty weird game.\u00a0 It\u2019s made by Q Games\u2019 PixelJunk division, so if you\u2019re familiar with them, that should perk up your ears.\u00a0 In the game you play as a little sprite critter who can latch onto plants and swing from them.\u00a0 It\u2019s up to you to collect pollen in the air to make more plants grow so you can have more places to swing as you try and find the exit core before time runs out.\u00a0 It\u2019s available to download for free on iOS devices, but reviewed on iPad here.<\/p>\n

To control your sprite, just flick the screen in any direction and it\u2019ll fly there.\u00a0 When it latches onto a plant, it\u2019ll swing around and around until you flick in another direction again.\u00a0 Collect pollen scattered about the level and if there is a circle nearby, it\u2019ll fill up with the pollen that you\u2019ve collect and when it\u2019s full, fly over to it to make a new plant grow.\u00a0 Now you have something else to swing around.\u00a0 If you get hit by an enemy or fall off the screen, you aren\u2019t penalized other than not being able to move for a few seconds.\u00a0 But you must find the core exit before time runs out to finish the level.\u00a0 If you fail to find the exit five times, you lose that garden forever, at least as far as I could tell (which is annoying).\u00a0 You can unlock different sprites that can do things like swing farther or fly more if you play as them.<\/p>\n

To make your search easier, you can equip spices that you earn by finishing levels, although they don\u2019t explain very well how you can equip them again after using them once.\u00a0 These spices do cool things like increase the pollen you collect, or provide you with a handy compass point the way to the exit, which is very useful.\u00a0 The game can also use your camera to do weird things with the background, but I found this more distracting than anything.\u00a0 It\u2019s an interesting game, especially for free, but annoyances like not being able to replay gardens after five tries and some confusing gameplay choices kept me from being too interested.<\/p>\n

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

Nothing objectionable or violent here.\u00a0 If you get hit, you just flash for a bit and that\u2019s it.\u00a0 Kids might get bored or confused by the abstract gameplay, though.\u00a0 One good thing is there are no in-game purchases that I could find, which is unusual for a free game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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