{"id":18649,"date":"2019-01-21T00:01:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T00:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=18649"},"modified":"2018-12-31T00:54:23","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T00:54:23","slug":"storm-boy-the-game-ps4-switch-xbox-one-pc-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/21\/storm-boy-the-game-ps4-switch-xbox-one-pc-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm Boy: The Game (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC, Mobile)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Back when I was in college, I took a Children\u2019s Literature class as an elective.\u00a0 I had to read and learn about a lot of children\u2019s books, and yet I\u2019ve still never heard of Storm Boy.\u00a0 But after doing some research, apparently they even made a movie about it so I guess it just passed by me.\u00a0 And now there\u2019s a game about it, too. \u00a0Actually it\u2019s more of an interactive story book, and it\u2019s available to download on most current consoles, PCs, and mobile devices, but reviewed on PS4 here. Join Storm Boy as he takes care of and has adventures with a pelican named Mr. Percival on their seaside home.<\/p>\n

When you start the game, you control the boy by moving him right and left along a beach.\u00a0 As you walk by, words from the story will appear for you to read.\u00a0 At certain spots, a little balloon with a picture will appear.\u00a0 When you press a button near these balloons, a mini-game will start. \u00a0Actually most of these are just activities, as there\u2019s not much game there.\u00a0 You can draw pictures in the sand, find shells, play fetch with the pelican, and more.\u00a0 When you finish the story you can play the mini-games and view scenes whenever you want.<\/p>\n

It would\u2019ve been nice if the game featured narration for younger players who may not know how to read yet.\u00a0 Also the game is very short.\u00a0 I was able to do everything in about an hour AND get all the PS4 trophies for it!\u00a0 Yes, Storm Boy is the first PS4 game I got a platinum trophy for!\u00a0 Also it would\u2019ve been nice to have some better instructions, as I skipped by the first couple of mini-games without realizing what they were.\u00a0 Even so, the game is still somewhat charming and it\u2019s nice to see titles like this make it to consoles and not just stick to mobile devices.\u00a0 If you are a fan of the book, you may enjoy this, too.<\/p>\n

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

Storm Boy: The Game is rated E-10 with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Violence.\u00a0 SPOILER ALERT!\u00a0 The pelican gets shot.\u00a0 You see a duck hunter and his gun, and you hear it go off, but that\u2019s it.\u00a0 So no grisly death scenes or anything, but it is a little sad.\u00a0 Reading skill is needed for the text, but most anyone can play without help as even the mini-games that provide a smidgen of challenge can be skipped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back when I was in college, I took a Children\u2019s Literature class as an elective.\u00a0 I had to read and learn about a lot of children\u2019s books, and yet I\u2019ve still never heard of Storm Boy.\u00a0 But after doing some research, apparently they even made a movie about it so I guess it just passed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews","category-movie-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18649","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=18649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18650,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18649\/revisions\/18650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}