{"id":19823,"date":"2020-01-29T00:01:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T00:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=19823"},"modified":"2020-01-10T17:55:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T17:55:32","slug":"swag-and-sorcery-mobile-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/29\/swag-and-sorcery-mobile-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Swag and Sorcery (Mobile, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/swag_box\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-19814\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SWAG_BOX-150x91.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SWAG_BOX-150x91.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SWAG_BOX-300x181.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SWAG_BOX.jpg 354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>A king needs your help to find a lost treasure, so you must recruit heroes and equip them with armor, weapons, and swag and send them out on adventures to get more stuff. \u00a0All with neat 16-bit style pixel graphics and humor.\u00a0 Swag and Sorcery is available to download on mobile devices and PC, but reviewed on iPad here.<\/p>\n<p>The kingdom is viewed in a top down perspective and you tap on buildings to do things.\u00a0 The guild lets you hire heroes.\u00a0 The stable sends them off on adventures.\u00a0 The church heals them, the training ground levels them up, and there are stores where you can buy weapons and armor.\u00a0 But it all costs coins, which you get by going on adventures.<\/p>\n<p>When you send your heroes off on an adventure, they\u2019ll autoscroll left to right through various locations, nabbing loot and defeating monsters on their own.\u00a0 Later on you can cast spells to help, and if the going gets too tough you can send them back, but you won\u2019t get to keep everything unless you finish the adventure.\u00a0 Much later you can send out up to three parties on adventures, so there\u2019s a lot to keep up with.\u00a0 Use the gold and materials you get on adventures to heal and equip your heroes with better stuff so you can complete missions.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately the learning curve is pretty steep, and the enemies get tough pretty fast.\u00a0 And if you run out of coins to heal, it makes it very hard to build yourself back up.\u00a0 For this reason I had a hard time staying interested in the gameplay, which is also a bit repetitive and lacks interaction.\u00a0 Their attempt at humor also falls flat most of the time, but I did like the 16-bit pixel graphics at least.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/swag_screen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19815\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SWAG_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SWAG_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SWAG_SCREEN-150x94.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SWAG_SCREEN-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your heroes can swing weapons and cast spells at monsters, but defeated characters just fall over and disappear.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t find any in-game purchases, which is a nice change for a mobile game.\u00a0 Reading skill is a must for the text, and younger gamers may find it too difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A king needs your help to find a lost treasure, so you must recruit heroes and equip them with armor, weapons, and swag and send them out on adventures to get more stuff. \u00a0All with neat 16-bit style pixel graphics and humor.\u00a0 Swag and Sorcery is available to download on mobile devices and PC, but 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