{"id":19934,"date":"2020-03-04T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T00:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=19934"},"modified":"2020-02-18T01:02:55","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T01:02:55","slug":"tilt-pack-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/04\/tilt-pack-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Tilt Pack (Switch)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Sometimes the simplest ideas can work out great.\u00a0 That\u2019s the case with Tilt Pack, a couch multiplayer game for up to four players for Switch.\u00a0 All you do is move rectangle boxes with faces on them and they\u2019ll flip and rotate as you try and knock the other boxes off the playfield.\u00a0 And that\u2019s it, really, but it\u2019s surprisingly fun.\u00a0 It\u2019s like a sumo match with personified Pong paddles!<\/p>\n

Controls couldn\u2019t be simpler, as all you do is move left and right.\u00a0 There are several characters you can pick from, and each one is a different size and length.\u00a0 Larger characters can push others easier, but are bigger targets for hazards.\u00a0 My favorite is Smirk, a goofy long green rectangle with a silly face and says \u201cSmiiiirrrk!\u201d in a dorky annoying voice every time he wins or loses.\u00a0 As you move, you\u2019ll flip and flop around so you have to be mindful of how you interact with the other players and stages.\u00a0 Whoever is left on the stage last, wins.\u00a0 You can lose by falling off the level or getting hit by things like spikes or lava bubbles.\u00a0 Sometimes power-ups appear that can make your paddle bigger for a short while, or bombs that can blow everyone around.<\/p>\n

There are two ways to play.\u00a0 One to four players can compete in four round matches with three other players or CPU opponents.\u00a0 In the Single Player mode, you\u2019ll choose a character and stage theme and defeat each character one by one, like a fighting game.\u00a0 You can unlock a couple of extra stage options by beating this mode.\u00a0 Even though there are only four stage themes (stadium, temple, volcano, and game show), there are a wide variety of kinds of stages in each setting.<\/p>\n

I guess the only problems I have with this game is that I wish there were more controller options.\u00a0 Even in full screen mode, you can only play the game with one JoyCon.\u00a0 Not that you need any more than that, but it would be nice to play the game docked in the controller holder in TV mode.\u00a0 And it would\u2019ve been better if the game had more content.\u00a0 There are plenty of stages, but it would\u2019ve been nice to have more, or different characters or power-ups.\u00a0 But as it stands it\u2019s still a fun simple game that anyone can pick up and play.<\/p>\n

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

Tilt Pack is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You can push or get pushed off a stage, and if you hit a hazard, you\u2019ll fly toward the TV and hit the screen.\u00a0 But that\u2019s about as violent as it gets.\u00a0 No reading is needed and anyone can pick up and understand this one.\u00a0 Good family fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes the simplest ideas can work out great.\u00a0 That\u2019s the case with Tilt Pack, a couch multiplayer game for up to four players for Switch.\u00a0 All you do is move rectangle boxes with faces on them and they\u2019ll flip and rotate as you try and knock the other boxes off the playfield.\u00a0 And that\u2019s it, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19934","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\/19934","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=19934"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19936,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19934\/revisions\/19936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}