{"id":19958,"date":"2020-03-13T00:01:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T00:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=19958"},"modified":"2020-03-05T02:10:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T02:10:21","slug":"the-dark-crystal-age-of-resistance-tactics-ps4-switch-xbox-one-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/13\/the-dark-crystal-age-of-resistance-tactics-ps4-switch-xbox-one-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I was a child of the 80\u2019s, and Jim Henson stuff was a big part of my childhood.\u00a0 I watched TV shows like Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, and Fraggle Rock.\u00a0 I saw films like The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, and heck, the very first movie I ever remember seeing in a theater was the first Muppet Movie.\u00a0 So I was very interested in seeing the new Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.\u00a0 And I LOVED it!\u00a0 I don\u2019t normally binge watch things, but one day when I was off work, I watched two episodes of it in the morning and two more in the evening.\u00a0 It was so good.\u00a0 I\u2019d watch it again if I had time.\u00a0 So I was excited when I heard they were making a video game out of it, but I was disappointed that it was a tactics strategy RPG game.\u00a0 I don\u2019t like those.\u00a0 Could my love of the series and Jim Henson stuff in general save this game for me?\u00a0 Well you\u2019ll just have to read this review and find out!\u00a0 The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics is available to download on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

The game follows the story of the Netflix series, more or less.\u00a0 They\u2019ve added a few new levels that they claim fills out the backstory, but it just felt like padding out the game for me.\u00a0 If you\u2019ve ever played strategy RPGs like Final Fantasy Tactics, Project X Zone, or Disgaea, you\u2019ll be able to jump right into this one.\u00a0 I like to describe these titles like they\u2019re board games.\u00a0 You take turns moving your guys on a 3-D isometric battlefield, putting them in places to strategically attack the enemy, who will be moving and attacking you when it\u2019s their turn.\u00a0 You generally get to do two things when it’s your turn.\u00a0 You can move your character, and then choose an attack, spell, or skill.\u00a0 The round is usually over when you defeat all the enemies, but sometimes it can change to be to defeat certain enemies or get from point A to point B.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll mostly play as Gelflings, the heroes of the show.\u00a0 Each one has a main job, like soldier, healer, or ranger.\u00a0 But as you defeat enemies, gain experience points, and level up, you can take on secondary jobs that can let you have more skills to use in battle.\u00a0 You can have up to three main job skills and two side job skills.\u00a0 This job system is deep enough to keep you interested, but it doesn\u2019t get any more complicated than that, so it doesn\u2019t bog the game down with too many rules like so many other RPGs nowadays do.\u00a0 Other characters you can play as include Podlings and Fizzgigs, each with their own job system.\u00a0 (Hup the Podling paladin is the best character in the show and the game, by the way)\u00a0 You\u2019ll view missions on a map, and can go after story missions or level up in side missions if need be.\u00a0 You can also view your party members and edit their equipment and jobs, as well as shop for new weapons and armor.<\/p>\n

I can understand why some people might give this game a bad review.\u00a0 It\u2019s not as grandiose as other tactics titles and doesn\u2019t have the high production values as the TV series.\u00a0 But personally, I really liked the game.\u00a0 My favorite part is that it has multiple difficulty levels.\u00a0 I put the game in Story Mode which is very easy since I don\u2019t like tactics games.\u00a0 And aside from a couple of times when I died because a mission goal wasn\u2019t clear or I needed to gain a level or two, I was able to breeze right through it.\u00a0 And the game isn\u2019t too short, but not too long either.\u00a0 Plus the graphics are nice and crisp.\u00a0 If you want a simple no-frills tactics game, or if you really like Jim Henson stuff and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance like I do, then you should definitely check out this game.\u00a0 It\u2019s the first ever tactics RPG I\u2019ve ever beaten, and that\u2019s saying something.\u00a0 Heck, I even got all but one of the trophies for it, and the only reason why I didn\u2019t get the last one is I didn\u2019t want to play the game again in New Game+ mode.\u00a0 I would\u2019ve rather the game had been an action platformer or a top down Zelda like adventure, but they did make a pretty good tactics game here.<\/p>\n

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

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Alcohol Reference and Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You do fight in pubs, so that\u2019s where the alcohol reference comes in.\u00a0 You can hit enemies with weapons and magic spells, but defeated characters just say \u2018Ugh\u201d and fall down.\u00a0 Reading skill is needed for the text.\u00a0 Might be a good strategy RPG for beginners.<\/p>\n

One thing I will add about the show is that even though I gushed about it, it might be too scary for little kids to watch.\u00a0 Heck, it even scared our cat!\u00a0 One night when I was watching one of the episodes, our cat laid down beside me.\u00a0 But then one of the evil Skeksis did something scary on screen and went \u201cRAAAARRR!\u201d and the cat jumped about three feet in the air, bit me, and then ran off!\u00a0 So just something to watch out for it you are interested in watching the series with your family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was a child of the 80\u2019s, and Jim Henson stuff was a big part of my childhood.\u00a0 I watched TV shows like Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, and Fraggle Rock.\u00a0 I saw films like The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, and heck, the very first movie I ever remember seeing in a theater was the first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews","category-movie-reviews","category-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19958","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=19958"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19960,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19958\/revisions\/19960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}