{"id":20212,"date":"2020-06-24T00:01:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T00:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=20212"},"modified":"2020-06-10T12:46:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T12:46:48","slug":"rigid-force-redux-switch-xbox-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/24\/rigid-force-redux-switch-xbox-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Rigid Force Redux (Switch, Xbox One)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Rigid Force Redux is a horizontally side scrolling 2-D shooter, using elements from classics like R-Type and Einhander but with 3-D polygon graphics.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on Switch and Xbox One, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

The main mode has six stages with a boss at the end of each one.\u00a0 Hold down one button to fire shots to defeat enemies.\u00a0 Defeated ships will leave behind little green pellets.\u00a0 Collect them to fill a power meter.\u00a0 You can also hold down the right trigger button to suck in those pellets, but it\u2019ll slow you down a bit while you do.\u00a0 When you have power in your meter, you can hold down and fire off charged shots for extra damage.\u00a0 You can also use a sword to deflect bullets.\u00a0 Just use those skills wisely as it takes off power from your meter.\u00a0 You can collect power-ups to increase your shots, and one of those is a little ball that you can move around your ship to re-arrange your projectiles or shoot behind you.\u00a0 It kind of reminds me of the little ball attachment in R-Type.\u00a0 And that\u2019s pretty much the game.<\/p>\n

In the main mode you can choose three difficulty selections.\u00a0 You get three lives and three continues and that\u2019s it.\u00a0 You can also unlock an Arcade mode where you play each stage separately, and try to get a high score.\u00a0 In this mode they give you extra opportunities to boost your score, like finding little astronauts to rescue, score multipliers, etc. \u00a0There\u2019s also a Boss Rush mode.\u00a0 If you complete certain objectives, you\u2019ll earn trophies.\u00a0 Each trophy also unlocks a piece of concept art, which is neat.<\/p>\n

Only main problem I had with the game is that with limited lives and continues, the game is pretty hard even on Easy.\u00a0 I wish they could\u2019ve added more.\u00a0 There\u2019s also too much story and text, but luckily you can skip it, as it\u2019s pretty unnecessary past the tutorial.\u00a0 Also, there\u2019s not really much that makes this game stand out from the other shooters out there.\u00a0 But if you crave a new arcade style classic shooter and are up to the challenge, you may want to check this one out.<\/p>\n

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Rigid Force Redux is rated E-10 with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Violence.\u00a0 You shoot all manner of spaceships and alien globs with lasers and missiles, and they explode when defeated.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, and younger gamers may find it too difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rigid Force Redux is a horizontally side scrolling 2-D shooter, using elements from classics like R-Type and Einhander but with 3-D polygon graphics.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on Switch and Xbox One, but reviewed on Switch here. The main mode has six stages with a boss at the end of each one.\u00a0 Hold down one button to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20212","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\/20212","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=20212"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20214,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20212\/revisions\/20214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}