{"id":20247,"date":"2020-07-06T00:01:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T00:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=20247"},"modified":"2020-06-25T11:54:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T11:54:27","slug":"outbuddies-dx-switch-ps4-xbox-one-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/06\/outbuddies-dx-switch-ps4-xbox-one-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Outbuddies DX (Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>You\u2019re an archeologist at sea, but a shipwreck lands you in the ancient underwater fortress of Behlam.\u00a0 Now equipped with a robot \u2018Buddy\u2019 you must explore the maze like corridors of caves and underwater lakes in this 2-D platforming adventure similar to titles like Metroid.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on all current game consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

Right off the bat, you have a lot of moves at your disposal.\u00a0 You can run, jump, climb certain walls, shoot in different directions, and more.\u00a0 As you explore the mazes, you\u2019ll find upgrades that\u2019ll help you reach previously inaccessible areas.\u00a0 These include bombs, charged shots, and others.<\/p>\n

Beside you at all times is a flying robot buddy.\u00a0 You can take control of this buddy at any time, or let a second player join in and control it for some co-op fun.\u00a0 Your robot buddy is handy for scouting out new areas, especially since most caves are so dark you can\u2019t see very far in front of you.\u00a0 Your buddy comes with a radar for scanning important objects, and it can even move certain blocks, among other things.<\/p>\n

I really liked the 16-bit style early 90\u2019s computer pixel graphics, even if they go overboard with the blues, purples, and reds, which makes it hard to see sometimes.\u00a0 But I had a hard time getting into this one because of the steep learning curve.\u00a0 Right off the bat, enemies take multiple hits and are pretty aggressive.\u00a0 Even the simple ones that climb on walls can fall from the ceiling on you!\u00a0 And you can\u2019t take very many hits at first either.\u00a0 Luckily when you die, you start back at the last door you came from.\u00a0 But this leads into another problem I had with the game.\u00a0 The save points are few and far between in compared to other games of this ilk, and it makes it a chore to find them if you want to stop playing.\u00a0 The game isn\u2019t bad, but because of the steep learning curve and lack of frequent save points, it didn\u2019t pull me in the way other games in this genre do, like Shantae or Axiom Verge.<\/p>\n

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

Outbuddies DX is rated M for Mature with an ESRB descriptor of Strong Language.\u00a0 Right off the bat they drop the f-bomb in the text, and there are plenty of monsters to shoot, so there\u2019s some pixelated violence, too.\u00a0 Reading skill is needed for the text, and younger players and less experienced gamers may find it too difficult.\u00a0 Luckily a second player can take control of the robot buddy without too much consequence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You\u2019re an archeologist at sea, but a shipwreck lands you in the ancient underwater fortress of Behlam.\u00a0 Now equipped with a robot \u2018Buddy\u2019 you must explore the maze like corridors of caves and underwater lakes in this 2-D platforming adventure similar to titles like Metroid.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on all current game consoles and PC, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20247","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\/20247","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=20247"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20249,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20247\/revisions\/20249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}