{"id":20719,"date":"2020-12-23T00:01:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T00:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=20719"},"modified":"2020-11-15T13:48:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T13:48:23","slug":"wunderling-ps4-switch-xbox-one-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/23\/wunderling-ps4-switch-xbox-one-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Wunderling (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Lowly minions in 2-D platformers don\u2019t get much love, as they get stomped on constantly by overalled plumbers and other adventurers.\u00a0 But what if you got to PLAY as one of these downtrodden foes?\u00a0 Well that\u2019s exactly what happens in Wunderling.\u00a0 The \u2018heroic\u2019 Carrot Man is on a quest to save Princess Pea in the Vegetable Kingdom.\u00a0 He\u2019s stolen a magic stick that can make portals appear, and one of the first things he does is stomp a walking squash enemy flat.\u00a0 An evil witch comes along and brings the squashed squash underling back to life, but he really can\u2019t do much since he can only walk back and forth.\u00a0 So the witch gives him the power to jump!\u00a0 Now you get to control the minion, who not only constantly walks forward until he hits a wall and changes direction, but can also jump over obstacles!\u00a0 It\u2019s kind of like an endless runner except it has actual gameplay, and for such a challenging title, it\u2019s pretty fun!\u00a0 Wunderling is available on nearly all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t control the minion\u2019s direction, but you will change from walking left to right when you hit a wall.\u00a0 You can only jump, so it kind of reminds me of Super Mario Run on mobile.\u00a0 Your goal is to reach the portal at the end of each level by jumping over obstacles.\u00a0 Some levels are like puzzles in that you must figure out which ways to jump and change direction, or collect keys and hit switches in the right order.\u00a0 Sometimes you can find power-ups like dash arrows or wings that let you fly.\u00a0 After certain levels, the witch will give you a new power, like the ability to dash, wall jump, or charge in midair.\u00a0 Your goal is to reach the portal in each level.\u00a0 There are some hidden secret portals and side quests, like collecting all the flowers in each stage, or finding hidden treasures that give you clothes and accessories to dress up your minion with.\u00a0 Speaking of the flowers you collect, you don\u2019t HAVE to get them all in each level, but it is important to collect them because if you don\u2019t, after a while you\u2019ll lose energy and explode if you don\u2019t grab any.<\/p>\n

The game is super challenging, but the solid play control kept me interested, and I usually get frustrated at these kinds of games and lose interest quickly.\u00a0 But I was able to beat this one!\u00a0 I was really impressed with how much control you have over your jumps, which you\u2019ll need to bypass all the tricky obstacles.\u00a0 Now, will I be able to go back and find all the secrets to get the good ending?\u00a0 Heck no, that\u2019s impossible.\u00a0 Which is a little annoying.\u00a0 Other minor problems include a bit of unbalanced difficulty in that I would get stuck on a level for a long time, only to pass it and tackle the next area on my first try!\u00a0 Some levels do have checkpoints, but I do wish there were more so I wouldn\u2019t have to do the same obstacles over and over again.\u00a0 But even with the problems, I was still impressed with the controls, and even though the game was challenging, I was still able to push through.\u00a0 I also really liked the 16-bit style pixel graphics, and the humor and references to other classic platformers, especially Mario ones, was great.\u00a0 I kept playing just to see what silly things would happen next!\u00a0 So yeah, Wunderling was a pleasant surprise for the most part.<\/p>\n

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Wunderling is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You get stomped flat by a carrot a few times, and if you hit spikes or other obstacles you\u2019ll explode into pixels.\u00a0 But that\u2019s about as violent as it gets.\u00a0 Near the end of the game one of the characters did say a curse word, too.\u00a0 Reading skill is needed and younger gamers may find it too difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lowly minions in 2-D platformers don\u2019t get much love, as they get stomped on constantly by overalled plumbers and other adventurers.\u00a0 But what if you got to PLAY as one of these downtrodden foes?\u00a0 Well that\u2019s exactly what happens in Wunderling.\u00a0 The \u2018heroic\u2019 Carrot Man is on a quest to save Princess Pea in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20719","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\/20719","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=20719"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20721,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20719\/revisions\/20721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}