{"id":20933,"date":"2021-02-22T00:01:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T00:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=20933"},"modified":"2021-01-27T09:03:14","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T09:03:14","slug":"golden-force-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/22\/golden-force-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Force (Switch)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In Golden Force, play as one of four pirate characters as you collect treasure and beat up baddies in this side scrolling 2-D hack and slash.\u00a0 It imitates 16-bit classics, right down to the difficulty, and is available to download on Switch.<\/p>\n

Right off the bat, the game pulls no punches as your tutorial level is a tough octopus boss.\u00a0 They show you all the moves as you play this level.\u00a0 You can jump, slash enemies, do an air dash, and slide.\u00a0 After that, you\u2019ll be able to tackle 2-D stages and choose one of four playable characters, although they all have the same moves.\u00a0 There\u2019s a generic blond sword guy, a dude with an axe and dragon wings, a punchy dwarf guy, and my personal favorite: a Shantae rip-off.\u00a0 Seriously, I\u2019m surprised WayForward didn\u2019t say anything about this!<\/p>\n

In the levels, you can find treasure chests with coins in them, and you also get some when defeating enemies.\u00a0 Hidden in each level are also special large coins and shells.\u00a0 Spend these items in the shop between levels to buy things.\u00a0 The special coins and shells will net you some permanent upgrades like extra health, and the regular coins can buy temporary power-ups.\u00a0 But boy, you need a LOT of coins to buy those things, and it makes it hard in the game because if you die, your coin count resets to zero, even at checkpoints.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s one of the main problems I had with the game is the difficulty.\u00a0 I\u2019d say it was \u201cMega Man hard\u201d in that you can get a little better at it with practice, but I still found it more frustrating than fun.\u00a0 I know they were trying to emulate the difficulty of classic games, but I still don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything wrong with adding an \u2018easy mode\u2019 so more people can enjoy it.\u00a0 It also doesn\u2019t help that a lot of the enemies blend into the pixelated backgrounds.\u00a0 Although I do like the classic styled graphics otherwise.<\/p>\n

One good thing about the game is the controls are buttery smooth, but they don\u2019t tell you all the moves you can do in the tutorial.\u00a0 And if they do, they\u2019re not very explicit about it.\u00a0 For instance, in a later level there is a large gap with a switch on the other end. \u00a0I thought you\u2019d have to do some tricky dash jumping to get across, but it turns out you can launch these skulls in the air, and then hit them to send them flying towards the switch.\u00a0 I had to watch a video to learn how to do that, the game doesn\u2019t tell you that\u2019s what you\u2019re supposed to do AT ALL.\u00a0 With more and more games being digital only nowadays, game developers really need to learn to put better tutorials in their games, or just put a well-written in-game instruction manual in there at least.<\/p>\n

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

Golden Force is rated M for Mature with ESRB descriptors of Blood, Strong Language, and Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You hack and slash enemies who spew copious amounts of pixelated blood when defeated, but I didn\u2019t really notice any bad language in the text.\u00a0 But the game is best for older gamers anyway due to the high level of difficulty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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