{"id":21054,"date":"2021-03-03T00:01:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T00:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=21054"},"modified":"2021-02-23T13:50:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T13:50:53","slug":"castle-kong-switch-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/03\/castle-kong-switch-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Castle Kong (Switch, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>An evil Baron has kidnapped a princess and taken her to the top of a castle.\u00a0 It\u2019s up to you as a lowly pauper to climb up and down the castle to save her, jumping and avoiding obstacles all the way.\u00a0 If this sounds lot like Donkey Kong, well, it pretty much is!\u00a0 Castle Kong is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

Your pauper character can move left and right, climb ladders, and jump.\u00a0 Movement is very similar to Donkey Kong as well.\u00a0 Instead of barrels, you\u2019ll be jumping over blobs of boiling oil, avoiding archers\u2019 arrows, among other things.\u00a0 Even the levels are designed after the ones in Donkey Kong.\u00a0 There\u2019s even a \u201cpie factory\u201d level in the castle\u2019s kitchen, and instead of removing rivets in the last level, you\u2019re removing wires to send a chandelier crashing down on the Baron.\u00a0 Since in many levels you start from the top and work your way to the bottom, instead of saying \u201cHow High Can You Get?\u201d like in Donkey Kong, it says before every level \u201cHow Low Can You Go?\u201d\u00a0 Even the music is the same, save for a different note every now and then.\u00a0 It\u2019s a wonder Nintendo didn\u2019t sue!<\/p>\n

If you are connected to the internet while playing, you can also view high score leaderboards.\u00a0 Speaking of which, the makers of this game are holding a cash prize contest for high scores.\u00a0 If you want more info about that, just click on the link here<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 You can also switch the view to be vertical, but you still must control the game the same way, which makes it hard to play in handheld mode on the Switch.\u00a0 Also, even in vertical mode, nearly half the screen is just blue sky, so it kind of defeats the purpose.\u00a0 Some obstacles are also hard to see in handheld mode, and the game is harder than Donkey Kong in general, too, but most of that has to do with level design that doesn\u2019t leave as much space to avoid obstacles.\u00a0 It also doesn\u2019t help that the controls feel slightly gummy, too.\u00a0 If you REALLY like Donkey Kong and want something different and more of a challenge, you might enjoy this, but otherwise I think I\u2019d rather just play Donkey Kong instead.<\/p>\n

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

Violence is fairly minimal in this game.\u00a0 If you get hit, you just fall down.\u00a0 And when the chandelier falls on the Baron, he just gets dizzy stars above his head.\u00a0 Reading skill isn\u2019t needed, but younger gamers may find it too difficult.\u00a0 Castle Kong is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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