{"id":21179,"date":"2021-04-26T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T00:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=21179"},"modified":"2021-04-02T12:55:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T12:55:59","slug":"inked-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/26\/inked-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Inked (Mobile)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>You are the nameless hero, a retired warrior who lives with his companion Aiko.\u00a0 Not sure if they are husband and wife, but they live in a world made up of hand-drawn black and white sketches.\u00a0 Like what you\u2019d see in an artist\u2019s notebook.\u00a0 Their world kind of has an Asian theme, with Japanese shrine gates and whatnot, but there are also futuristic Stargate looking portals at the end of each level for some reason.\u00a0 Anything is possible in sketches I guess.\u00a0 Anyway, one day the hero and Aiko discover a bird with a broken wing, and set out on a journey to find out what happened to it.\u00a0 Inked is a puzzle game for mobile devices, but reviewed on iPad here.<\/p>\n

You view the game in an isometric perspective, and tap on the touch screen to tell the hero where to go.\u00a0 Every so often you\u2019ll come across a puzzle.\u00a0 Most of these are the block pushing, switch activating variety.\u00a0 Some blocks you can drag and drop with your finger, and rotate them by tapping another finger on screen.\u00a0 But other blocks, indicated by a different color, you may have to have the hero push around.\u00a0 You\u2019ll do this by tapping on the block you want him to push, and tap again for him to let go.\u00a0 You\u2019ll manipulate blocks and bridges in this way to give the hero a path, or place ramps so rolling circle blocks can roll where you need them to.\u00a0 After you solve a few of these kinds of puzzles, you\u2019ll enter a portal gate and start the next chapter.\u00a0 And there are a quite a few of these chapters, too!\u00a0 Like more than a dozen!<\/p>\n

I really liked the sketch style graphics, and every so often you\u2019ll see a photorealistic pair of hands or a memory from the artist, reminding you that everything in this game is from notebook doodles.\u00a0 And I really like these kind of puzzle games, but the touch screen controls could use some work.\u00a0 They need to take a look at how moving things around is handled in Animal Crossing Pocket Camp, as that game fares much better in that regard.\u00a0 And the game could\u2019ve used a hint system, too.\u00a0 Luckily you can start off right after the last puzzle you solved.\u00a0 If the controls were better, I\u2019d say this mobile game would be considered \u2018console quality.\u2019<\/p>\n

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

Aside from seeing a drawing of a bird with a broken wing flopping over, the game is fairly non-violent.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, but not necessary just to play as most everything has spoken voice. \u00a0No in-game purchases either!\u00a0 Younger gamers may get frustrated at the controls and difficult puzzles, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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