{"id":21215,"date":"2021-05-12T00:01:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T00:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=21215"},"modified":"2021-04-14T12:36:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T12:36:45","slug":"narita-boy-ps4-switch-xbox-one-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/12\/narita-boy-ps4-switch-xbox-one-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Narita Boy (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In the early 1980s, a famous computer programmer gets his memories erased by an evil computer program named HIM, and now that program threatens to take over the digital world.\u00a0 Meanwhile, a gamer who enjoys playing on the computer late at night gets sucked into the PC, and is transformed into the hero Narita Boy.\u00a0 Armed with the Techno-Sword, Narita Boy must defeat HIM and save the programmer\u2019s memories.\u00a0 With the storyline and graphics, this game was clearly inspired by the classic movie TRON.\u00a0 The title screen even looks so much like the TRON movie poster, I\u2019m surprised Disney didn\u2019t sue!\u00a0 Anyway, Narita Boy is a 2-D platformer hack and slash with some Metroid-like exploration elements.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

As Narita Boy, you can run, jump, climb certain walls, and dodge enemies with a dash.\u00a0 Early on you\u2019ll get the Techno-Sword so you can slash enemies.\u00a0 You can also fire beams with the sword as well as bat back projectiles if you time it right.\u00a0 As you progress, you\u2019ll learn new abilities which will help you reach other areas.\u00a0 This game is similar in structure to titles like Metroid, where you must backtrack through mazes with new abilities and items to progress further.\u00a0 The silky smooth animations and use of color also make me think of games like Out of This World or Flashback.<\/p>\n

I absolutely love the graphics and music in this game, as it clearly is a callback to TRON, one of my favorite movies as a kid.\u00a0 And as said earlier, the animations are amazing.\u00a0 But the game has loads of problems that kept me from staying interested.\u00a0 The overly complicated storyline really bogs the game down, and the slippy-slidey controls make it hard to land on small platforms precisely.\u00a0 The graphics default has a CRT filter that makes everything a little blurry and rounded on the sides (like an old TV) but it kind of gave me a headache.\u00a0 Luckily you can turn that off in the option screen.\u00a0 Worst of all, even though you can view your objectives, the goals are very unclear and not having a map doesn\u2019t help either.\u00a0 It\u2019s a shame because otherwise this game showed real promise.<\/p>\n

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Narita Boy is rated T for Teen with ESRB descriptors of Blood, Crude Humor, and Violence.\u00a0 You do slice and dice enemies and the fluid animation really makes it look like they\u2019re being cut in half, but I don\u2019t know if I\u2019d call any of that \u2018blood\u2019 since you are fighting digital enemies.\u00a0 Although it can look like it.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t notice any crude humor in the text so it must be used sparingly.\u00a0 Because of the reading skill involved and high difficulty, I\u2019d say this game is best for older players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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