{"id":21308,"date":"2021-06-21T00:01:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T00:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=21308"},"modified":"2021-05-26T00:43:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T00:43:20","slug":"rift-racoon-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-xbox-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/21\/rift-racoon-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-xbox-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Rift Racoon (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>You are a raccoon who has free reign to walk around a science lab.\u00a0 Maybe this animal is a pet or mascot, as one of the scientists in the lab gives you a hug when you walk past.\u00a0 Although you can knock down beakers and break computers when you go by.\u00a0 Anyway, shortly after you start, you find a wrist device that lets you warp a few feet in front of you, and these same scientists are ok with letting you test it.\u00a0 So as a raccoon, you\u2019ll run, jump, climb walls, and warp between them as you make it to the end of super challenging 2-D platform levels.\u00a0 For a while their spelling of \u2018racoon\u2019 in the game\u2019s title bugged me to no end, but apparently it\u2019s also a correct way to spell it.\u00a0 I\u2019m still using two C\u2019s for my review outside the title, though.\u00a0 Anyway, Rift Racoon is available to download on nearly all current game consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

You can do pretty basic run and jump platforming, but you can also climb walls for a short while.\u00a0 You\u2019ll get tired if you climb too high, though, and will start to slide down the wall.\u00a0 By pressing the square button, you can warp a little bit ahead or above you.\u00a0 You can do this to pass through walls or get some extra height in the air.\u00a0 Do this to make it to the end of the level and onto the next.\u00a0 If you get hit by spikes, fall into a pit, or warp into a wall you\u2019ll have to start the stage over at the beginning or at the last checkpoint you passed.<\/p>\n

I liked the chunky monkey 16-bit style graphics but this game is way too hard.\u00a0 Controls could be a little smoother and there\u2019s just not very many levels from what I can tell.\u00a0 Granted they\u2019re very hard ones that\u2019ll take some skill to beat, but the high difficulty kept me from staying interested very long.<\/p>\n

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Rift Racoon is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 If you get hit, you\u2019ll just dissolve into pixels and appear back at the last checkpoint, but that\u2019s about as violent as it gets.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, and younger gamers may find it too difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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