{"id":21790,"date":"2021-12-08T00:01:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T00:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=21790"},"modified":"2021-11-12T12:16:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T12:16:37","slug":"kitaria-fables-switch-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/08\/kitaria-fables-switch-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitaria Fables (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In a fantasy world full of talking dogs, cats, goats, bears, and others animals, trouble is brewing.\u00a0 An ancient calamity has returned, making monsters more aggressive and endangering the lives of the people.\u00a0 You play as a young cat imperial soldier, sent to a small town to help defend the village.\u00a0 There you\u2019ll discover that to keep the calamity at bay, you must collect several relics from dungeon caves.\u00a0 And so your adventure begins!\u00a0 Kitaria Fables is a top down action adventure game, similar to titles like Zelda or more obscure ones like Brave Fencer Musashi.\u00a0 There\u2019s a heavy emphasis on crafting materials and items, too, so you\u2019ll do a lot of mining for ores and farming crops.\u00a0 So the game has a lot in common with titles like Rune Factory as well.\u00a0 It’s available on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

Most of the time, you\u2019ll talk to animals in villages and accept quests.\u00a0 Then you\u2019ll go out into the field in top down fashion to explore the land and defeat monsters.\u00a0 You swing your sword with one button, and enemies telegraph their attacks and you can roll dodge them with another button.\u00a0 Later you\u2019ll learn magic spells you can cast to hit enemies from a distance, as well as other sword skills.\u00a0 The game also places a big emphasis on crafting weapons, armor, and healing items, so you\u2019ll do a lot mining and farming similar to a Harvest Moon or Rune Factory game.<\/p>\n

I had a few minor problems with the game, but they were big enough to cause me to become disinterested after a while.\u00a0 Minor ones include slightly unclear goals from time to time, and text that\u2019s too small to read, especially in handheld mode.\u00a0 But my biggest problem was the menu system.\u00a0 You can\u2019t hold very many items at first, and I find that kind of item management not very fun.\u00a0 They also don\u2019t explain some things to you very well, like where your farming tools are.\u00a0 And equipping, moving, and using items is just too fiddly.\u00a0 Even worse, enemies can still move around and attack you while you are wading through menus, so that really turned me off right there.\u00a0 However, if you can look past those problems, Kitaria Fables is still a good game.<\/p>\n

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

Kitaria Fables is rated E-10 with an ESRB descriptor of Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 Defeated enemies just fall over and disappear, but that\u2019s about it.\u00a0 Because of the high level of reading involved and slightly more complex gameplay, I\u2019d say this one\u2019s best for older kid gamers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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