{"id":21949,"date":"2022-01-10T00:01:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T00:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=21949"},"modified":"2021-12-22T13:44:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T13:44:26","slug":"horatio-goes-snowboarding-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/10\/horatio-goes-snowboarding-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Horatio Goes Snowboarding (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/horatio_box\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-21944\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/HORATIO_BOX-101x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/HORATIO_BOX-101x150.jpg 101w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/HORATIO_BOX.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 101px) 100vw, 101px\" \/><\/a>Horatio is a little blue ball guy with a moustache and goggles and he wants to go snowboarding!\u00a0 Guide him through the busy streets to the snowboard shop to pick up gear and then to the helicopter so he can ski down the mountain in this action game that takes elements from arcade classics like Konami\u2019s Frogger and Taito\u2019s Alpine Ski.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on nearly all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n<p>When you start, you can move freely in a city setting and you can run in any direction.\u00a0 You must go forward (up) and avoid cars while crossing busy streets to the snowboard shop, and then take your board to a helicopter so you can go up the mountain.\u00a0 Then the game changes to a ski game where you travel down the mountain at the top of the screen, and try to slalom between flags for points.\u00a0 Avoid cars, trees, yetis, and other obstacles.\u00a0 If you hit something, you\u2019ll have to pay hospital fees (just a point deduction) and when you do this three times, the game is over.\u00a0 You can unlock an endless mode if your score is high enough, but that\u2019s it.\u00a0 While the snowboard controls are simple (just left and right), they\u2019re so slippery and unresponsive that I didn\u2019t get very far.\u00a0 I\u2019d rather just play Frogger or Alpine Ski instead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/horatio_screen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-21945\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/HORATIO_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/HORATIO_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/HORATIO_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/HORATIO_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Horatio Goes Snowboarding is rated E for Everyone with ESRB descriptors of Mild Fantasy Violence and Mild Language.\u00a0 If you hit something, you\u2019ll just roll around and disappear.\u00a0 Horatio does say stuff in a deep voice, but he talks so fast I can\u2019t tell what he\u2019s saying.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Younger gamers may get frustrated at the difficulty and bad controls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Horatio is a little blue ball guy with a moustache and goggles and he wants to go snowboarding!\u00a0 Guide him through the busy streets to the snowboard shop to pick up gear and then to the helicopter so he can ski down the mountain in this action game that takes elements from arcade 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