{"id":22290,"date":"2022-05-25T00:01:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T00:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=22290"},"modified":"2022-05-10T13:03:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T13:03:25","slug":"slap-the-rocks-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/25\/slap-the-rocks-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Slap the Rocks (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I love it when games describe what you do in their title.\u00a0 \u201cDon\u2019t Die!\u201d \u201cJump on Things.\u201d\u00a0 Well, anyway, here\u2019s one: \u201cSlap the Rocks.\u201d\u00a0 You know those Zelda dungeon puzzles where you have to push sliding blocks that move until they hit something, and you have to figure out the best paths to push them in?\u00a0 Yeah this whole game is that.\u00a0 In this one, you\u2019re a dude with a sword out to collect treasure, but there are rocks, bushes, and holes in your way. Use your sword to chop down bushes and hit rocks so they slide into holes to create a path for the treasure.\u00a0 This top-down viewed action puzzler is available on most current consoles, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

There are 30 levels in all, and they have different backgrounds like forest, desert, or snow.\u00a0 But there are no differences between them other than cosmetically.\u00a0 You can choose which level to tackle, which is nice.\u00a0 You move around in four directions and press the button to swing your sword.\u00a0 If you are in front of a bush, you\u2019ll chop it down.\u00a0 But if you are in front of a rock, it\u2019ll slide in that direction until it hits something.\u00a0 Use bushes and other rocks to make a path so you can fill holes to reach the treasure in every level.\u00a0 There are signposts that can give you clues or instructions, and signs with an arrow symbol on them will reset the level if you hit it.<\/p>\n

The only main problem I had with this one is that puzzles often fill multiple screens, but you can only scroll to each one and can\u2019t see the whole level, which can be frustrating sometimes.\u00a0 Also, while I like this game\u2019s retro styled graphics, other games like this on the NES usually had nearly double the levels.\u00a0 But if you enjoyed playing \u2018Sokoban\u2019 puzzle games like Adventures of Lolo, then you may want to check this one out.<\/p>\n

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Even though you have a sword, you only use it to cut bushes and move rocks, so nothing here is violent or objectionable.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, and younger gamers may have trouble with the tougher puzzles.\u00a0 Slap the Rocks is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love it when games describe what you do in their title.\u00a0 \u201cDon\u2019t Die!\u201d \u201cJump on Things.\u201d\u00a0 Well, anyway, here\u2019s one: \u201cSlap the Rocks.\u201d\u00a0 You know those Zelda dungeon puzzles where you have to push sliding blocks that move until they hit something, and you have to figure out the best paths to push them […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22290"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22292,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22290\/revisions\/22292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}