{"id":22996,"date":"2022-12-21T00:01:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T00:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=22996"},"modified":"2022-12-16T13:29:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T13:29:43","slug":"intrepid-izzy-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/21\/intrepid-izzy-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Intrepid Izzy (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Help Izzy explore exotic places and gather treasure in Intrepid Izzy, a retro styled 2-D platform adventure game with \u201cMetroidvania\u201d elements where you must re-explore places with items you\u2019ve acquired along the way to progress.\u00a0 The game is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.\u00a0 I also read the game is available on the Dreamcast (can\u2019t believe they\u2019re still making games for that), and the press release even says it\u2019s like something you would play on the Dreamcast. Although me personally, I think it\u2019s more like something you\u2019d play on the Game Boy Advance, or even now.\u00a0 Gameplay is a LOT like Shantae, and Izzy could even be Shantae\u2019s cousin as they both have purple ponytails!<\/p>\n

Izzy can jump and punch enemies, and use a special attack with the triangle button. This special attack uses spirit energy that drains from a meter when you use it, but you can replenish it by collecting diamonds.\u00a0 If you get hit and run out of hearts, you\u2019ll start over at the last checkpoint or save area you passed.\u00a0 Enemies will sometimes drop coins you can use to buy healing items in town.\u00a0 During the course of the game, you\u2019ll come across special costumes that let you perform different moves.\u00a0 The Flying Squirrel suit lets you glide long distances, the miner outfit lets you blow up walls with dynamite, the vampire clothes let you turn into a bat to fly and fit into small places, and the ninja garb lets you double jump.\u00a0 You\u2019ll use these suits to revisit sprawling areas to get new items and goodies.<\/p>\n

The game is good, but it had a few small problems that kept it from becoming great.\u00a0 Even though the pause screen will give you goals and objectives, they\u2019re still sometimes not very clear.\u00a0 Luckily there is an in-game map, but it\u2019s not as useful at times that it could\u2019ve been.\u00a0 And the in-game instructions aren\u2019t always great at telling you what your different costumes can do.\u00a0 And even though storyline isn\u2019t important in most games, I think here it would\u2019ve benefited to have some more background.\u00a0 You\u2019re never told why you are exploring all these areas, and after the last boss, the ending is just a single screen.\u00a0 I think with a little bit more polish, this game could\u2019ve been nearly as good as the Shantae series.<\/p>\n

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Intrepid Izzy is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Fantasy Violence and Mild Blood.\u00a0 You can punch and kick cartoony enemies, as well as hit them with magic blasts.\u00a0 Defeated foes explode with a bunch of red or green goo, but it\u2019s not as bad as it sounds.\u00a0 Reading skill is needed for the text, and younger gamers may find it too difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Help Izzy explore exotic places and gather treasure in Intrepid Izzy, a retro styled 2-D platform adventure game with \u201cMetroidvania\u201d elements where you must re-explore places with items you\u2019ve acquired along the way to progress.\u00a0 The game is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.\u00a0 I also read the game […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22996","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\/22996","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=22996"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22998,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22996\/revisions\/22998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}