{"id":23014,"date":"2023-02-15T00:01:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T00:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=23014"},"modified":"2022-12-21T13:27:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T13:27:35","slug":"panda-punch-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/15\/panda-punch-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Panda Punch (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/panda_box-4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-23010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/PANDA_BOX-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/PANDA_BOX-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/PANDA_BOX.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>A red panda\u2019s home is rampaged by robots, but he escapes.\u00a0 Unfortunately, his arm is wounded, but his father is a mechanic red panda and fashions his son a mechanical arm.\u00a0 Now with a powerful metal punching fist, the red panda sets off to pummel the robots in this 2-D platformer.\u00a0 Panda Punch is available on all current game consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n<p>Gameplay is pretty straightforward.\u00a0 Your red panda can jump and punch.\u00a0 You\u2019ll travel through forests and ruins and other areas, defeating robots and solving button switch puzzles along the way.\u00a0 Collect little square coins to upgrade your powers back at your father\u2019s house, although I could never figure out if they were doing anything unless you have to fill the upgrade meters all the way.\u00a0 And if that\u2019s the case, it would take FOREVER to upgrade anything.\u00a0 There are also hidden circles with 1P on them you can search and find, but I have no idea what they do.\u00a0 Take three hits and you must start over at the beginning of the level or last checkpoint flag you touched.\u00a0 And that\u2019s pretty much it.\u00a0 I do like how it reminds me of something I would\u2019ve rented on the SNES back in the day, but my main problem with this one is that it\u2019s just too generic.\u00a0 Too many blind jumps as well.\u00a0 And the first boss is a damage sponge and takes way too many hits and is just too hard.\u00a0 But if you can\u2019t get enough 2-D platformers, here\u2019s another one for ya.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/panda_screen-4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23011\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/PANDA_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/PANDA_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/PANDA_SCREEN-300x173.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/PANDA_SCREEN-150x86.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Panda Punch is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Fantasy Violence and Mild Blood.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t notice any blood, but you can punch all sorts of robots and turrets that just break apart and disappear when defeated.\u00a0 Your character just falls over when you run out of hearts.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the text but not necessary just to play, and younger gamers may find it too difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A red panda\u2019s home is rampaged by robots, but he escapes.\u00a0 Unfortunately, his arm is wounded, but his father is a mechanic red panda and fashions his son a mechanical arm.\u00a0 Now with a powerful metal punching fist, the red panda sets off to pummel the robots in this 2-D platformer.\u00a0 Panda Punch is available 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