{"id":23206,"date":"2023-04-24T00:01:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T00:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=23206"},"modified":"2023-03-08T13:48:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T13:48:43","slug":"the-legend-of-gwen-switch-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/24\/the-legend-of-gwen-switch-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Legend of Gwen (Switch, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/gwen_box\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-23119 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GWEN_BOX-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GWEN_BOX-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GWEN_BOX.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Gwen is a young witch in training who has just started witch school, but on her first day magical stars have gone missing and it\u2019s up to Gwen and her limited magic skills to save the day.\u00a0 The Legend of Gwen is a retro styled fixed camera 3-D platformer, and it\u2019s available to play on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll start in a hub world where you walk around and select levels.\u00a0 In most levels your job is to collect all the stars and find the exit, but there are also action stages and boss fights every now and then, too.\u00a0 You have three lives to complete a level, but if you get hit once or fall in a pit, you lose a life and must start back at the beginning.\u00a0 Gwen can double jump and fire a magic blast to defeat enemies.\u00a0 Baddies can also be stomped.\u00a0 Some levels give you a special spell to try, such as a dash move or letting you control a separate character for a while.<\/p>\n<p>The game has two main problems.\u00a0 One, play control is stiff and slow, and the perspective makes it hard to judge distance when you jump.\u00a0 This makes it very easy to fall into pits or get hit by enemies, which makes you lose a life and start over at the beginning.\u00a0 And that\u2019s the other main problem is how frustrating this game is.\u00a0 It\u2019s a shame, too, as the game has such a cute premise and retro blocky visuals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/gwen_screen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23120\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GWEN_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GWEN_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GWEN_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/GWEN_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Legend of Gwen is rated E-10 with an ESRB descriptor of Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You can zap enemies with magic or stomp on them, but they just turn over upside down when defeated.\u00a0 When you get hit or lose a life, you just disappear in a cloud of sparkles before starting over.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, and younger gamers may find it too difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gwen is a young witch in training who has just started witch school, but on her first day magical stars have gone missing and it\u2019s up to Gwen and her limited magic skills to save the day.\u00a0 The Legend of Gwen is a retro styled fixed camera 3-D platformer, and it\u2019s available to play on 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