{"id":23348,"date":"2023-06-12T00:01:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T00:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=23348"},"modified":"2023-04-17T12:29:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T12:29:18","slug":"volley-pals-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/12\/volley-pals-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Volley Pals (Switch, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Volley Pals is a arcade style, pick up and play volleyball romp for up to four players.\u00a0 Choose from a selection of wacky characters, like a cheerleader, blob alien, monkey, etc., and play a simple game of volleyball on an assortment of courts.\u00a0 It\u2019s available to play on Switch, Xbox consoles, and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

After selecting a character, you can choose which team to be on as well as any bot CPU players.\u00a0 Up to four can play, two on each team.\u00a0 You can also edit rules like how much needs to be scored to win, how much time you have, etc.\u00a0 Then you choose a court and play.\u00a0 You can only move left and right and jump.\u00a0 If you hit the ball three times on your side of the court, the other team gets a point.\u00a0 You can also score if the other team misses and the ball lands on their side of the field.\u00a0 Simply jump to hit the ball, and depending on where it\u2019s it, you can even put some \u2018English\u2019 on it to send the ball in a certain direction.\u00a0 It\u2019s kind of like Pong in a way, except you can jump and there\u2019s gravity.<\/p>\n

Probably the best part of the game are the courts you can play on.\u00a0 There are quite a few, and each one has a quirk you must watch out for.\u00a0 For instance, in the haunted mansion court, a ghost can pick up the ball and throw it anywhere.\u00a0 In the science lab, portals can take the ball to unexpected places.\u00a0 After you unlock all the courts, you can even edit your own by using parameters from the other fields.\u00a0 My only problem is that you must play and finish a game before unlocking a new court, but at least it\u2019s still easy to do.\u00a0 The only other problem I have is that there\u2019s not much to this game.\u00a0 It could\u2019ve used more characters, or maybe a story mode for single players.\u00a0 As it stands, it\u2019s a bit bare boned, but still a fun simple little multiplayer sports game, especially if you have a lot of people to play with.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nothing violent or objectionable here.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the menu text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Volley Pals is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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