{"id":23395,"date":"2023-05-22T00:01:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T00:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=23395"},"modified":"2023-05-15T00:33:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T00:33:59","slug":"gematombe-ps4-switch-xbox-one-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/22\/gematombe-ps4-switch-xbox-one-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Gematombe (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Back in the 90s, there was a popular sub-genre of puzzle games which were usually competitive and had colorful, sometimes anime-like characters.\u00a0 Some of these types of games included Tetris Attack, Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo, Puzzle Bobble, Magical Drop, Puchi Carat, and others.\u00a0 Gematombe seeks to replicate those kind of games and ends up being most like Puchi Carat.\u00a0 The characters featured here are based on the Greek myth about Pandora\u2019s Box, and gameplay is a mix of Breakout and Puzzle Bobble.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

To play, you\u2019ll move a jar left and right at the bottom of the screen and hold down a button to aim a ball.\u00a0 When you release the button, the ball will fly up and hit any blocks in its way.\u00a0 When it reaches the bottom, make sure to catch it with the jar.\u00a0 Then the process starts over again.\u00a0 Usually you will be doing things against another player, be it the CPU or another person.\u00a0 If you can break multiple blocks in one run before catching it, you\u2019ll send blocks and other obstacles to your opponent.\u00a0 Miss the ball and the blocks will be lowered on your side.\u00a0 You win by either clearing all your blocks or making your opponent\u2019s blocks reach the bottom of their well.<\/p>\n

There are several modes of play.\u00a0 In Single Player, you can play an arcade mode where you go up against CPU opponents to reach a boss at the end.\u00a0 Practice lets you play the game by yourself with no opponents to see how high of a score you can get.\u00a0 And in Survival, you beat continuous opponents until you lose.\u00a0 You can also play Versus with another player or do a Tutorial to learn how to play.<\/p>\n

The only problem I had with this one is that it could use a little extra to make the game more substantial.\u00a0 There are only six characters to play as and it just lacks that \u2018secret sauce\u2019 that Taito\u2019s Puchi Carat and others had.\u00a0 Plus, matches can be inconsistent, with some being over before you know it while others drag on.\u00a0 But otherwise, this is still a perfectly serviceable action puzzler.<\/p>\n

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

Gematombe is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Fantasy Violence and Mild Blood.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t really notice any blood at all.\u00a0 And I think the violence is only implied in the text.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Younger gamers may find this one too difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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