{"id":24013,"date":"2024-01-24T00:01:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T00:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=24013"},"modified":"2023-12-23T22:53:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T22:53:27","slug":"colored-effects-switch-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/24\/colored-effects-switch-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Colored Effects (Switch, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/color_box-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-24006\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/COLOR_BOX-150x143.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/COLOR_BOX-150x143.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/COLOR_BOX.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Colored Effects is a 2D single screen puzzle platformer.\u00a0 You play as a little dude with a cape, and when you travel over puddles of color, your cape turns to that color and you get a special skill.\u00a0 For instance, yellow gives you the power to dash, blue lets you double jump, and you can shoot projectiles with red, among others.\u00a0 The game is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n<p>In most of these stages, you\u2019ll have to collect three different colored stones to unlock the exit to the next level, and you\u2019ll need to travel through puddles of color and use your skills to do so.\u00a0 After a certain number of levels, you\u2019ll fight a boss.\u00a0 These bosses will unlock new colors when defeated, and the bosses are those colors and will use those skills to attack you.\u00a0 If you get hit a few times during the levels or boss fights, you\u2019ll have to start that level or fight over.\u00a0 But you do get unlimited continues.<\/p>\n<p>I had a few problems with this one that kept me from staying interested.\u00a0 The graphics are really small and hard to see, especially during handheld mode.\u00a0 The puzzles are also a bit tedious and difficult.\u00a0 A hint option would\u2019ve been nice.\u00a0 They also don\u2019t explain how certain things work very well.\u00a0 I had no idea that some blocks would explode and take out stuff beneath them until I looked at a playthrough on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/color_screen-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24007\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/COLOR_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/COLOR_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/COLOR_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/COLOR_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Colored Effects is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 When you get hit too many times, you just explode into a bunch of pixels and color, and enemies do the same.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Younger gamers may find it too difficult, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colored Effects is a 2D single screen puzzle platformer.\u00a0 You play as a little dude with a cape, and when you travel over puddles of color, your cape turns to that color and you get a special skill.\u00a0 For instance, yellow gives you the power to dash, blue lets you double jump, and you can 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