{"id":24393,"date":"2024-04-17T00:01:40","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T00:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=24393"},"modified":"2024-03-17T12:58:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T12:58:51","slug":"match-village-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/17\/match-village-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Village (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Place houses, fields, and other structures on a hexagonal strategy board game-like grid to create your own little town in Match Village.\u00a0 When you set three or more of the same structure together, they\u2019ll match up and upgrade to a better building so you can get more points.\u00a0 This chill and laid back puzzler is available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

When you start a new game, you\u2019ll have a randomly generated island to work with.\u00a0 You\u2019ll move buildings with the L stick, place them with the X button, and rotate them with the L and R buttons.\u00a0 You can undo one move with the triangle button.\u00a0 Placing down a building costs points, and you can see which structures come next so you can plan accordingly.\u00a0 When three of the same buildings are next to each other, they\u2019ll usually match up and combine into a bigger building and you\u2019ll earn more points.\u00a0 Some structures even let you earn bonus points when you place other ones around it.\u00a0 But some will lower your score so you\u2019ll have to be careful.\u00a0 When you run out of building points, the game is over and they\u2019ll tally your score and you can start on a new island.\u00a0 If you place enough buildings without running out of points, a meter will fill on the bottom right of the screen and when it\u2019s full, you can choose to start an expedition to a new island and build again. And that\u2019s pretty much the whole game!<\/p>\n

At the beginning of the game, there\u2019s a message that says to not expect a AAA game experience here, as it was made by just one person.\u00a0 I admire the transparency and honesty, and it\u2019s pretty cool that only one person made this game.\u00a0 But I still had a couple of problems with this one.\u00a0 Sometimes I would put three of the same houses together and they wouldn\u2019t match, even though they looked the same to me.\u00a0 A small tutorial or even some hints or strategies to make the most of the game experience would\u2019ve been nice and helpful.\u00a0 But as a chill and relaxing stress-free puzzle game, this one is still kind of neat.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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

Place houses, fields, and other structures on a hexagonal strategy board game-like grid to create your own little town in Match Village.\u00a0 When you set three or more of the same structure together, they\u2019ll match up and upgrade to a better building so you can get more points.\u00a0 This chill and laid back puzzler is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24393"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24395,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24393\/revisions\/24395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}