{"id":24591,"date":"2024-06-12T00:01:39","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T00:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=24591"},"modified":"2024-05-27T12:42:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T12:42:42","slug":"goliath-depot-switch-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/12\/goliath-depot-switch-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Goliath Depot (Switch, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Robots in a warehouse, factory, and even the cold icy parking lot are taking over, and it\u2019s up to you to stop them by\u2026closing all the doors and windows?\u00a0 Hey, who said video games had to make sense all the time?\u00a0 Goliath Depot is a single screen 2D platform action game that takes inspiration from arcade classics like Donkey Kong, Mappy, Bubble Bobble, and even\u2026Hotel Mario?\u00a0 But it\u2019s still a pretty good game and is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

Your character can run and jump, and when you are near a door or window, press a button to close it.\u00a0 When all the doors and windows are closed in each level, the big door you started out at will open and you can exit it to finish the stage.\u00a0 Watch out for enemies in the levels.\u00a0 If you touch one of them or their attacks, (or run out of time) you\u2019ll lose a life.\u00a0 Lose them all and it\u2019s Game Over.\u00a0 When you close a door or window, sound waves will go out in both directions and if they hit an enemy, it\u2019ll turn blue temporarily.\u00a0 Then you can kick it off the screen, but it will come back after a while.\u00a0 You\u2019ll go through ten stages in four different areas.\u00a0 There\u2019s the basic warehouse, conveyor belt filled factory, the icy outdoor parking lot, and more!\u00a0 After ten stages, you\u2019ll fight a boss.<\/p>\n

Scattered about the levels are coins.\u00a0 You\u2019ll want to collect them for three reasons.\u00a0 One, if you collect all of them on a stage, you\u2019ll get a score bonus.\u00a0 Second, get enough in one run and you can buy a continue if you lose all your lives, which is very handy.\u00a0 And finally, collect enough coins in total and you can buy a perk to equip to your character to make the game easier.\u00a0 You can get one that makes your character run when you hold down the button, and another that makes you dash and be invincible for a second.\u00a0 But I think the best is the one that lets you double jump!\u00a0 The game does save your progress when you complete an area and will also save high scores and other records, and you can even unlock new characters if you\u2019re good enough.<\/p>\n

My only problem with this game is that it\u2019s so darn hard!\u00a0 It\u2019s doable, but you\u2019ll have to play the stages over and over again to get used to the enemy patterns and rules of each area.\u00a0 Not to mention mastering the challenging bosses.\u00a0 Maybe if they let you have more continues, or be able to equip more than one perk, it might be more fun.\u00a0 But other than that, I did like this one quite a lot.\u00a0 I love those kind of single screen arcade games, and if you do too, you\u2019ll want to check this one out as well.<\/p>\n

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Goliath Depot is rated E-10 with an ESRB descriptor of Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You hit robots with sound waves and then kick them off the screen, and when your guy gets hit, you just get encased in a bubble and float back to the starting door.\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":"

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