{"id":25022,"date":"2024-10-30T00:01:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T00:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=25022"},"modified":"2024-10-17T14:09:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T14:09:16","slug":"8-bit-adventures-2-switch-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/30\/8-bit-adventures-2-switch-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"8-bit Adventures 2 (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Back in the 16-bit days when I was a teen, I loved RPGs and couldn\u2019t get enough of them.\u00a0 Not so much now, but I do like it when someone makes a new retro inspired RPG that plays like the ones I used to enjoy.\u00a0 Such is the case with 8-bit Adventures 2.\u00a0 I\u2019ve never played the first game in this series, so I don\u2019t know what\u2019s new, different, or improved.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t do anything new or break the mold in any way, but it does feel like something I would\u2019ve rented and played back in the day.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

Gameplay is pretty standard RPG stuff.\u00a0 You gradually collect a party of ragtag heroes as you explore towns, dungeons, and other locations in 2-D top down fashion.\u00a0 You\u2019ll gather clues and buy items in villages and explore dungeon mazes and other places defeating monsters and gaining experience points and levelling up along the way.\u00a0 Battles are pretty standard turn-based fare.<\/p>\n

Even though this is a classic styled RPG, there are a lot of quality of life features that I really liked.\u00a0 There are no random encounters, you can see monsters come at you before you fight.\u00a0 I also loved how they let you save your game at any time, but there are also save points to let you know when a big baddie is around the corner and it might be a good time to save again.\u00a0 They also gradually explain the rules and instructions to you as you go along.\u00a0 About the only problem I had is they spend too much time on story and dialogue than actual gameplay, especially at the beginning.\u00a0 The game isn\u2019t mind blowing or anything, but it sets out to do what it says and does a pretty decent job of it.<\/p>\n

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

8-bit Adventures 2 is rated T for Teen with ESRB descriptors of Fantasy Violence and Suggestive Themes.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t really notice any suggestive themes and you fight enemies in turn based fashion and they disappear when defeated.\u00a0 But because of the high level of reading required, I\u2019d say this one is best for older kids and teens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back in the 16-bit days when I was a teen, I loved RPGs and couldn\u2019t get enough of them.\u00a0 Not so much now, but I do like it when someone makes a new retro inspired RPG that plays like the ones I used to enjoy.\u00a0 Such is the case with 8-bit Adventures 2.\u00a0 I\u2019ve never […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25022","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\/25022","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=25022"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25024,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25022\/revisions\/25024"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}