{"id":25074,"date":"2024-11-20T00:01:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T00:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=25074"},"modified":"2024-10-29T11:23:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T11:23:19","slug":"skaters-solstice-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/20\/skaters-solstice-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Skater&#8217;s Solstice (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/skater_box\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-25070\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/SKATER_BOX-122x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/SKATER_BOX-122x150.jpg 122w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/SKATER_BOX.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 122px) 100vw, 122px\" \/><\/a>Help an ice skater collect stars and find the glowing exit on frozen ponds in Skater\u2019s Solstice.\u00a0 It\u2019s a 2D top down viewed puzzler.\u00a0 You can skate up, down, left, or right, but you can\u2019t stop going in that direction unless you hit a rock or the edge of the pond.\u00a0 You must figure out the correct path to take in each level (50 in all).\u00a0 The game is available on all current consoles but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n<p>Controls are simple.\u00a0 Use the D-pad to move up, down, left, or right and that\u2019s it.\u00a0 There are three stars in each level, but you don\u2019t HAVE to get them all.\u00a0 Just making it to the exit will let you go to the next level, but you can go for the stars if you want an extra challenge.\u00a0 Some stages have spikes that go up and down and you must time your moves so you don\u2019t get hit, otherwise you must start the level over again.<\/p>\n<p>The game is a decent puzzler, but I did have a few minor problems with it.\u00a0 A hint option would\u2019ve been nice, or maybe a way to rewind your moves.\u00a0 The levels get pretty hard after stage 10 or so.\u00a0 And many of the levels are so big, they take up more than the screen size and it can be hard to remember where the unseen rocks are or how to time it so you don\u2019t hit the spikes.\u00a0 They could\u2019ve either let you pan around to see everything or made the levels smaller.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/skater_screen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25071 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/SKATER_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/SKATER_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/SKATER_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/SKATER_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Skater\u2019s Solstice is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You can hit spikes but it doesn\u2019t really show anything, it just takes you back to the beginning of the level as soon you do that.\u00a0 So hardly violent at all.\u00a0 Reading skill isn\u2019t needed, but younger gamers may have trouble with the tougher levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help an ice skater collect stars and find the glowing exit on frozen ponds in Skater\u2019s Solstice.\u00a0 It\u2019s a 2D top down viewed puzzler.\u00a0 You can skate up, down, left, or right, but you can\u2019t stop going in that direction unless you hit a rock or the edge of the pond.\u00a0 You must figure out 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