{"id":25332,"date":"2025-01-22T00:01:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T00:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=25332"},"modified":"2025-01-05T14:23:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T14:23:37","slug":"rivenaars-grove-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/22\/rivenaars-grove-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivenaar&#8217;s Grove (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/grove_box\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-25330\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GROVE_BOX-150x58.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"58\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GROVE_BOX-150x58.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GROVE_BOX.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>You are an apprentice to a potion maker, and it\u2019s your job to collect the herbs in the fields.\u00a0 Gather them all in this action puzzle game.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on all current game consoles but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll guide your little apprentice left, up, down, and right on the D-pad.\u00a0 When he goes one direction, he won\u2019t stop until you hit the end of the field.\u00a0 When you collect all the plants, you\u2019ll move onto the next level.\u00a0 If you mess up, you can just press the triangle button to start the level over.\u00a0 Sometimes you must watch out for obstacles like thorns or portals.\u00a0 There are 50 levels in all.<\/p>\n<p>The main set of levels are pretty easy.\u00a0 I was able to beat all 50 in about half an hour.\u00a0 But there are a couple of other modes you can select, too.\u00a0 There is a mode where you get a limited number of moves to beat a level, and those are a separate set of 50 stages.\u00a0 And there is also a timed mode where you must beat a set of five levels in a time limit, and there are eight of those sets as well.\u00a0 So it has a little bit of replay value.\u00a0 It\u2019s a simple game, but I kind of liked it.\u00a0 Made me think of a more puzzle centric Pac-Man.\u00a0 Namco, take note!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/grove_screen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25331 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GROVE_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GROVE_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GROVE_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GROVE_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nothing violent or objectionable here.\u00a0 If you hit a thorny plant, the stage just starts over immediately.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Rivenaar\u2019s Grove is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are an apprentice to a potion maker, and it\u2019s your job to collect the herbs in the fields.\u00a0 Gather them all in this action puzzle game.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on all current game consoles but reviewed on PS4 here. 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