{"id":25707,"date":"2025-05-21T00:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T00:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=25707"},"modified":"2025-05-01T15:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T15:35:10","slug":"blazing-trail-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/21\/blazing-trail-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Blazing Trail (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When I was a kid back in the NES days, one of the big game makers was Konami.\u00a0 They brought us such classics like Castlevania, Contra, and Life Force.\u00a0 But one of their NES games that didn\u2019t get as much attention was Jackal.\u00a0 This was an army themed game where you drove around a Jeep in an overhead perspective and shot at bad guys.\u00a0 I don\u2019t remember playing it much myself, but in recent years I\u2019ve read articles and watched videos of people having fond memories of Jackal.\u00a0 So I\u2019m glad I got the opportunity to review Blazing Trail, as it reminded me a lot of Jackal.\u00a0 Drive around an armored vehicle and shoot at bad guys and rescue hostages in this 2D action game.\u00a0 It\u2019s available for all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

In the game you drive around an armored vehicle that looks like a cross between a futuristic Jeep and a tank.\u00a0 You view the action in a 2D isometric perspective.\u00a0 You can shoot machine guns that fire straight up, or rockets and lasers that you can aim in the same direction that you are driving.\u00a0 If you destroy certain buildings, hostages will pop out and if you collect them all, you can get a power-up for your weapons.\u00a0 You can take a few hits from soldiers and cannons, but if you get destroyed it\u2019s Game Over.<\/p>\n

I really did not like this game.\u00a0 It was hard to aim your weapons in the right direction thanks to the isometric perspective.\u00a0 Your vehicle lumbers around slowly and it\u2019s impossible to avoid getting hit, especially since you\u2019re such a big target.\u00a0 These problems made the game way too hard and I couldn\u2019t even get past the first level.\u00a0 You can play two players at the same time and there is also a versus mode, which may be more fun.\u00a0 Unfortunately I didn\u2019t get a chance to try these since I don\u2019t have people around me to play games with me anymore.\u00a0 I sure hope Jackal was better than this!<\/p>\n

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

Blazing Trail is rated T for Teen with ESRB descriptors of Blood and Violence.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t notice any blood, but you do shoot all sorts of soldiers that fall over when defeated.\u00a0 Anything else just explodes.\u00a0 But the best reason why this should be for older gamers is the high difficulty level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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