{"id":26150,"date":"2025-10-29T00:01:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=26150"},"modified":"2025-10-10T12:00:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T12:00:17","slug":"asfalia-panic-at-the-mansion-switch-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/29\/asfalia-panic-at-the-mansion-switch-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Asfalia: Panic at the Mansion (Switch, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Young boy Charlie is in the park playing with his new puppies (I\u2019m guessing this is the sequel to the last game I reviewed).\u00a0 But all of a sudden, a storm brews in and scares the puppies away. Charlie gives chase, only to find himself lost in a forest that leads him to a fantasy world.\u00a0 He sees puppy tracks leading to a huge mansion, so now he must find a way in and help out a bunch of crazy creatures along the way.\u00a0 Asfalia: Panic at the Mansion is a simple point and click adventure that kind of reminds me of those Humongous ones back in the 90s (Putt-Putt, Pajama Sam, etc.).\u00a0 It\u2019s available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

You move around Charlie with the left stick, and a cursor with the right stick.\u00a0 But the cursor will automatically go to whatever you can click on and you can just cycle through those on screen most of the time.\u00a0 It can be a little confusing but it still mostly works.\u00a0 As you click on things, you\u2019ll get stickers you can put in an album that you can view with the Y button.\u00a0 When you collect items, you can press the X button to open a tool chest icon and see what you have, and you\u2019ll automatically use them when you click on the right spots.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately I can\u2019t recommend this game in its current state, as I encountered a game breaking bug about halfway through.\u00a0 After slicing through a cheese door, I came to a place that was completely dark and wouldn\u2019t let me do anything.\u00a0 This felt like a bug more than part of the game.\u00a0 I imagine the rest of the game is like the first one, short and easy, and not as charming as Humongous\u2019 efforts.\u00a0 But until they get a patch to fix that bug on the Switch, I really can\u2019t recommend this one.<\/p>\n

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

Asfalia: Panic at the Mansion is rated E for Everyone with ESRB descriptors of Comic Mischief and Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 It\u2019s all silly cartoony stuff and I think any kid would be OK with this.\u00a0 Except for the game breaking bug I encountered.\u00a0 Reading skill isn\u2019t needed as everything has spoken voice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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