{"id":26167,"date":"2025-11-03T00:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T00:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=26167"},"modified":"2025-10-21T12:47:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T12:47:42","slug":"spindle-switch-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/03\/spindle-switch-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Spindle (Switch, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In Spindle you play as the newly appointed Grim Reaper.\u00a0 But you soon discover that the souls of the nearly departed aren\u2019t where they\u2019re supposed to be, and a mysterious black substance has been appearing, making animals and monsters more aggressive.\u00a0 So it\u2019s up to you and your faithful talking pig to figure out what\u2019s going on.\u00a0 This game plays a lot like a 2D Zelda title.\u00a0 Attack enemies with your sickle and solve puzzles in dungeons to regain your powers so you can explore more areas.\u00a0 Spindle is available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

As the Grim Reaper, you can move in all directions and attack by swinging your scythe.\u00a0 As you play, you\u2019ll earn new powers that can help you bypass obstacles and defeat enemies.\u00a0 Some of these powers let you turn living things to stone, or switching to your talking pig companion who has specials skills of his own.\u00a0 There are dungeon mazes to explore and bosses to defeat, and let me tell you, when Nintendo wants to make another 2D Zelda game, they need to hire the makers of this game to design the dungeons.\u00a0 The puzzles here are just as clever and fun to solve as any Zelda title.\u00a0 This is really one of the better indie games I\u2019ve played in a long while.<\/p>\n

I do have a couple of small problems with this game, though.\u00a0 One is very minor and the other is more personal.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think they explain some gameplay elements very well, like how to heal yourself for instance.\u00a0 The other, more personal problem I have with the game is that it deals a lot with death, seeing as though you play as, well, Death.\u00a0 It can get pretty heavy handed and darn depressing at times, which is a weird juxtaposition as the rest of the game features whimsical retro visuals and themes.\u00a0 But otherwise this is a great game from start to finish, with even more stuff to do after you complete it.<\/p>\n

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

Spindle is rated E-10 with an ESRB descriptor of Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You can hit enemies with your sickle and they just disappear in a puff of smoke when defeated.\u00a0 When you run out of hearts you just fall over.\u00a0 But the best reason why I feel this game is better for older gamers is because it might spark an impromptu discussion about life and death with your kids, which you may or may not be prepared for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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