{"id":26523,"date":"2026-02-18T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T00:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=26523"},"modified":"2026-02-15T15:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T15:01:11","slug":"under-the-island-switch-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/18\/under-the-island-switch-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Under the Island (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In this game you play as Nia, a teenager who just moved temporarily to a remote island with her parents.\u00a0 She\u2019s not too thrilled about being away from civilization, but after accidentally touching a shrine and falling down a pit, she is tasked with collecting four gears that\u2019ll activate the island, which is actually a floating craft.\u00a0 But is everything what it seems here?\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s what you\u2019ll find out in Under the Island, a top down action adventure game similar to Zelda.\u00a0 It features modern day settings and elements, so you use a hockey stick instead of a sword for instance.\u00a0 You\u2019ll explore the island and solve puzzles and take on creative dungeons and boss battles.\u00a0 It\u2019s available for all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve played a classic Zelda game before, you\u2019ll know what to expect here.\u00a0 You can walk around with the D-pad and dash with the R button once you get some running shoes.\u00a0 Swing your hockey stick with another button and assign other weapons and items to buttons via the sub menu.\u00a0 You\u2019ve got standard stuff, like bombs and a fire wand.\u00a0 But other, more creative items include animal treats to lure critters where you want them to go.\u00a0 The settings are pretty creative, too. You\u2019ll explore modern areas like a small town and sawmill as well as more wilderness type places.\u00a0 The dungeons and bosses are creative, too.\u00a0 Like a greenhouse where instead of fighting a boss, you must help put on a concert by a plant singer.\u00a0 And to get one gear, you don\u2019t even go through a dungeon at all, but instead must win a cook off!<\/p>\n

My only problems with the game are fairly minor.\u00a0 The difficulty is a bit higher than a typical Zelda game in spots, and it would\u2019ve been nice to be able to know what to do sometimes, even though they do give you clues frequently.\u00a0 And they don\u2019t always explain what to do with items either.\u00a0 I appreciate the lack of constant hand holding, but when most games are digital now, it\u2019s nice to have some instructions.\u00a0 Like knowing that you can hit animal treats with the hockey stick to send them flying.\u00a0 On the same note, they don\u2019t make it clear where the save points are.\u00a0 They look like unassuming gray water heaters and the only way you know they are special is that the blue pilot light thing on them lights up when you get close.\u00a0 I posted a screenshot with the save point on it next to a house so you\u2019ll know what it is if you play it.\u00a0 Other than that, though, this is a pretty neat little classic styled Zelda adventure, just the kind of game I like!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Under the Island is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Crude Humor, Fantasy Violence, and Mild Language.\u00a0 You hit enemies with a hockey stick and other crazy weapons and items, and they just disappear into pieces when defeated.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t notice any crude humor or bad language, so it must be used in the text sparingly.\u00a0 Reading skill is a must and younger gamers may find it too difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this game you play as Nia, a teenager who just moved temporarily to a remote island with her parents.\u00a0 She\u2019s not too thrilled about being away from civilization, but after accidentally touching a shrine and falling down a pit, she is tasked with collecting four gears that\u2019ll activate the island, which is actually a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26523"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26525,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26523\/revisions\/26525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}