{"id":9375,"date":"2013-03-21T00:01:56","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T00:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=9375"},"modified":"2013-03-17T22:37:40","modified_gmt":"2013-03-17T22:37:40","slug":"liberation-maiden-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/21\/liberation-maiden-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberation Maiden (iPad)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LB_BOX\"<\/a>Originally released as a downloadable title on the Nintendo 3DS eShop, Liberation Maiden is now available to download on iOS devices (iPad version reviewed here). Play as Shoko, the female president of New Japan as she pilots her flying mech and battles evil to take back her country in this 3-D arcade style shooter action game.<\/p>\n

To control Shoko\u2019s mech, there is a picture of an analog joystick on the left side of the screen. Use that to move around, and you can tap a button above it to enter \u2018strafe mode\u2019 to help you avoid projectiles when you\u2019re concentrating on one target. You can switch sides depending on if you are left- or right-handed. To shoot at enemy targets, drag your finger on your other hand to move a cursor. When you drag over targets, it\u2019ll lock on to them. Release your finger to fire a barrage of missiles. But be careful, your missiles also act as your shields. Release too many of them and you\u2019ll be temporarily open for an attack! To progress through a stage, you\u2019ll need to destroy three \u2018lesser spikes\u2019 which power a shield protecting the \u2018Greater Spike.\u2019 Destroy them all to reach the next stage.<\/p>\n

There are two main modes of play. Story Mode lets you go through each level and experience the anime styled plot. Or you can try any stages you\u2019ve completed separately to beat your high score in Stage Attack mode. As you play you\u2019ll unlock artwork, movies, and other goodies in the Gallery Section. You can also view your high scores and toggle options.<\/p>\n

The only problems with the game is that one, it\u2019s a bit short at only five stages. Granted, this is meant to be an arcade style game, and you can play it on three different difficulty modes to challenge yourself. The other problem is the play control can sometimes be a little tough with everything going on. I would imagine it would fare better on the 3DS, but the touch screen controls on the iPad are a lot better than some other games I\u2019ve played on the tablet. But even with these problems, Liberation Maiden is still a great game that just has a sense of quality about it with cartoon anime cutscenes, full voices, sharp 3-D graphics, and original gameplay. I might even try to track it down on the 3DS one of these days.<\/p>\n

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

Liberation Maiden is rated T for Teen (at least on the 3DS) with ESRB descriptors of Suggestive Themes, Violence, and Blood. You just shoot down faceless mechanical targets that explode, so in-game violence really isn\u2019t that graphic. Most of the blood and violence you\u2019ll only see in the animated cutscenes, but even I don\u2019t remember seeing much. Even though you play as a female character, I didn\u2019t see her as being a typical suggestive game character either. I might be OK with some kids younger than teens playing this. With three difficulty selections, players of all skill levels will be able to enjoy it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Originally released as a downloadable title on the Nintendo 3DS eShop, Liberation Maiden is now available to download on iOS devices (iPad version reviewed here). Play as Shoko, the female president of New Japan as she pilots her flying mech and battles evil to take back her country in this 3-D arcade style shooter action […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9375","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\/9375","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=9375"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9380,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9375\/revisions\/9380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}