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ISSUE #140
March 2019
Family Friendly Gaming - ISSUE #140 March 2019
CONTENTS                             ISSUE #140     March 2019
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Section				                Page(s)
Editor’s Desk					 4
Female Side					 5
Comics					 7
Sound Off			         		 8 - 10
Look Back					12
Quiz						13
Devotional					14
Helpful Thoughts				15
In The News					        16 - 23
We Would Play That!				 24
Reviews					25 - 37
Sports						38 - 41
Developing Games				    42 - 67
Now Playing					68 - 83
Last Minute Tidbits				 84 - 106

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Editor’s Desk FEMALE SIDE
           Optimism                                                             the morning. I am feeling that morning joy.
                                                                                I am feeling the warmth of the sun. It makes
                                                                                                                                             Spring Break                                                          parents. I still love spending time with my
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   mother in law. I also love spending time with
                                                                                me smile on a daily basis. I keep looking for                                                                                      my mom. She has some sights she would like
            I am so optimistic this year. I really do not know what is                                                                         I am writing this article in the middle of February. I real-       to see, so we will show her those. Hopefully
                                                                               times and ways to thank God. He does so
           going on. I have had such a warming peace from the Holy                                                                             ized that next month our kids have Spring Break. I am              our boys will behave for her this trip.
                                                                               much for us. The least we can do is thank
           Spirit at the start of 2019. There have been improvements                                                                          not even to Valentine’s Day and I realize Spring Break is                   What kinds of things does your fam-
                                                                               him. I am thankful for ya’ll, this magazine,
           all over the place for our family. Lord willing they will con-                                                                     becoming a topic. If I wait until next month to talk about         ily do on Spring Break? Are there any family
                                                                              website, Youtube channel, sponsors, advertis-
          tinue on through 2019. Day by day I have such confidence                                                                            Spring Break we will already be in it, and it will be long        trips ya’ll take? Are there any family tradi-
                                                                              ers, family, friends, day job, people in my life,
          and faith at how God takes care of us. Day by day I noticed                                                                        gone by the time the issue publishes. So I decided to write        tions ya’ll have? How do your kids behave on
                                                                              vehicles, home, finances, and more. What
         so many things to be thankful for. Day by day I find ways                                                                           about Spring Break now. Are you okay with that?                    Spring Break? Do you home school or send
                                                                             about you? What are you thankful for? Are
         to point people to God. Day by day I find myself smiling                                                                                    My boys absolutely love Spring Break. I have to tear      your kids to school? I have been told home
                                                                             there more things you can find in your life to
         and being more and more pleasant to those around me. I                                                                             them away from the televisions though. Why do I need               schoolers have a totally different opinion
                                                                            be thankful for? How optimistic can you be
        am so thankful for so many wonderful blessings in my life.                                                                          to tear them away from the televisions? They would play           concerning breaks compared to those that
                                                                            in your life?
        We can focus on the good or we can focus on the bad. It is                                                                          video games every single minute. Now Peter will at least do       send their kids to school.
        all up to us. We make that choice. You make that choice. I                                                                         some recording part of the time. We have to consistently
                                                                            God bless,
       make that choice. I find I am more happy and more con-                                                                              remind Noah to do recording. Noah loves getting video              God bless,
                                                                            Paul Bury
       tent when I focus on the things to be thankful for. There is                                                                        money, but not so big on actually working for it.                  Yolanda Bury
      so much in our lives to appreciate as well. Can you list five                                                                                Fortnite is becoming a dirty word to me. Routinely
      things you are thankful for in your life?                                                                                           I need to get Noah to focus on something else. I need him
                                                                                                                                          to talk about something else. Thankfully my hubby has got-
       Optimism can be contagious too. I notice other people                                                                             ten enough Fortnite experience to be able to converse with
       around me are finding things to be thankful of as well. I                                                                         our sons on that game. My hubby gets exhausted with the
       encourage it now as well. I would rather bring people up                                                                          obsession and explains to Noah he needs to interact with
      than bring people down. There are plenty of downers that                                                                          other things. In fact my hubby gives him chores to do just
      want to bring others down. How many encouragers do you                                                                            to ensure he takes breaks.
      have in your life? How often do you focus on the good in                                                                                   That reminds me. Having your kids do chores over
     your life? We are constantly striving to be better, and to do                                                                     Spring Break is a fantastic way to instill a work ethic. It also
     more. There is nothing wrong with that. Taking a breath                                                                           helps them understand they are still a part of the family.
     and being thankful for where you have come from is ex-                                                                            Peter loves coming with me to go grocery shopping. He
    tremely important. I have been on this extended excursion                                                                          will work diligently, listen, obey, and help out. He is grow-
    of thankfulness. It is hard to explain. The more thankful I                                                                       ing up to be a fine young gentleman. Any young ladies out
   am the happier I am. The more on focus on the good in my                                                                           there looking for a good strong future husband? He will be
   life the more I find. Maybe that is an important key to life.                                                                     available in a few years.
   Haters can criticize and demean all they want. Their fruit                                                                                  When Paul and I first got married people asked me
  is obvious. Those of us sharing love, hope and freedom are                                                                         what I thought of him playing video games. I do not mind.
  showing our fruit. We know what kinds of tree a person                                                                            Why not? I do not mind because I know where he is. He
 is based on their fruit according to Jesus Christ. We also                                                                         can pause games to give me attention when I need it. He is
 know who their Father is based on their fruit. Who is your                                                                         not at some bar. He is not hitting on other women. He is
 Father?                                                                                                                           right there for me. I know where he is, and I know what he
                                                                                                                                   is doing.
 There have been a share of struggles, problems, and is-                                                                                    We are getting a very special guest this Spring
 sues in my life. God has carried me through them on a                                                                            Break. My mother in law will be coming into town to
daily basis. Winter eventually melts. The night eventually                                                                        spend some time with us. That will be really neat. As our
turns to day. We get through the bad times. Joy comes in                                                                          boys have gotten older they are less fun for the grand

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                                                                                                                                                              Family Friendly Gaming (FFG) was cre-
                                                                                                                                                              ated in March of the year of our Lord
                                                                                                                                                              2005 as the first ever Christian video
                                                                                                                                                              game magazine. The goal of Family
                                                                                                                                                              Friendly Gaming is to report on video
                                                                                                                                                              games from the family view point. Family
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SOUND                                                                                                                 OFF
The Sound Off section is where        Dance Central                      just recently finished up with       are human and make mistakes                                               New Riders online before it went
you the reader/emailer is heard.                                         Just Dance 2019. After that we       from time to time.                                                        public? The same with the videos
What you have to say is put in        Could you please record the        wrapped up what was left of The                                                                                you released. How did you do it?
this section for all the readers to                                      Hip Hop Dance Experience. We                                                                                   Is it something illegal? Are you
see. Of course certain content is
                                      Dance Central games? I love
                                                                         have talked about Dance Central
                                                                                                              Dark Side of Gam-                                                         getting in trouble for doing it? I
                                      your channel and love all the
edited for appropriateness issues.    dance videos. I think you should   before. We are getting it on our     ing                                                                       want to know. Please answer my
This is a family friendly maga-       record the Dance Central games.    recording schedule. I can’t prom-                                                                              questions.
zine, and certain content is just     - Mark                             ise how good I will do. I will do    Thank you for bringing back the                                           - Samantha
not proper. We hope you enjoy                                            my best. I am still nursing some     Dark Side of Gaming. I know
this section as much as we do.        {Paul}: Mark,                      injuries. Lord willing I can get     Family Friendly Gaming spends                                             {Paul}: Samantha,
Keep an eye out for your com-                                            healthy soon.                        a lot of time being positive. It
ments appearing in these very         Thank you for your kind words              I am so thankful for so      is nice to see some of the prob-                                          First and foremost thank you
pages. You have our attention, so     of encouragement. I have some      many people with so many won-        lems in the video game industry.                                          for your question. Rest assured
SOUND OFF!                            good news for you. We are go-      derful ideas for us concerning       Especially when you talk about                                            there was nothing illegal that
                                      ing to start recording the Dance   our Youtube channel. We strive       the swamp of corruption in the       other articles to write about.       went on there. The PR and
                                      Central games very soon. We        to get better on a daily basis. We   video game industry so often. I      I am so honored that we help         Marketing firm provided us a
                                                                                                              learn more from Family Friendly      educate you about the industry.      reviewable copy of Dreamworks
                                                                                                              Gaming about the video game          That means a lot to all of us here   Dragons Dawn of New Rid-
                                                                                                              industry than any other video        at Family Friendly Gaming. We        ers before it was released to the
                                                                                                              game website. That is a major        strive to be different than the      public. This happens all the time.
                                                                                                              compliment too. Thank you for        super majority of the radicalized    Companies give us time with the
                                                                                                              all that you do.                     gaming media outlets.
                                                                                                                       I also liked reading your            Fortnite depends on you.
                                                                                                              articles about Fortnite. I never     It takes a lot of time to get good
                                                                                                              tried that game. Should I? I         at. Do not expect assistance
                                                                                                              prefer to get a physical copy but    or mercy from the other play-
                                                                                                              they are not being sold, and they    ers. They are brutal. The match
                                                                                                              are so expensive on Amazon and       making is not always good in
                                                                                                              eBay. Will they release a physical   my opinion. Modes change a lot
                                                                                                              copy again?                          in Fortnite too. I hope they do
                                                                                                              - Troy                               another physical copy version.
                                                                                                                                                   We have asked them to. I do not
                                                                                                              {Paul}: Troy,                        know one way or another.

                                                                                                              I am so happy you are enjoy-
                                                                                                              ing the Dark Side of Gaming          Before it went public
                                                                                                              columns again. They will run
                                                                                                                                                   How did you get the review of
                                                                                                              for awhile and then we will have
                                                                                                                                                   Dreamworks Dragons Dawn of

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SOUND OFF
                  Continued
                                                                                      At the same time
                                                                                      they are watch-
                                                                                      ing macabre and
                                                                                      morbid television
                                                                                      shows like Game
                                                                                      of Thrones. I think
                                                                                      that is more worldly
                                                                                      than a lot of video
                                                                                      games.
                                                                                         I learned some-
                                                                                      thing talking about
                                                                                      video games at a
                                                                                      variety of different
                                                                                      churches. We are
                                                                                      seen as a lower class
                                                                                      of citizen by many
product before it is released to    the market. I prefer console                      of our brothers and
the public. That way we can get     games.                              sisters in Christ. It is a horrible
a feel and give our impressions     - Scott                             truth that irritates me to this day.
before you make your purchase                                           This is a missions field. More
decision.                           {Paul}: Scott,                      churches need to invest in it, and
                                                                        stop shunning it.
                                    You ask a excellent question.
Help a Brother Out                  Why don’t more Christians
                                    help out Christian media out-       Would you like to be heard in
I bought every single Chris-                                            Family Friendly Gaming? Want
                                    lets like Clash Entertainment,
tian video game I could find.                                           to Sound Off on something in
                                    Family Friendly Gaming, and
I support the Family Friendly                                           video games, the website, the
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Gaming advertisers. Why don’t                                           magazine, etc? Log on to the in-
                                    personal suspicion. My personal
more Christians buy Christian                                           ternet and go to our Comments
                                    suspicion is too many brothers
video games? They buy Chris-                                            page:
                                    and sisters in Christ see video
tian books, Christian movies,                                           http://www.familyfriendlygam-
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Look BACK                                                                                                                                  QUIZ
 There has been a lot of history made here at Family Friendly Gaming. Let us take a look at some of the         Family Friendly Gaming decided to do some fun little historic quizzes. Anyone who is not a busi-
 historic front covers to a few of the issues in our long and storied history.                                  ness partner, advertiser, PR contact, or works for Family Friendly Gaming can answer these questions.
                                                                                                             Email answers to SoundOff@familyfriendlygaming.com. After three months the person with the most right
                                                                                                             answers will be emailed an Amazon gift card.

                                                                                                             Question: Can companies sponsor Family Friendly Gaming?
                                                                                                             Answer:

                                                                                                             Question: Do you enjoy watching R-rated movies? Why or why not?
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                                                                                                             Question: Do you enjoy playing M-rated games? Why or why not?
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                                                                                                             Question: Which chapter of Video Game Lies is your favorite? And why?
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                                                                                                             Question: Which video series do you like the best? And why?
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                                                                                                             Question: Where can you buy Video Game Lies?
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                                                                                                             Question: Which Future Glimpses book do you like the best? Why
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                                                                                                             Question: Which sports game do you like best?
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                                                                                                             Question: Who started Family Friendly Gaming?
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Helpful Thoughts
Communion                            Some say that reminds us of how
                                     he was broken for us. We take
                                                                            until I studied this topic. It came
                                                                            flying out at me.
                                                                                                                  There are wise decisions we
                                                                                                                  make in life and there are mis-
                                                                                                                                                      regard. Why is that? It reminds
                                                                                                                                                      us to turn things over to God.
                                                                                                                                                                                           physical pain. Make sure you
                                                                                                                                                                                           do not get yourself addicted to
                                     the cup to remind us of all of the              There are a variety of       takes. Family Friendly Gaming       We can not add one day to our        pain medicines. That can lead to
From month to month I am             blood Jesus shed dying for our         different beliefs on Communion.       wants to share some thoughts        lives by worrying about things.      a worse problem. Again prayer
constantly looking for topics for    sins.                                  I have listened to a great many       that can be helpful. Maybe this     We must get to the place where       can help in this area. There are
each of these columns. I noticed             There are not a lot of         different views on this topic. It     will bring more joy into your       we accept God’s will in things       instances where you need to
that Communion has not been          people named Judas anymore.            is important and something we         life. Maybe it will allow you       beyond our control. Other times      find a way to get comfortable.
talked about much in the devo-       Ever wonder why? Judas the             Christians need to do. We need        to have better physical health.     we need to understand that we        If a shoulder is hurting then do
tional. Now it is time to correct    betrayer is tainted throughout         to be reminded of the cost Jesus      Maybe it will help you reach        are going through a trial, or        not lay on it unless that is what
that. Luke 22: 17-23 After taking    history. Parents do not want to        Christ went through to atone for      a better mental, psychological      being prepared for something         gives you physical comfort at
the cup, he gave thanks and said,    name their children Judas after        our sins. Aside from prayer it is     or emotional state. The goal of     coming up. The people who            that point in time. A massage
“Take this and divide it among       the betrayal of Jesus. Is this         one of the most holy things we        each column in each month is to     ministered to us the most when       may help with certain pain. Pop-
you. 18 For I tell you I will not    right? Is this fair? After all Jesus   do. I know I feel the Holy Spirit     share some helpful thoughts to      Noah was born with trouble           ping a wrist, knee or other body
drink again from the fruit of the    being betrayed and dying on            close each and every time I take      you and your family.                breathing were the ones who had      part may grant you some relief
vine until the kingdom of God        the cross is part of God’s plan of     Communion. What about you?                                                gone through the same thing          as well. Find what works and go
comes.”                              salvation for the rest of us. Judas    Do you feel His presence?                                                 with their twins. Their horrible     with it. Eventually you will be
19 And he took bread, gave
thanks and broke it, and gave it
                                     had a role to play. He did his
                                     part just as he needed to. Should      God Bless,
                                                                                                                  Sleep                               experience helped train them to
                                                                                                                                                      help us years later. We were able
                                                                                                                                                                                           tired enough to go to sleep. Even
                                                                                                                                                                                           with physical pain the brain will
to them, saying, “This is my body    we continue to punish that name        Paul Bury                                                                 to help others years later because   shut down and begin repairs.
given for you; do this in remem-                                                                                  One of the toughest things for
                                     because he played the role he                                                                                    of our experiences. Keeping our
brance of me.”                                                                                                    some people is to get enough
                                     had to?                                                                                                          eyes on a bigger picture can help    If you have sick leave with your
20 In the same way, after the                                                                                     sleep. There are a variety of
                                             There is some interesting                                                                                when we are in the middle of         day job then you should con-
supper he took the cup, saying,                                                                                   different mental and physical
“This cup is the new covenant in
                                     references to Communion in the         PRAYER                                problems that can get in the way
                                                                                                                                                      that turmoil.                        sider taking it when you are
                                     Holy Bible as well. 1 Corinthi-                                                                                                                       exhausted. It is better to use a
my blood, which is poured out for
you. 21 But the hand of him who
                                     ans 10: 14-17 Therefore, my dear       Jesus,
                                                                                                                  of getting a good night sleep.
                                                                                                                  Some people are wired to go
                                                                                                                                                      Physical issues                      sick day than to fall asleep on
is going to betray me is with mine
                                     friends, flee from idolatry. 15 I
                                     speak to sensible people; judge for
                                                                                 I know that I am a sin-
                                                                            ner and need Your forgiveness.
                                                                                                                  constantly. They always have        can cause us to                      the drive into work and cause
                                                                                                                                                                                           even more damage. Anger is a
on the table. 22 The Son of Man
will go as it has been decreed.
                                     yourselves what I say. 16 Is not       Nothing I can do of my own
                                                                                                                  so much to do. There is always
                                                                                                                  someone else that needs some-       miss sleep.                          common side effect to a lack
                                     the cup of thanksgiving for which      power will give me true joy. I                                                                                 of sleep in many people. Work
But woe to that man who betrays                                                                                   thing from them. Their minds
                                     we give thanks a participation in      believe that You died for my sins.                                        Physical issues can cause us to      hard to not take it out on others.
him!” 23 They began to question                                                                                   can not relax. Have you ever
                                     the blood of Christ? And is not        I want to turn from my enslave-                                           miss sleep. Have you ever tried      You cause more harm than good
among themselves which of them                                                                                    been awake at night with your
                                     the bread that we break a partici-     ment to sins, and repent of them.                                         to go to sleep hurting? Have you     when you do that. Try to pre-
it might be who would do this.                                                                                    mind racing? This can be a real
                                     pation in the body of Christ? 17       I now invite You to come into                                             ever woken up in physical pain?      pare yourself for sleep by doing
Really powerful stuff.                                                                                            problem for too many people.
                                     Because there is one loaf, we, who     my heart and life. I want to trust                                        It can be very difficult to settle   relaxing things before going to
        There are two main                                                                                        What can be done to fix it? Try
                                     are many, are one body, for we all     and follow You as my personal                                             down and relax when your body        sleep. These will pay dividends
things there. We take the bread                                                                                   to find something that relaxes
                                     share the one loaf. Have you ever      Lord and Savior. I welcome the                                            is hurting. It depends on the        in the long run. Especially when
and we take the cup. We take the                                                                                  you and do that. Try to find
                                     noticed the unity of Commu-            transforming power of the Holy                                            kind of pain in terms of a solu-     you get in the practice of doing
bread to remember Jesus Christ.                                                                                   ways to settle your brain. Prayer
                                     nion? I did not notice it myself       Spirit. Amen.                                                             tion. Medicines can assist with      them.
                                                                                                                  can be a wonderful thing in this

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In The                                                                                                                NEWS
CONTENTS                                                                                                           an exquisite Japanese art style, top voice casting, and an unforgettable score by original series composer Nori-
                                                                                                                   yuki Iwadare all combining to create an epic fantasy world. Get ready for the call of Sword to save the lives on
                                                                                                                   El Sallia!

                                                                                                                   Langrisser Series: legendary tactical turn-based combat games
                                                                                                                   Developed by Japan’s Masaya Games, the Langrisser series debuted in 1991 and has long been regarded as a ti-
                                                                                                                   tan of tactical turn-based combat. With a story spanning five generations of games, Langrisser introduced the
                                                                                                                   soldier system and class transfer to the genre, as well as wowing players with stunning battle effects that were
Story					 						Page(s)                                                                                           very much ahead of their time.

Langirsser Mobile Releases								16 - 17
Meeple Station Early Access 								18
New frontiers open up in Old School RuneScape				  19
Totally Reliable Delivery Service Announced					   20
Opus Collection is Landing on Switch in April					 20 - 21                                                                                                              An Instant Classic
Miasma Caves Launches									22 - 23                                                                                                                                   Langrisser Mobile launched in Mainland China, Taiwan
Windscape Coming March 27th							22 - 23                                                                                                                               and Hong Kong in Q3 2018 to much praise from players;
                                                                                                                                                                        the game has occupied the AppStore top 5 and has been
                                                                                                                                                                        featured many times. Langrisser will launch in Japan later
                                                                                                                                                                        this year, and Famitsu already previewed the game, saying
                                                                                                                                                                        “Langrisser’s revised game play lets players experience the
                                                                                                                                                                        excitement of combat while getting immersed in the story-
                                                                                                                                                                        lines of the interesting characters they will interact with.”

Langirsser Mobile Releases                                                                                         Game Features
                                                                                                                   •     Unit types against theory, terrain elements and strategy planning are critical to success
                                                                                                                   •     Perfectly re-experience over 300 classic levels
Zlongame announced that JRPG Langirsser Mobile is out for the iOS and Google Play.                                 •     Original Langrisser class transfer system with over 80 heroes for an almost infinite number of battle
                                                                                                                   combinations.
A Legendary JRPG Comes to Mobile                                                                                   •     Popular characters of original series return
As one of the iconic JRPGs, the Langrisser series is known for its tactical gameplay. Langrisser Mobile stays      •     Original PVP battle system
faithful to the essence of the original gameplay with class suppression, terrain effects, and unique class trees   •     Original score by composer Noriyuki Iwadare
for a customizable battle experience. Meanwhile, the mobile version elevates the appearance of the game with       •     Classic background music of past series

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In The News Continued                                                                            In The News Continued

Meeple Station Early Access                        17th of January once everything goes live.
                                                   About

Meeple Station launched on to Steam for            Have you ever wanted to build your own
PC, Mac and Linux as an Early Access title.        space station? Trade goods and care for the
It is a moddable space station building sim        inhabitants? Explore distant galaxies and
inspired by Rimworld, with a healthy dose          take on daring missions while trying to
of chaos thrown in. This is the second game        keep your meeple alive! Meeple station is an
from developer Vox Games, and first game           open-ended space station simulator in the
for new publisher Modularity.                      vein of Rimworld that succeeds in doing just
                                                   that. Live a never ending adventure whilst
The team behind Meeple Station quietly             trying to make the best of your ramshackle
opened up beta sales on itch.io a few weeks        station.
ago to an overwhelmingly positive response,
continue to be at the top of the sellers charts,   Build your way to success! Trade your way to
                                                   the top! Explore your way to infamy! Do it     New frontiers open up in Old School
and are steadily climbing Steam’s upcoming                                                                                                          Mathew Kemp, Senior Product Manager,
charts as the 17th of January quickly ap-          all your way!                                  RuneScape
                                                                                                                                                    Old School RuneScape, said:
proaches. Seems there is a strong appetite for
battling space pirates and rogue meeple. The       Features
                                                                                                                                                    “Today’s launch marks an important mile-
team’s early access trailer provides a good        •       Build a sprawling, multi levelled      The world of Old School RuneScape is grow-
                                                                                                                                                    stone for Old School RuneScape as it pushes
overview of gameplay, for players ready to         space station                                  ing even bigger with the launch of the Kebos
                                                                                                                                                    forward with new frontiers for players. Not
take the reins of their own space station.         •       Survive space pirates and meteors      Lowlands. The new region is the first major
                                                                                                                                                    only does the release of the Kebos Lowlands
                                                   •       Explore the galaxy and research new    release for the game since it became a mul-
                                                                                                                                                    expand the game’s continent of Zeah, the
If you would like to receive a review code for     tech                                           tiplatform title following the launch of the
                                                                                                                                                    very first expansion we brought to the game
the game for you and a friend, hit the but-        •       Open ended campaign objectives         mobile edition in October 2018.
                                                                                                                                                    since its launch in 2013, but it’s also the first
ton above or respond to this email to get in       •       Manage many Meeple making mess
                                                                                                                                                    multiplatform expansion ever in a RuneS-
touch. Feedback is strong, buzz is building -      (what a mouthful!)                             In addition to the new town of Brimstone,
                                                                                                                                                    cape game. With Old School’s sixth birthday
it’d be great to count on your coverage on the     •       Highly moddable                        the Kebos Lowlands includes a new monster
                                                                                                                                                    just around the corner, Kebos Lowlands
                                                                                                  – the multi headed hydra – as well as a new
                                                                                                                                                    provides a great opportunity for newcomers
                                                                                                  slayer dungeon, a farming guild, two new
                                                                                                                                                    and veterans to explore a new environment
                                                                                                  novice quests and brand-new rewards. The
                                                                                                                                                    and defeat new monsters together.”
                                                                                                  new frontiers of the lowlands represent the
                                                                                                  most diverse content mix since the launch of
                                                                                                                                                    John Colgrave, Producer, Old School RuneS-
                                                                                                  Old School RuneScape nearly six years ago,
                                                                                                                                                    cape, Mobile, said:
                                                                                                  with low to high-level adventures for players
                                                                                                  to explore and complete.
                                                                                                                                                    “Old School RuneScape on mobile has had
                                                                                                                                                    a tremendous first few months since launch,
                                                                                                  Continuing Old School RuneScape’s player
                                                                                                                                                    and today’s release of Kebos Lowlands as the
                                                                                                  promise as part of its ‘living game’ mission,
                                                                                                                                                    first multiplatform expansion for the game
                                                                                                  the introduction of the Kebos Lowlands
                                                                                                                                                    is yet another milestone for us as develop-
                                                                                                  was overwhelmingly backed by the game’s
                                                                                                                                                    ers and the wider community to celebrate.
                                                                                                  community following its announcement at
                                                                                                                                                    It’s the latest step in providing a deep and
                                                                                                  RuneFest 2018, with over 95 percent of those
                                                                                                                                                    meaningful MMO experience on the move
                                                                                                  participating in the poll supporting its devel-
                                                                                                                                                    or from the comfort of the sofa.”
                                                                                                  opment and release.

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Totally Reliable Delivery Service Announced                                                                                                                                               Homeward Bound: Operate a deep
                                                                                                                                                                                          space telescope to scan the skies for
                                                                                                                                                                                          long-lost Earth...and other untold
Ever since I moved to the US, I noticed just how easy it is to get anything off Amazon or any online delivery                                                                             secrets.
service. I also noticed my packages aren’t always in top notch shape. We’ve all seen those videos of how drivers                                                                          Self Discovery: Investigate your ship
actually handle our packages, which is where the idea for Totally Reliable Delivery Service was born.                                                                                     to uncover the history of a centuries-
                                                                                                                                                                                          old mission item by mysterious item.
Totally Reliable Delivery Service is a game about terrible delivery drivers attempting deliveries using every-                                                                            Across the Universe: Explore a uni-
thing from trucks to rockets and helicopters.                                                                                                                                             verse teeming with vivid and vibrant
                                                                                                                                                                                          planets, nebulas, and galaxies.
FEATURES:                                                                                                                                                                                 Cosmic Vibes: Lose yourself in a
                                                                                                                                                                                          sweeping soundtrack that will tug at
•        Local and Online Multiplayer: Go it alone to ensure the safety of your deliveries, or join your friends                                                                          your heartstrings
and put your teamwork to the test.
•        Controlled Noodly Chaos: Unpredictable ragdoll physics meets snappy platforming. Sprint, leap, dive,                                                                             OPUS: ROCKET OF WHISPERS
climb, and grapple with ease, but collide with something and you’ll be knocked out cold!                                                                                                  Witness the story of two lonely sur-
•        A World of Distractions: Take a break from deliveries and play around! The world is chock full of toys,                                                                          vivors of an apocalyptic plague, who
vehicles, and machines that can be used for work or play.                                                                                                                                 are given the seemingly impossible
•        Ragtag Crew: Choose from four unique, blue-collar workers and get your rear into gear, it’s time to                                                                              task of building an interstellar rocket.
deliver!                                                                                                                                                                                  Their goal is to revive the ancient

Opus Collection is Landing on Switch in April                                                                                                                                             tradition of space burial and return
                                                                                                                                                                                          the lost souls of the world to their
                                                                                                                                                                                          cosmic homeland. Written by IMGA-
PM Studios and acttil are thrilled to announce that the emotional, heartwarming adventure/puzzle game                                                                                     nominated author of OPUS: The Day
collection, OPUS Collection: The Day We Found Earth + Rocket of Whispers will be coming to Nintendo™                                                                                      We Found Earth, this tale of loss and
Switch in a physical format this April! OPUS Collection will include both OPUS series titles, OPUS: The Day                                                                               rebirth will leave you breathless.
We Found Earth and OPUS: Rocket of Whispers, which were originally released as digital-only titles. Each
copy will also include a free bonus soundtrack voucher code, including 36 tracks! In OPUS: The Day We                                                                                     Key Features
Found Earth you’ll work together with Emeth to search for the long-lost planet known as “Earth”, while in                                                                                 Land of Ice and Snow: Travel through
OPUS: Rocket of Whispers you will attempt to return a planet’s lost souls to the cosmos where they belong. If                                                                             the ruins of a frozen world, uncover-
you never picked up these touching titles on Nintendo eShop, now is your chance to launch into the full OPUS                                                                              ing the history of a once prosperous
series!                                                                                                                                                                                   land as you go.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Making Space: Gather the materi-
OPUS: THE DAY WE FOUND EARTH:                                                                                                                                                             als you’ll need for your rocket, and
Millions of years in the future, mankind has left its home planet of Earth far behind. But now Emeth, an ador-                                                                            craft tools to explore even greater
able robot who has made a solemn promise to his creator, must rediscover his lost homeland in order to save                                                                               distances.
all of humanity. But as he tries to fulfill that promise, he begins to realize that he may hold an even greater                                                                           Alien Artifacts: Uncover more than
purpose... This atmospheric, bittersweet tale is the perfect introduction to the world of OPUS.                    100 items, each with unique artwork and descriptions informed by detailed research.
                                                                                                                   Aural Adventure: Roam through a beautiful, atmospheric soundscape created by indiePlay-nominated com-
Key Features                                                                                                       poser Triodust.

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Miasma Caves Launches                            treasure, equipment, artifacts, and more.         village.
                                                 Lesath’s bartering will also improve as she                                                          •       Spend earned gold on equipment or
                                                 becomes more knowledgeable about her              Miasma Caves Key Features:                         upgrade the village to receive new purchas-
Gather round, treasure hunters! Miasma           findings and understands their worth.                                                                able items and better selling prices
Caves, the pacifist roguelike from Windy                                                           •       Explore procedurally generated and
Games, is launching into Steam Early Access.     The caves are free of monsters and combat,        fully destructible caverns on exciting trea-       “Exploration and discovery are the most
                                                 but treacherous environmental dangers await       sure hunts                                         exciting aspects in gaming to our team;
Brave adventurers can now join Lesath on         at every corner. Lesath’s vitality will slowly                                                       Miasma Caves aims to bring that blissful
exciting treasure hunts through procedur-        deplete as she treks through the miasma and       •      Avoid treacherous environmental             feeling of randomized adventures into a full
ally generated and fully destructible caverns.   looming cave-ins will induce high amounts         dangers such as cave-ins, pitfalls, and more       experience,” says Adam Michaan, founder of
The mysterious Miasma Caves await to be          of damage. All items and treasure will be                                                            Windy Games. “By leveling up knowledge
explored and are filled to the brim with rare    dropped if she falls, making each journey a       •      Collect and complete a catalog of           instead of strength and dealing with envi-
treasures, new gear, adorable critters, and      risky endeavor. Lesath must utilize climbing      more than 150 diverse treasures                    ronmental dangers instead of monsters, we’re
precursor technology from lost civilizations.    ropes, waymarkers, and                                                                               developing a new take on the popular rogue-
                                                 other essential equipment                                        • Improve Lesath’s knowl-           like genre.”
As a lover of history and discovery, Lesath      to ensure a safe journey                                         edge by appraising treasure to
uses her skills and wisdom to find new           back into town where                                             uncover new lore, humorous          Miasma Caves is now available on Steam
treasure and learn more about their past.        she can be rewarded for a                                        stories, and the mysteries of       Early Access for $19.99. As development
The more loot Lesath finds, the more she’ll      successful hunt by selling                                       the caves                           continues through Early Access, Windy
understand about each type of treasure. Lore     treasures, conversing with                                                                           Games will periodically update Miasma
and humorous stories will be uncovered as        townsfolk, buying equip-                                         • Find and equip new gear that      Caves with new equipment, treasures, crit-
she improves her understanding of natural        ment, and upgrading the                                          aid in future treasure hunts        ters, townsfolk, and more.

Windscape Coming March 27th                      helpful feedback from the community               fan of. As such Windscape combines the             •       A beautiful world to explore and
                                                 (Thank you!) has led us here: Windscape is        spirit and flow of these genre classics with el-   discover
                                                 leaving Early Access on 27th March and will       ements of modern exploration, crafting and         •       An immersive yet classical story
As a huge fan of “The Legend of Zelda”,          also be released on Nintendo Switch™ and          survival games. The result is a unique game        around a young girl
“Secret of Mana” and “Golden Axe Warrior”,       Xbox One.                                         with a fresh blend of genres.                      •       A profound yet simple to use crafting
the German game developer Dennis Witte                                                                                                                system
has always wanted to create his own game         Nintendo Switch™ players can enjoy a 20%          Meet peaceful NPCs each island’s overworld         •       Murky dungeons and challenging
which contained elements of all of them. In      discount on pre-purchase starting 8th             and vicious monsters in the dungeons and           boss fights
2016 his dream started taking shape with the     March, while Xbox One users can buy the           lairs you uncover along your journey. While
help of Headup, when his “Herzensprojekt”        game for 20% off from 13th March in the           the islands work in a non-linear manner,
Windscape was released into Early Access on      Microsoft Store. For PC players, the game is      the dungeons are more puzzle and combat
Steam.                                           already available as Early Access version, also   driven - each with its own style and atmo-
                                                 with 20% off until release.                       sphere. However, brute force won’t get you
The result was a first person exploration                                                          far in larger boss fights. Tactics and figuring
adventure with elements of modern craft-         About Windscape                                   out your enemies’ combat patterns are key
ing and sandbox games, where you explore a                                                         to defeating larger foes such as ghosts, ogres
beautifully handcrafted fantasy world, fight     Windscape is a first-person exploration           and dragons. Your effort will be rewarded
monsters, interact with NPCs, solve quests       adventure set in a lovely world made up of        of course - there are many valuable items to
and puzzles.                                     floating islands in the sky. The game is highly   loot!.
                                                 reminiscent of the The Legend of Zelda
Now, almost three years later, Dennis’ hard      games as well as Secret of Mana and Golden        Features:
work and passion as well as the extremely        Axe Warrior of which the developer is a huge      •      A handcrafted universe

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We Would
        Play That!
There are all kinds of cool fam-
ily friendly video game ideas out
there. This column features ideas
                                       articles is to explore different ideas
                                       for video games. Some of them
                                       will be a hit and some of them will
                                                                                been on the cusp of great ideas
                                                                                before. We have been in front of
                                                                                the pack on talking about interest-
                                                                                                                                         REVIEWS
                                                                                                                       Welcome to our reviews section. We have a couple of rules when it comes to our reviews. The reviewer must give an hon-
                                                                                                                       est accounting as to why he/she liked or disliked something. No fanboy reviews allowed here, or at the very least they are
                                                                                                                       discouraged (after all everyone has their own personal biases, likes, and dislikes). Everyone also has different tolerances, and
of video games we would play. We       be a miss. We are giving out ideas       ing games before the companies         weaknesses - we strive to keep that in mind in our reviews. We have been burned ourselves by reviews saying a certain game
hope games like these are created      and brainstorming along the way.         announced them. Some companies         is great, only to be greatly offended by that game. Reviewers must be kind in their reviews. A game may be horrible, but there
in the near future. Can you make it    Maybe a Sonic VR game would be           may have even made these games         is no need to degrade the developer, publisher, artists, etc. There is also no need for name calling.
happen?                                awesome. We will find out about          after reading them in Family                    We review video games on five separate criteria: graphics, sound, replay/extras, gameplay, and family friendly factor.
                                       that movie in the year of our Lord       Friendly Gaming. How cool would        Review scale can be found here. The editor in chief coordinates reviews to have as much cohesion as possible. We are very
                                       2019. Will the movie be any good?        that be?                               open about the way we review video games. Each section starts with a 75 score, and can earn or lose points based on the con-
We have talked about first person      We do not know. The same goes                     There could even be new       tent of the game, using our grading scale (found on the website).
sports video games, especially in      for a Sonic VR game. Certain ele-        platformer video games come out                 Parents, please do not take any of our reviews as gospel. Different people are offended by different things. We work
virtual reality. Astro Bot showed us   ments could be awesome. Others           in VR like Astro Bot did. We are       hard here at Family Friendly Gaming to discern the good from the bad in the teachings of each different video game. What
that an action adventure platform-     would be really bad. The speed           definitely willing to try them es-     may seem harmless to our reviewer(s), could be a big deal to you. We encourage you to spend time with your children and
er can work in virtual reality. That   could be a real problem in VR.           pecially if they are released in the   investigate each video game yourself. Each review is written with you in mind, and we try to mention each problem we find.
means we are wanting some of the                There are other characters      much respected, and much sought        We are not perfect, and miss things from time to time - just as the ESRB does. The ESRB rating is merely a start, and since
best action adventure platformers      that could make a comeback like          after physical copy format. There      they ignore many of the moral and spiritual factors important to parents all across America, we do our small part to fill that
to come to virtual reality. Mario      Crash, Bonk, Mega Man, Don-              is something really cool about         huge void. We are a small ministry and your prayers are so very important to us.
comes to mind. Have you con-
                                                                                                                       CONTENTS
                                       key Kong, Kirby, and more. All of        putting in a disc and knowing it                                               Questions, suggestions, comments, or got a game you would like for us to review? Then
sidered what a Sonic the Hedge-        those characters could have amaz-        is for a virtual reality video game.                                         please email us at: Gamereviews@familyfriendlygaming.com.
hog video game would be like in        ing virtual reality video games.         At least that is how we feel here at
virtual reality? Yeah it might be      Ever think about a Metroid virtual       Family Friendly Gaming. Do you         Gameboy Advance				Score                              Page          PS4 VR						Score                                     Page
one that would get us sick. Maybe      reality video game? What about           feel the same way? Do you feel dif-    Scooby Doo Cyber Chase				   62                       37            Astro Bot Rescue Mission				 85                       34
Sonic should stay out of VR. What                                                                                      Scooby-Doo Mystery Mayhem			 81                       37            Tetris Effect					90                                  32
                                       playing Fortnite in VR? Any of           ferently? What do you think about
do you think about that idea?          these ideas could be announced           the ideas we have in this issue?       Nintendo 3DS					Score                                Page          Xbox One					Score                                    Page
        The whole point of these       soon. Family Friendly Gaming has         Would you play games like that?        Luigi’s Mansion					60                                26            F1 2018						65                                       33\
                                                                                                                                                                                           Minecraft Story Mode Season Two			 36                 75
                                                                                                                       Nintendo Switch					Score                             Page          NHL 19						69                                        35

                                   James 1:13-15                                                                       Octopath Traveler				61
                                                                                                                       Super Mario Party				91
                                                                                                                       Valkyria Chronicles 4				61
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                                                                                                                                                                             30
                                                                                                                                                                             29
                                                                                                                                                                                           Valkyria Chronicles 4				61                           29

                                                                                                                       Personal Computer				Score                            Page
  13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God                                                    F1 2018						65                                       33
  cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14 but each per-                                                Minecraft Story Mode Season Two
                                                                                                                       Valkyria Chronicles 4				61
                                                                                                                                                          36                 75
                                                                                                                                                                             29
 son is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and                                                PS4						Score                                        Page
 enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin,                                         F1 2018						65                                       33
                                                                                                                       Minecraft Story Mode Season Two			 36                 75
                when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.                                                           NHL 19						69                                        35
                                                                                                                       Tetris Effect					90                                  32
                                                                                                                       Valkyria Chronicles 4				61                           29

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Luigi’s Mansion                                                                                             Octopath Traveler

                                        SCORE: 60                                                                                                   SCORE: 61

I am very thank-                                     that families     controls in Luigi’s Mansion          I give thanks to Family Friend-      some limited voice
ful Family                                           steer clear of    are really clumsy on the Nin-        ly Gaming for purchasing a           acting. There are
Friendly Gaming                                      this demonic      tendo 3DS. I ran into more           copy of Octopath Traveler on         eight main char-
had the money to                                     inspired video    control issues in this game. It      the Nintendo Switch. The PR          acters in Octopath
purchase Luigi’s                                     game.             is hard enough trying to find        and Marketing players who            Traveler. We play
Mansion on the                                              There      these ghosts in the dark. Add        represent this game want no          them to learn the
Nintendo 3DS.                                        are plenty of     in not being able to move the        sales from the millions within       overall majority
The PR and Mar-                                      scary parts in    right way at the right time just     FFGU ever. Will you respect          of the story in this
keting folks repre-                                  Luigi’s Man-      increased the stress and ag-         that wish or not?                    RPG. The more
senting this game                                    sion. There are   gravation. I do not recall if the             The problems with           characters we con-
were completely                                      also areas that   Gamecube controls were this          Octopath Traveler are blood,         nect with the more                to defeat. Expect long battles
unprofessional to                                    are confusing.    bad or not.                          violence, bad language, lack         we understand. Characters will    with them.
us. Nothing new                                      I lost track              I question the rating of     of attire, enticement to lust,       join your team in Octopath                 My first impressions of
there to be com-                                     of how many       Luigi’s Mansion based on the         magic, false gods, ad more. Ex-      Traveler.                         Octopath Traveler were very
pletely transpar-                                    times I could     content. There are plenty of         pect to grind a lot in Octopath              Thankfully the predict-   bad and negative. The more I
ent. This is a port of the Game-    not figure out what to do next     scary parts in this horror video     Traveler. Even with all of that      able dialogue scenes can be       played Octopath Traveler the
cube game. We can now have a        in Luigi’s Mansion. Maybe I        game. How could the ESRB             grinding the bosses are tough        skipped. They get long and        more I got it. We have different
second player with us if we feel    needed to                                        ignore them and        in this game. The graphics are       obnoxious in Octopath Trav-       stories to distract us. If you can
like it.                            hunt down                                        give Luigi’s Man-      small in this 16-bit retro styled    eler. We break enemies, and       not relate to certain characters
         This franchise has         some more                                        sion a rating of ‘E’   turn based role playing video        then we can do more damage.       then you should be able to
bothered me for some time           Boo ghosts                                       for Everyone six       game.                                We boost our own characters       relate to at least someone else.
now. Luigi’s Mansion is all         before the                                       and older only?                 The music in Octopath       for double the damage. Be         The radical extremes of the
about hunting down ghosts           game would                                          Luigi’s Mansion     Traveler is nice and there is        careful as the boost needs a      characters in Octopath Travel-
with a vacuum cleaner like de-      trigger the                                      is a game I never                                                       turn to charge up.    er are met with the predictable
vice. We run across possession,     next event.                                      want to see again.                                                      Breaking enemies      storylines.
a fortune teller, violence, and     Maybe I had                                      I see no reason to                                                      will allow you the             I value Octopath
more in Luigi’s Mansion. This       to clear some                                    do a video series                                                       ability to do more    Traveler at twenty-five dollars
hand held video game is also        room. Luigi’s                                    on this game at                                                         damage on them,       brand new. The small graph-
pretty dark. It was a real drain-   Mansion can                                      this time. Avoid                                                        and take them out     ics mix in with so much bad
ing physically and spiritually      be confusing                                     purchasing this                                                         quicker. The bosses   content. If you can handle all
to play Luigi’s Mansion on the      at times.                                        game at all costs.                                                      in Octopath Trav-     of the bad content then you
Nintendo 3DS. I recommend                   The                                      - Paul                                                                  eler are very tough   might enjoy this retro styled
                                                                                                                                                                                   game. - RPG Master

System: Nintendo 3DS                                                   Graphics: 55%                        System: Nintendo Switch                                                Graphics: 55%
Publisher: Nintendo                                                    Sound: 65%                           Publisher: Square Enix                                                 Sound: 60%
Developer: Grezzo                                                                                           Developer: Square Enix, Acquire
Rating: ‘E10+’ - Everyone SIX and                                      Replay/Extras: 70%                   Rating: ‘T’ for THIRTEEN and OLD-                                      Replay/Extras: 80%
OLDER ONLY                                                             Gameplay: 60%                        ER ONLY {Blood, Fantasy Violence,                                      Gameplay: 60%
{Mild Cartoon Violence}                                                Family Friendly Factor: 50%          Mild Language, Suggestive Themes,                                      Family Friendly Factor: 50%
                                                                                                            Use of Alcohol}

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                                             your wonderful donations so             zone. No one I knew
                                             we could purchase Valkyria              in the military in
                                             Chronicles 4 on the Playsta-            the war zone talked
                                             tion 4. This turn based strat-          that way - ever. If
                                             egy role playing video game             Valkyria Chronicles
                                             is right up my alley. I enjoy           4 is going for realism
                                             the SRPG video games. They              it failed.
                                             are more my speed than say                       The voice
                                             Fortnite ever will be. With that        acting in Valkyria
                                                                                                                          women hitting men for some-
                                             said Valkyria Chronicles 4 has          Chronicles 4 is pretty good.
                                                                                                                          thing said or did. Is Valkyria
                                             plenty of issues that needs to          The music in Valkyria Chron-
                                                                                                                          Chronicles 4 part of the war
                                             be cleaned up in sequels.               icles 4 is also fantastic. There
                                                                                                                          on men? I will let you decide. I
                                                      The issues families will       are some neat special effects
                                                                                                                          love being able to give a specif-
                                             have with Valkyria Chronicles           in Valkyria Chronicles 4 that
                                                                                                                          ic troop a second turn to finish
                                             4 are violence, blood, entice-          help this game. I love research-
                                                                                                                          clearing out an area.
                                             ment to lust, lack of attire,           ing things, training my troops
                                                                                                                                  Valkyria Chronicles 4
                                             bad language, and more. The             to higher levels, and thinking
                                                                                                                          borrows heavily from World
                                             language in Valkyria Chroni-            about how to get the enemy
                                                                                                                          War II. The same system from
                                             cles 4 is horrible. I had to keep       bases. Valkyria Chronicles 4
                                                                                                                          Valkyria Chronicles Remas-
                                             skipping cut scenes because             is a long game that warrants
                                                                                                                          tered can be found in Valkyria
                                             of how foul the mouths are in           the price of forty dollars in my
                                                                                                                          Chronicles 4. I like the sys-
                                             this game. I was in the military,       opinion.
                                                                                                                          tem a lot. I enjoyed playing
                                                                                                       There is a major
                                                                                                                          Valkyria Chronicles 4. I hope
                                                                                                war between two large
                                                                                                                          more of these games make it to
                                                                                                empires in Valkyria
                                                                                                                          America from Japan. I would
                                                                                                Chronicles 4 over
                                                                                                                          love to see an American com-
                                                                                                resources. We get
                                                                                                                          pany make games like Valkyria
                                                                                                cut scenes teaching
                                                                                                                          Chronicles 4. That would be
                                                                                                us the history of this
                                                                                                                          really cool.
                                                                                                fantasy world, and we
                                                                                                                          - Paul
                                                                                                get standard Japanese

                                             System: Nintendo Switch/PC/Xbox One/
                                             PS4(tested)
                                                                                                                          Graphics: 50%
                                             Publisher: Sega                                                              Sound: 50%
                                             Developer: Sega, Media.Vision                                                Replay/Extras: 85%
                                             Rating: ‘T’ - THIRTEEN and OLDER
                                             ONLY {Blood, Language, Suggestive                                            Gameplay: 70%
                                             Themes, Use of Alcohol and Tobacco,                                          Family Friendly Factor: 50%
                                             Violence}

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Super Mario Party

                                        SCORE: 91

I feel really bad for                                                  tant in this game and will help
Nintendo. They lost                                                    you progress farther along the
all kinds of sales on                                                  board.
Super Mario Party                                                               Super Mario Party
with their lack of pro-                                                can be played online if you so
fessionalism to Fam-                                                   choose. I decided to just play
ily Friendly Gaming.                                                   locally and have fun that way.
If they had provided                                                   I really like River Survival in
a reviewable copy                                                      Super Mario Party. We work
and/or advertised                    Mode.                             together on a raft and play
then we could have told FFGU                  Up to four family        mini games to increase the
all about Super Mario Party. I       members can play Super Mario      time we can be on the river.
know many of our readers sup-        Party with each person using      This cooperative mode worked
port games we review. Ninten-        one Joycon. There are plenty      great and it was a nice addi-
do lost all kinds of sales thanks    of motion controls in Super       tion to the competitive modes
to the failures of their PR and      Mario Party. The controls were    included in Super Mario Party.
Marketing firms.                     better than I expected in this             I value Super Mario
         I am thankful Family        party video game. There is vio-   Party at forty dollars brand
Friendly Gaming had enough           lence as characters are knocked   new. I hope to see more party
money to purchase Super              off the screen and smashed by     games like this one in the
Mario Party on the Nintendo          a variety of different objects.   future. The eighty new mini
Switch. We can play Mario            Getting allies is very impor-     games are simple, easy and fun.
Party, Partner Party, River Sur-                                       I enjoyed playing them. We
vival, Sound Stage, Minigames,                                                   practice on a screen
and Online Mariothon. There                                                      before we start to play.
is also a park entrance where                                                    It was a pleasure for
we can pick the difficulty. We                                                   me to play and review
can choose from Normal,                                                          Super Mario Party on
Hard, or Very Hard. There are                                                    the Nintendo Switch.
twenty characters to pick from                                                   Families can have a lot
in Super Mario Party. There                                                      of fun with this game.
are four boards in Mario Party                                                   - Paul

System: Nintendo Switch                                                Graphics: 85%
Publisher: Nintendo                                                    Sound: 95%
Developer: NDcube                                                      Replay/Extras: 90%
Rating: ‘E’ for Everyone                                               Gameplay: 95%
{Mild Cartoon Violence}
                                                                       Family Friendly Factor: 90%                      BUY IT NOW RIGHT HERE
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Tetris Effect                                                                                                   F1 2018

                                         SCORE: 90                                                                                                 SCORE: 65

Tetris Effect flew                                                       keep rotating when the block is    Codemasters probably failed        have enough time
under the radar. I saw                                                   at the bottom.                     Family Friendly Gaming             to answer questions
it in a store one day                                                             The music in Tetris Ef-   because they knew we would         in the career mode.
and realized there was                                                   fect shocked me. There is some     fail this game. I do not want to   I like to read my
a new PS4 VR video                                                       good music in this game. A few     disappoint them if you know        responses before
game. The PR and                                                         of the lyrics made me question     what I mean. I am kidding          providing them. I
Marketing folks for                                                      this game. What are they try-      about that of course. F1 2018      guess I am being
this game failed Fam-                                                    ing to say about all of us being   has major problems that fami-      picky.
ily Friendly Gaming                                                      connected? The music in Tetris     lies need to know about. It is a            There are
completely. I had no                          We can play Tetris         Effect really set the mood and     great thing we are not part of     options in F1 2018                    irritated me thanks to the loose
idea what to expect from Tetris      Effect in Journey Mode, and         fit with the wild graphics going   the paid off gaming media who      that are really meaningless in        controls. Do not even think
Effect. I have played a variety      Effects Mode. In Journey Mode       on. Tetris Effect can be played    regurgitates the fanboy talking    my opinion. There are assists,        about turning on things like
of Tetris games over the years.      we play the thirty levels one at    in the normal PS4 without the      points from the company.           and different difficulty set-         rain in F1 2018. You will have
I wondered what a Tetris VR          a time. We need to get so many      VR. I personally preferred the              The modes in F1 2018      tings. Make sure to turn off the      trouble staying on the track.
video game would look like.          lines completed to finish off       VR mode in this game.              are Career, Grand Prix, Multi-     penalties in F1 2018. Why do          I felt like I was on an ice rink
Now I know, and knowing is           the level. We rotate the Tetris              I never got sick while    player, Time Trial, Event, and     I say that? The computer will         trying to control a brick.
half of the battle.                  blocks, see an outline of where     playing Tetris Effect. This is     Championships. There are a         bump into you and you will get                  Codemasters is known
         I thought Job Simulator     it will fall and bring it won.      a very important thing for a       handful of teams to join and       penalized. It is extremely easy       for making difficult racing
was the only way a VR video          Rinse and repeat. I felt like the   VR video game. I had a blast       twenty-five tracks to race on.     to spin out in F1 2018. The           games. Maybe F1 2018 is like
game should be done. Tetris          block rotation was not always       playing this game. I wish the      F1 2018 looks decent and it        computer spun me out into a           the real thing. I have never
Effect has shattered that for        the way I was used to from          PR and Marketing people            sounds decent. There is some       wall and other cars hit me. I         driven a Formula One race to
me. In fact I now see another        previous Tetris games. Thank-       representing this game had         voice acting in this racing        was disqualified even though          know for certain. If you have
way virtual reality video games      fully Tetris Effect will let you    contacted Family Friendly          video game. It would be nice to    the computer did it.                  driven a Formula One race car
can be done. Tetris Effect is                                                       Gaming because I                                                             Even at the easi-   in real life and have played F1
that way. We play Tetris and                                                        believe FFGU would                                                  est difficulty setting I     2018 then let me know how
see some nice little 3D effects                                                     financially support                                                 had trouble catching         realistic this game is. Only
to the blocks. That is not what                                                     this game with sales.                                               up to the computer           people who have both of those
makes Tetris Effect so special.                                                     I hope to see more                                                  cars after they knocked      qualifications can give an opin-
What makes Tetris Effect so                                                         VR games like Tetris                                                me off the track. F1         ion on the realism in F1 2018.
special is all of the things going                                                  Effect in the coming                                                2018 is not a fun video      I value this game at five dollars
on around us in the thirty dif-                                                     years.                                                              game to play. F1 2018        brand new.
ferent levels.                                                                      - Paul                                                              stressed me out, and         - Frank

System: PS4 VR                                                           Graphics: 95%                      System: PC/Xbox One/                                                     Graphics: 70%
Publisher: Enhance                                                       Sound: 90%                         PS4(tested)                                                              Sound: 70%
Developer: Monstars, Resonair                                            Replay/Extras: 90%                 Publisher: Codemasters                                                   Replay/Extras: 65%
Rating: ‘E’ for Everyone SIX                                             Gameplay: 85%                      Developer: Codemasters                                                   Gameplay: 50%
and OLDER ONLY                                                           Family Friendly Factor: 90%        Rating: ‘E’ - Everyone SIX and                                           Family Friendly Factor: 70%
                                                                                                            OLDER ONLY

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