Date played: September 24th
Platform: Switch
I finally found some time to sit down with my daughter and play some video games. She became intensely interested in Kingdom Battle, and so doesn't want me to continue without her being present. This means I can barely play this wonderful game, so I was pumped to sit down and play some more of the 3rd world.
The spooky, Halloween-themed world is full of new challenges in battle. For example, there are now some enemies that can teleport anywhere on the map. This is really tough for a few reasons. First, they are very unpredictable in their movement, meaning that more vulnerable party members (I'm looking at you Luigi...) are easy targets for them. Second, they don't trigger the instant counter attacks of Mario and Luigi, seriously screwing with my usual battle tactics.
I gotta give this game credit. Just when I thought I had a good system, it throws in some new enemies that fuck it all up. There's also some Boos that haunt certain maps. When a party member walks too close, the Boos possess them, then transport them to a random location on the map the next turn. Let's just say I positioned my people more defensively in those maps...
We ended up playing through to world 3-4, each battle more challenging than the last. The hardest one had me escort Toadette through a very large arena, with new enemies popping up at every turn. I failed this mission once, because I didn't think of all the angles and left Toadette exposed at one point. The next round, she was surrounded by my party members the entire time, moving as a unit.
The battles are more and more difficult as I progress, and each decision becomes hugely impactful. One wrong move can mean defeat. Visually, the 3rd world is lots of fun to explore. It's filled with spooky stuff. My favorite place was a small farming village, which immediately reminded me of old school Westfall, the iconic starting zone from the early days of World of Warcraft. My daughter enjoyed the decor too, spotting magical floating books and scarecrows in the background.
Platform: Switch
I finally found some time to sit down with my daughter and play some video games. She became intensely interested in Kingdom Battle, and so doesn't want me to continue without her being present. This means I can barely play this wonderful game, so I was pumped to sit down and play some more of the 3rd world.
The spooky, Halloween-themed world is full of new challenges in battle. For example, there are now some enemies that can teleport anywhere on the map. This is really tough for a few reasons. First, they are very unpredictable in their movement, meaning that more vulnerable party members (I'm looking at you Luigi...) are easy targets for them. Second, they don't trigger the instant counter attacks of Mario and Luigi, seriously screwing with my usual battle tactics.
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| These guys are a real challenge! |
I gotta give this game credit. Just when I thought I had a good system, it throws in some new enemies that fuck it all up. There's also some Boos that haunt certain maps. When a party member walks too close, the Boos possess them, then transport them to a random location on the map the next turn. Let's just say I positioned my people more defensively in those maps...
We ended up playing through to world 3-4, each battle more challenging than the last. The hardest one had me escort Toadette through a very large arena, with new enemies popping up at every turn. I failed this mission once, because I didn't think of all the angles and left Toadette exposed at one point. The next round, she was surrounded by my party members the entire time, moving as a unit.
The battles are more and more difficult as I progress, and each decision becomes hugely impactful. One wrong move can mean defeat. Visually, the 3rd world is lots of fun to explore. It's filled with spooky stuff. My favorite place was a small farming village, which immediately reminded me of old school Westfall, the iconic starting zone from the early days of World of Warcraft. My daughter enjoyed the decor too, spotting magical floating books and scarecrows in the background.
