Dad Quest Review

<p>Humor can be a difficult thing to get just right but the developer of <em>Dad Quest <&sol;em>knew exactly what to do when it came to the dialogue&comma; graphics&comma; and the premise of this unique and interesting game&period; The jokes and dialogue in this game are as silly as the premise&comma; which has you running around holding your child to use as a weapon against enemies&period; <em>Dad Quest<&sol;em> features platforming and RPG elements wrapped around great presentation&comma; catchy music&comma; and once you stop laughing about the premise&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;re sure to have a great time with this gem&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Right from the beginning I couldn&&num;8217&semi;t help but laugh&period; <em>Dad Quest<&sol;em> begins by explaining that children are weapons and you&&num;8217&semi;re the Dad that will help them grow into the best weapon that they can be&period; The charming graphics further help lift the game into a warm and comforting place&period; Nostalgia may be one of the things that springs to mind from the graphics but they&&num;8217&semi;re also really sharp and help create a convincing universe that greatly helps support both the premise and the characters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;121543" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-121543" style&equals;"width&colon; 960px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-121543" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;03&sol;19035557&sol;20170222205916&lowbar;1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Dad Quest&comma; Excalibur Games" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"542" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-121543" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Dad Quest&comma; Excalibur Games<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>As you navigate through the world and fight enemies&comma; your child will gain experience and level up&period; This will make them more powerful and they can even change appearance as they level up&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s almost like <em>Pokemon<&sol;em> in a way but not quite as drastic&period; Your child simply slowly grows up which is of course realistic but it&&num;8217&semi;s also pretty funny&period; As you level up&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll increase abilities and skills&period; Your child can also hold toys that will help boost their stats&comma; abilities&comma; and even unlock additional skills for them&period; The combat is as tightly constructed as it is humorous&period; You can swing your child as a melee weapon and also throw your child as a ranged weapon&period; You can hold down a button to retrieve your child to either throw them again or simply run over to enemies you&&num;8217&semi;re engaged with and start swinging&period; It works rather well and never ceases to be make me smile&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Another nice thing that comes with progression and leveling up is being able to reach areas that were previously unavailable&period; This makes for another interesting approach to the gameplay and is yet another thing that has me hooked&period; I love revisiting areas in games and experiencing the satisfaction of being able to reach them from leveling up and growing more powerful&period; Heirlooms can also be used in the environment and on characters&period; They function as key items in the traditional sense and it&&num;8217&semi;s an interesting take on it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;121544" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-121544" style&equals;"width&colon; 960px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-121544" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;03&sol;19035622&sol;20170319022041&lowbar;1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Dad Quest&comma; Excalibur Games" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"542" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-121544" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Dad Quest&comma; Excalibur Games<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>As you travel&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll fight stronger enemies so whenever you can earn experience&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s certainly recommended you battle to do so&period; There are some more difficult combat scenarios but with enough dedication you&&num;8217&semi;ll persevere&period;   The platforming is never too difficult and remains pretty manageable but there difficult spots here and there&period; Playing with a controller certainly makes it much easier&period; I personally don&&num;8217&semi;t enjoy using keyboard and mouse controls for platformers&period; I will say that <em>Dad Quest<&sol;em> controls well with a keyboard and mouse&semi; it&&num;8217&semi;s just much&comma; much better with a controller&period; The UI hasn&&num;8217&semi;t been updated completely with controller prompts but since the game is in early access&comma; updates do continue to roll out&period; The developer has been very responsive to updating the game and making sure to implement changes based on the feedback they receive&period; The controller support alone only came out a few days ago so they are making changes on a regular basis&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s not too long in length&period; I think I completed what the game has to offer so far in about five hours but with it being in early access&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m sure the developer will continue to add to it&period; I&&num;8217&semi;d absolutely love not only a sequel to this game but would love to see future releases from the developer as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;121545" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-121545" style&equals;"width&colon; 960px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-121545" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;03&sol;19035647&sol;fdb7d0da813cd9c4ec114395b3c20092763a4a2c&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Dad Quest&comma; Excalibur Games" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"540" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-121545" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Dad Quest&comma; Excalibur Games<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The music is incredible&period; There&&num;8217&semi;s no other way to say it&period; I know for a fact that I&&num;8217&semi;ll be listening to this outside the game because of how retro and catchy it is&period; This game is obviously both a throwback and a tribute to older games but also a game developed with a lot of passion&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s clear that the developer not only cares deeply for this game but also its fans&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I had a lot of fun with <em>Dad Quest<&sol;em> and look forward to seeing the game and community grow&period; The gameplay is tight and the humor is just right&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s very clear that Sundae Month really cared about this game as it&&num;8217&semi;s designed well and an absolute delight to play&period; It may be in early access but it&&num;8217&semi;ll great to see this game grow and change over time and at &dollar;7&period;99&comma; you really can&&num;8217&semi;t beat the price either&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>A review copy was provided by the publisher for the purposes of this review&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>I had a lot of fun with <em>Dad Quest<&sol;em>&period; Not only was it a well made game but it also got my humor exactly right&period; I was laughing so much through this game&period; From the self-aware humor to the lame Dad style humor&period; This is a good game that is absolutely worth the price tag&period; You could always wait for a sale that will likely happen when it&&num;8217&semi;s out of Early Access but at &dollar;7&period;99 for a funny and well designed game&comma; you really can&&num;8217&semi;t complain&period; Let us know what you think of the game in the comments or on Twitter at &commat;BagoGames&period; You can also follow me at &commat;Mrjoshnichols to see my thoughts as I play through games both for leisure and for reviews&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;