{"id":3854,"date":"2021-04-17T16:17:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T16:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/?p=3854"},"modified":"2021-04-17T16:17:16","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T16:17:16","slug":"valfaris-running-gunning-metal-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/archives\/3854","title":{"rendered":"Valfaris: Running &#038; Gunning &#8211; METAL Style!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/valfaris.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/valfaris-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/valfaris-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/valfaris-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/valfaris-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/valfaris-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/valfaris.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve been keeping <b>Valfaris<\/b> on the backburner despite it checking a lot of the boxes of games I like.  This old-school-style, side-scrolling 2D run-and-gun action game presents a stiff challenge to go with its retro-inspired look.  While you genuinely know what you&#8217;re getting into here &#8211; an ultra-violent <b>Contra<\/b> clone at heart, the game&#8217;s soundtrack simply makes you want to tear into more foes after each disappointing death.  I&#8217;m only a few hours in, but I&#8217;m thoroughly enjoying the consistent influx of power-ups, the satisfaction of improving and the pulsing rhythms of metal blaring in mine ears.  This is definitely not one to sleep on and despite its high difficulty, it&#8217;s entertained me a great deal so far!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been keeping Valfaris on the backburner despite it checking a lot of the boxes of games I like. This old-school-style, side-scrolling 2D run-and-gun action game presents a stiff challenge to go with its retro-inspired look. While you genuinely know what you&#8217;re getting into here &#8211; an ultra-violent Contra clone at heart, the game&#8217;s soundtrack [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3856,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3854\/revisions\/3856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}