Even Small Children Who May Be Too Young To Play

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Whatever level you decide to explore, the developers bring environmental sounds as well as fitting theme music to life, further adding to the realism of the game. If you’re in the glades, you’ll hear sheep bleating and birds happily chirping, or frogs croaking by the ponds. In the ancient mines or construction sites, you’ll hear the rhythmic clink-clink-clink of Mabu slaves hammering away. Music accompanies each level with unique tracks that perfectly complement the sound effects, and really help to build the atmosphere, letting you immerse yourself fully in the world around you.

For example, in Cutthroat Carnival, a lively jig plays in the background, similar to those you’d hear sea-faring folk or pirates playing in the movies. In Glacier Gully, stringed instruments and a choir create an ethereal audio backdrop as your character slides around in the huge ice bowls. Players will find the soundtrack manages to build the mood, whether with an upbeat, pounding rhythm while you’re battling enemies, or the cheery playfulness of spring, merrily bouncing from one note to the next while you are gallivanting around ...
... the countryside.The graphics and audio create a perfect package for players of all ages.

Even small children who may be too young to play can sit and watch, since the game is interspersed with enough cutscenes and entertaining movies that a child can enjoy the story without ever having to pick up a controller. And during gameplay, the Skylanders’ unique personalities and skills, along with the vast areas you can explore, will keep observers amused and draw them into the game. The script is written in such a way that adults can appreciate any tongue-in-cheek lines – while children can giggle at the silliness of the characters. One thing that I’ve always liked is that there are also subtitles for the cutscenes and movies, so children can learn words as they watch the story unfold. Unfortunately, this feature isn’t very consistent in Skylanders Giants, but thankfully the movies that are without subtitles are few and far between.

As you can see, there’s a lot that’s been packed into this new Skylanders game. To further entice players – especially the completionists out there – Activision has added more collectibles, player goals, and even new character objectives. Each level has certain goals outside of the main objective, such as completing the chapter in x-amount of time, finding all of the collectibles (treasure chests, Legendary Treasure, hats, Winged Sapphires, etc.), and finding all the areas (including those that are locked behind Elemental Gates). Of course, in order to explore all of the areas, you have to own at least nine different characters – one of each elemental, plus a Giant.

This brings us to the new player objectives, which can be viewed in the Collections Menu. There are six categories: Skylanders (to view those that you own), Story Scrolls, Skystones (to view your deck), Accolades, Charms (earned in Arena Challenges), and Movies (where you can review the mini-movies that you’fifa coins trader ve seen up to your progress point). There are 16 Accolades to receive, all of which are rewarded by owning certain groups of Skylanders (e.g. owning the three starter characters from Spyro’s Adventure, owning all the characters within one colour base or elemental type, etc.). There is so much more to do in the game that time will run away on you!