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Mighty Switch Force! Hose It Down! Portable

Updated: Mar 27, 2020





















































About This Game WayForward’s award-winning Mighty Switch Force series, transformed into a pick-up-and-play puzzler! Team up with Officer Patricia Wagon to save Tangent City from a fiery blaze! As a member of Planet Land’s Fire Brigade, your job is to douse the fire in each building — and to evacuate any Hooligan Sisters who may be trapped inside. It’s a dangerous job, but if anyone can save the city, you and Patty can! Slide blocks around the playfield, and let loose a powerful water spray from Officer Wagon's Infinity Dousing Apparatus (err… hose). Douse all of the flames, and the stage is clear! Sounds easy, right? Block types vary from simple slide-puzzle obstacles to full-blown brain-busters like Turnpike Blocks, Mud Blocks, and Cloak Blocks. Each level has been lovingly crafted and is WayForward Certified, guaranteed to challenge, befuddle, and tickle your fancy. This version includes: -50 puzzles spread across 10 Worlds. -Fully illustrated cutscenes -Speed Run challenges -An incredible soundtrack by Jake “Virt” Kaufman 6d5b4406ea Title: Mighty Switch Force! Hose It Down!Genre: Action, Casual, Indie, StrategyDeveloper:WayForwardPublisher:WayForwardRelease Date: 4 Jun, 2015 Mighty Switch Force! Hose It Down! Portable mighty switch force hose it down Not for $3. This is about 1 hour of gameplay and it's not that engaging.I love WF, and this game isn't outright bad, but it just has no substance at all. Go buy MSF1\/2 or Shantae instead. Much better use of your money.. This is a Puzzle spin-off, not a plataformer like the main games of the seriesHose it Down! is a great and simple puzzle game, with just as much personality as the main games have. While the game may feel short at first, since it took me about 2 hours to complete the base 25 stages under the time limit for each "Star", I was surprised by another 25 EX stages. At that moment I knew I had to tell the world about this game.The challenge is there for those who want it, with the previously mentioned "Stars" in each level, in case you complete them under a certain time. If you just play casually you can still have fun, but the thrill of shaving off each second from your previous best time while trying to get each "Star" is a superb feeling.The music is great in my opinion, it certainly made me feel pumped even while facing hard stages and I caught myself humming some stage themes a few times.I do have one complaint, and it is the control. This is a port of a mobile game, and it shows. Dragging the blocks around can be a little iffy at times, and you must make horizontal or vertical moves only, if you by mistake try to move a block in a diagonal (even if you have space for it), you may end up not moving the block at all. This can be an issue while trying for better times, leading to frustration.And I haven't found a 'gallery' option in the game to check the cool pictures you get after each completed set of stages. Bummer.Even with the controls being a little annoying at times, I still recommend the game for its price. It's a great pass time and challenging too.. Meh. Just meh.I'm loving what wayfoward is doing by putting quality games on steam. While this title isn't bad, you get what you pay for. If your looking for good cheap fun that can last, i highly reccomend metal slug 3 on\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665\u2665for about 2.50$. it's more worth it than this. not saying this isn't bad.. It's like Pipe Mania, but actually on Steam. Also it's on fire. And it's in space.Not much depth to speak of. A slew of some 50 levels sounds expansive, but given the nature of being a... Err, casual puzzle title, the levels fly by... fast. Good way to waste time, though. Fairly inexpensive to boot. Runs smooth as butter, given the pixel graphics.. If only patricia existed.....damn XDanyways, i am so happy to play this game on steam,i really love the soundtrack a lot!the protagonist (she's very attractive to me lol) the voice actor for patricia,(which is stephanie komure), the backgrounds, the graphics, the cutscenes, and(strangely to me) the title screenwhen i first played this game, the controls i had to get used to, cause i'm so used to playing video games with a control instead of using a mouse to move the blocks, (i'm more of a console gamer than a pc gamer, enen though there is a mobile version of this game, but the pc version is a little better to me due to the fact you dont have to pay for extra puzzles lol)bottom line, this game rocks so much to me, any mighty switch force! game that comes out i'm definately gonna get them, CAUSE THIS GUY RIGHT HERE...IS A BIG MIGHTY SWITCH FORCE! FAN :)you rule jake kaufman, your the greatest video game composer of all time to me, and great job wayforward for developing another mighty switch force! game, keep it up wayforward :Dbtw my personal rating of this game is 8\/10. This is a port of the mobile game and it's a good port, no problems. Best Firefighter Simulator ever. Just your basic simple quirky fun cute puzzle game where you put out fires and save people. It's a good simple cheap to pick up and waste some time if you are bored. The puzzles get harder and require more thinking which means more fun.Also once again it has good music. But it's a Wayforward game of course it's gonna have good music.. Is it just me or is that last puzzle a fryer?The Good News:Signature Wayforward art style; cute girls abound, and a plucky lead. Jake Kaufman's pumpin' music score makes for a memorable soundtrack. Some clever mechanical twists in this smart puzzler.The Bad News:You may be better off purchasing the soundtrack - go ahead, it's on Bandcamp. I got a lot more enjoyment from the music alone, compared to this super short pipeline puzzler. The difficulty is bog standard until the end where it spikes in an absurd manner. Also, what is the point of those silly timers if you're just aiming at your own scores?Recommendation:The mobile pedigree of this title shows through the veneer of a lazy PC port. It's fun, but you can do better for the asking price. Dissappointing if you're coming from the mainstream Mighty Switch Force series. Look for a sale.. I would not recommend this game unless you have a touchscreen. Dragging blocks requires quite precise cursor movements - you have to actually trace their path - less they'll just get stuck in a place, which is rather rage-inducing considering par time. Such mechanic would work well with a finger, not so much with a mouse. While that might seem like not that big of a problem on it's own, the game itself is not that long in the first place, and frustration from dragging blocks dampens the whole impression.

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