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2023
At this point I'm convinced that someone could release a Pikmin 2 mod that just shows a PNG of Louie getting kicked in the balls for two hours uninterrupted and I would probably still give it at least four stars.
This game is a lot like me.
It's horribly ugly, and can be frustrating to deal with at times, but it's heart is in the right place.
It's horribly ugly, and can be frustrating to deal with at times, but it's heart is in the right place.
1996
I think this is the first Super Bomberman game that doesn't feature a godless abomination as a boss fight. I appreciate the restraint.
2020
I just think it's neat.
2021
It didn't take three or more, and it didn't take one or less, so this title can retain it's accuracy.
1993
Pour one out for the pink kangaroo that can dance and do literally nothing else. My new best friend.
I think I'll add this to the long list of games that I can only enjoy with friends after putting about 20 hours or so into the single player.
1994
Final world was designed by serial killers.
2022
This review contains spoilers
So this is mostly going into the singleplayer campaign, as I have played a good chunk of the multiplayer but I don't have as much to say about it. I find it very fun with friends, not something I have any intention of playing on my own. I'm also very bad at Splatoon so I don't think that aspect helps much either.
But I would still say the multiplayer is the majority of stars in this rating.
The singleplayer would switch intermittently between painfully boring and incomprehensibly frustrating. The level gimmicks do not feel as interesting or inspired as they were in the Octo Expansion, and it was more concerned with making use of some of the new exclusive Splatoon 3 items like the grappling hook, most of which I do not find smooth to use at all.
I do like how most of the levels are optional, because by the end of the game I had enough eggs to skip an entire world and that was nice. The music pales in comparison once again to Octo-Expansion, and the final act is the weakest so far in the whole series.
It really just feels like a check in a box before going to the multiplayer, and expelled no emotions from me whatsoever, that is except the piece of shit levels which give you one checkpoint for a 5-minute slog where if you miss one box or target, you're back to the beginning again.
I'm realizing after this game that as much as I want to be, I'm not a huge Splatoon guy. I have an infinite amount of respect for this series, but maybe it may be best if I steer clear of Splatoon 4.
But I would still say the multiplayer is the majority of stars in this rating.
The singleplayer would switch intermittently between painfully boring and incomprehensibly frustrating. The level gimmicks do not feel as interesting or inspired as they were in the Octo Expansion, and it was more concerned with making use of some of the new exclusive Splatoon 3 items like the grappling hook, most of which I do not find smooth to use at all.
I do like how most of the levels are optional, because by the end of the game I had enough eggs to skip an entire world and that was nice. The music pales in comparison once again to Octo-Expansion, and the final act is the weakest so far in the whole series.
It really just feels like a check in a box before going to the multiplayer, and expelled no emotions from me whatsoever, that is except the piece of shit levels which give you one checkpoint for a 5-minute slog where if you miss one box or target, you're back to the beginning again.
I'm realizing after this game that as much as I want to be, I'm not a huge Splatoon guy. I have an infinite amount of respect for this series, but maybe it may be best if I steer clear of Splatoon 4.
2015
This one singular game has about fifty other games crammed inside of it yet, no matter which ones you pick, you'll still be told you're playing the game wrong.
2010
It's amazing that a game that released in 2010 which was met with critical acclaim for its amazing campaign, including an ending that stands as one of the most influential video game finales at least in this decade, has existed for more than a decade with constant streams of positive reception, yet somehow I still really do believe that NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE have talked about this one.
2019
Probably the most fun "Guess the Song" game I have ever played. Using previous Nintendo tunes with the Pikmin 2 sound font makes for such a unique experience, and when I first heard the track for the rest sublevels which samples the Astral Observatory theme from Majora's Mask, I felt I could shed a tear at that moment.
The bonus game that they included with this album is pretty cool too.
The bonus game that they included with this album is pretty cool too.
The idea of this going from a competitive visual novel to a cooperative visual novel is so neat, and it leads to a lot of shared laughter and strategizing.
The writing is exactly the same as it was, so-cringe-that-it's-amazing, and I wouldn't have it any other way goddamnit!
The writing is exactly the same as it was, so-cringe-that-it's-amazing, and I wouldn't have it any other way goddamnit!
This review contains spoilers
I have to review this now because I don't know if we'll beat this final boss before 2023 and I am NOT holding this game in limbo until then it's just ridiculous the shit they expect you to pull off, dodging 3 types of projectiles while accounting for gravity and an insane health bar, this might be the most difficult boss in the entire game and we've barely made it halfway through after several hours, game's a masterpiece
Figuring out the solution in a cross-examination, when the music stops and the mystery begins to unfurl, makes you feel as if for a brief moment the universe has decided to orbit around you at exhilarating speeds. The stars careen past as the courtroom erupts into deductive reasoning, silly banter and heart-wrenching character moments. That sensation of going a million miles per hour simply from a series of text boxes is one that may be unmatched in any game I've played before.
And if I have to suffer through a million Larry Butz's just to experience this feeling again then goddamnit I might just do it.
And if I have to suffer through a million Larry Butz's just to experience this feeling again then goddamnit I might just do it.