I've been meaning to get into pikmin for a while now, I played the pikmin 3 demo on wii u way back when, and quite enjoyed it, so here I am many moons later finally giving the series a shot, starting with the first game (the switch port).
I really enjoyed my time with it, I liked the gameplay, the music, and I thought the atmosphere and areas were pretty good, you're this tiny man who's stranded on a strange planet, inhabited by all sorts of creatures, one of them of course being the pikmin, not only that, but you've only got 30 days (which I believe is about 15 mins per day) to get the essential parts of your ship back as oxygen is deadly for olimar, who actually has a family back home, and as the days go on, you see him not only learn more about his surroundings, but also just his general thoughts, wondering if he'll truly ever get back home...
The gameplay of pikmin boils down to growing pikmin, using your pikmin to collect objects, solve puzzles and fight off enemies, this game is all about efficiency, multi-tasking if you will. Knowing how to approach enemies, what parts to prioritise, the best routes to take is key to mastering this game, now on your first playthrough you obviously wont know much, which creates quite a tense playthrough, as you rush to one piece to another, not having a clue whats what, really driving the whole stuck alone on a foreign planet home.
The only negative I have with the game is that it's quite jank and there's some annoying qwerks, I'll break it down into 3 things, 1 you're pikmin will stop at every grass patch and... concrete I think it is, to get nectar, and while it's useful you're pikmin stopping every minute gets annoying pretty quickly, It would have been better to have to manually throw them/ send them to it specifically like for most things in the game. 2 is just general qwerkiness, I'm not sure if these were intentional but your pikmin will just flat out stop following you sometimes, they'll just run really slow, or they simply just wont obey you, again it might be intentional but I feel there could have been a better way to make them feel "real". Lastly 3, pikmin just have the hardest time with slopes and bridges, there's not much else to say really they just either get stuck, clip through or cant walk on em propperly.
But overall, I found it to be a really good time, despite the jankyness of an early 3D 2000s game, I think it's a great experience you should try at least once, or maybe the other games, I haven't played them, but I hear nothing but praise from the people who have. I'm glad I started and I hope it only gets better from here :)
I really enjoyed my time with it, I liked the gameplay, the music, and I thought the atmosphere and areas were pretty good, you're this tiny man who's stranded on a strange planet, inhabited by all sorts of creatures, one of them of course being the pikmin, not only that, but you've only got 30 days (which I believe is about 15 mins per day) to get the essential parts of your ship back as oxygen is deadly for olimar, who actually has a family back home, and as the days go on, you see him not only learn more about his surroundings, but also just his general thoughts, wondering if he'll truly ever get back home...
The gameplay of pikmin boils down to growing pikmin, using your pikmin to collect objects, solve puzzles and fight off enemies, this game is all about efficiency, multi-tasking if you will. Knowing how to approach enemies, what parts to prioritise, the best routes to take is key to mastering this game, now on your first playthrough you obviously wont know much, which creates quite a tense playthrough, as you rush to one piece to another, not having a clue whats what, really driving the whole stuck alone on a foreign planet home.
The only negative I have with the game is that it's quite jank and there's some annoying qwerks, I'll break it down into 3 things, 1 you're pikmin will stop at every grass patch and... concrete I think it is, to get nectar, and while it's useful you're pikmin stopping every minute gets annoying pretty quickly, It would have been better to have to manually throw them/ send them to it specifically like for most things in the game. 2 is just general qwerkiness, I'm not sure if these were intentional but your pikmin will just flat out stop following you sometimes, they'll just run really slow, or they simply just wont obey you, again it might be intentional but I feel there could have been a better way to make them feel "real". Lastly 3, pikmin just have the hardest time with slopes and bridges, there's not much else to say really they just either get stuck, clip through or cant walk on em propperly.
But overall, I found it to be a really good time, despite the jankyness of an early 3D 2000s game, I think it's a great experience you should try at least once, or maybe the other games, I haven't played them, but I hear nothing but praise from the people who have. I'm glad I started and I hope it only gets better from here :)