GAMERGOAT
This review contains spoilers
(!)Review copy-pasted straight from Twitter lol
I think I may have overhyped myself because it really wasn't all that special lmao. The story was fine, I've been out of the Star Wars franchise since ep 9, but I don't think I needed to have caught up on my Star Wars lore to enjoy this (which is a good thing)
Where the game excelled were the lightsaber battles. They were finally able to give me that rush of being a jedi that hasn't been captured before in Battlefront or Force Unleashed. Shame there were only 3 of them in the whole game
The puzzles in the game were offensively simple, but offensively obtuse as well. I would have chalked it up to me just being a dumbass but when I looked up the answer for the easiest puzzle in the game on youtube and I saw that 1.2M people ALSO looked it up, I think I have a point here
What I didn't expect was for this game to be a metroidvania. I'm not the biggest fan of that genre, but for what its worth, this one was designed really well. EXCEPT for the Zeffo temple. The level design there is so frustratingly obtuse and hidden that there are deadass walkthroughs on youtube showing you how to LEAVE the area
The Uncharted style platforming was okay, but a little unresponsive at times. I still don't get what was the point of having to press L2 to grab on to objects. Just autograb it for me like Uncharted does??
I think the most disappointing aspect for me was character dynamics. Like yo I really wasn't sold on Greez, Cere, and Cal being friends. I eventually did after taking the holocron back and I was hyped for what was next
...and then the credits started rolling. Like seriously?? That's it!?
Like even after finishing the game I really couldn't tell you a single thing about any of the characters. Cal is hot but he's also like pretty bland tbh lmao. I also was not sold whatsoever with the actor's performance, no hate to Mr. Monaghan ofc, but yeah. Times where Cal shouts or is in pain like when he thinks Cere died or whatever, my guy just won't show any negative emotion past mildly bothered
Other than the definitive lightsaber experience, I also think this game is a great entrypoint into the Soulsborne genre. It's pretty similar to Sekiro swordplay wise except much easier
Overall, it's a pretty good Star Wars game, but definitely has a lot of room for improvement. If you wanna play another Respawn game with a better story, I recommend Titanfall 2
I think I may have overhyped myself because it really wasn't all that special lmao. The story was fine, I've been out of the Star Wars franchise since ep 9, but I don't think I needed to have caught up on my Star Wars lore to enjoy this (which is a good thing)
Where the game excelled were the lightsaber battles. They were finally able to give me that rush of being a jedi that hasn't been captured before in Battlefront or Force Unleashed. Shame there were only 3 of them in the whole game
The puzzles in the game were offensively simple, but offensively obtuse as well. I would have chalked it up to me just being a dumbass but when I looked up the answer for the easiest puzzle in the game on youtube and I saw that 1.2M people ALSO looked it up, I think I have a point here
What I didn't expect was for this game to be a metroidvania. I'm not the biggest fan of that genre, but for what its worth, this one was designed really well. EXCEPT for the Zeffo temple. The level design there is so frustratingly obtuse and hidden that there are deadass walkthroughs on youtube showing you how to LEAVE the area
The Uncharted style platforming was okay, but a little unresponsive at times. I still don't get what was the point of having to press L2 to grab on to objects. Just autograb it for me like Uncharted does??
I think the most disappointing aspect for me was character dynamics. Like yo I really wasn't sold on Greez, Cere, and Cal being friends. I eventually did after taking the holocron back and I was hyped for what was next
...and then the credits started rolling. Like seriously?? That's it!?
Like even after finishing the game I really couldn't tell you a single thing about any of the characters. Cal is hot but he's also like pretty bland tbh lmao. I also was not sold whatsoever with the actor's performance, no hate to Mr. Monaghan ofc, but yeah. Times where Cal shouts or is in pain like when he thinks Cere died or whatever, my guy just won't show any negative emotion past mildly bothered
Other than the definitive lightsaber experience, I also think this game is a great entrypoint into the Soulsborne genre. It's pretty similar to Sekiro swordplay wise except much easier
Overall, it's a pretty good Star Wars game, but definitely has a lot of room for improvement. If you wanna play another Respawn game with a better story, I recommend Titanfall 2
2017
Great experience. It's pretty much just the first game but like 90 minutes longer and that's great!
Having the links the characters send actually lead you to your browser or download stuff onto your desktop is really cool, but just a little annoying if you're trying to stream because you'd have to switch tabs
Deff deserves at least one other playthrough to get another one of the endings :peace_sign:
Having the links the characters send actually lead you to your browser or download stuff onto your desktop is really cool, but just a little annoying if you're trying to stream because you'd have to switch tabs
Deff deserves at least one other playthrough to get another one of the endings :peace_sign:
2015
Perfectly captures the late 90s-early 2000s AOL Instant Messenger vibe. It's only 40 minutes long and its free, so there's literally no reason not to try it out lol
2022
It's not Portal 3 that's for sure
Jokes aside tho, it's fun for what it is. Its 100% just a showcase of what the Steam Deck can do, and its definitely advertised as such
I'm just glad to be able to dip back into the world of Portal even it was just for like 35 mins
Jokes aside tho, it's fun for what it is. Its 100% just a showcase of what the Steam Deck can do, and its definitely advertised as such
I'm just glad to be able to dip back into the world of Portal even it was just for like 35 mins
This review contains spoilers
(!)Review copy-pasted straight from Twitter lol
"So I first played this game when it came out in 2013 and I NEVER expected to beat it honestly
The difficulty gap between this and the first game is comically large, so I just never really bothered to reinstall and finish this lmao
That is, until I reached a point where most of my friends were either asleep/offline or I didn't have any data so I didn't have anythin to do on my phone while I was out of the house lol
So I reinstalled this for the funsies just so I had smth to do
Least favorite world: Frostbite Caves
Ice winds are so incredibly dumb and limit your plant options to only fire plants because hot potato is dogwater. Pepper pult also feels like the weakest plant in the game, but that's probably just bc of sound design/visuals lol
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Most difficult world: Jurassic Marsh
Was debating between this and BWB, but I think this is just a tad harder. I know lots of people don't like perfume shroom, but without it I would not have beaten this world lmao
Also thank goodness this world has the best plants in the game
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Best song in the game: First Wave - Wild West
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While, it is a shame that Laura Shigihara didn't compose all the songs in the game, Peter McConnell does a great job too and the Wild West songs are proof of that
Altho unlike pvz 1, not all songs are made equal unfortunately. I like almost all the pvz 1 songs equally whereas, i think the entire soundtrack for frostbite caves is doodoo wipes personally
And also my game had so many audio issues anyway. Either sfx or music would cut out and it was soo distracting. Especially in big wave beach and the last few levels of modern day, geez
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Most annoying zombie: King Zombie
It really was a tough pick between every zombie in BWB, some in NMT, but this guy was just pain and suffering
I'm glad Dark Ages only had 20 levels bc I would have lost it if this guy gave another goddamn basic a knight helmet
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Favorite plant: SNAPDRAGON BABEYYY
i dont even wanna explain myself. This guy rocks. Bro carried me in almost every single world
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Last part of the thread, but I just wanna talk about Modern Day rq..
So for the positives, seeing this lawn in the pvz 2 art style is sooo good, I think the pvz 2 art style is superior in pretty much every way
I'm very indifferent about the shadow plants, I kinda don't really care about them lol
The time rifts were a neat mechanic, but severely underutilized.
I like my levels a little easier, so I'm glad that they didn't show up too much, but even I can admit that it was wasted potential lmao
Overall tho, Modern Day was disappointing af.
Firstly in difficulty, Jurassic Marsh and Big Wave Beach are 2 of the hardest worlds back to back and then I get to Modern Day and the difficulty goes all the way down again lmao
Secondly, in execution mismo. Maybe I'm asking for too much, but I feel like they coulda done more with both using mechanics from every world and also bringing back some nostalgia from the first game. Like idk, have one stage set at night and bring back disco zombie idk
Lastly, the sense of finality. The boss fights were hella disappointing and it's been a talking point in the pvz fandom for a long time now. It would have been so amazing to have a boss rush of the zombots (which we did, kinda) that would culminate into the original zombot
Altho I'm not asking them to rehash the same fight again, but what if we fought this zombot and the setting would start in modern day, but it would shift time periods all throughout the level. Maybe each phase could bea different time period?
And maybe we could have one plant from each world too. I'm thinkin
-Iceberg Lettuce
-Snapdragon/Coconut Cannon
-Melon Pult
-Rotobaga/Chard Guard
-Endurian
-Citron
-(idfk all DA plants suck for this concept,maybe magnet)
-Thyme Warp
-Primal Peashooter
-Bowling Bulbs
-Grimrose/Shadow Shroom
Altho to compensate for all the heavy hitters, this final stage should be hard as fuck
I'm talkin some dumbass shit like a velociraptor kicking zomboss' ice ball forward or something stupid like that
Or zomboss opening up a time rift to the first game and a zombotany zombie comes out idfk
None of what I'm saying is realistic bc im sleepy af, but it does sound cool tho i can't lie
Ok that is all. Thread is over byebye
"So I first played this game when it came out in 2013 and I NEVER expected to beat it honestly
The difficulty gap between this and the first game is comically large, so I just never really bothered to reinstall and finish this lmao
That is, until I reached a point where most of my friends were either asleep/offline or I didn't have any data so I didn't have anythin to do on my phone while I was out of the house lol
So I reinstalled this for the funsies just so I had smth to do
Least favorite world: Frostbite Caves
Ice winds are so incredibly dumb and limit your plant options to only fire plants because hot potato is dogwater. Pepper pult also feels like the weakest plant in the game, but that's probably just bc of sound design/visuals lol
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Most difficult world: Jurassic Marsh
Was debating between this and BWB, but I think this is just a tad harder. I know lots of people don't like perfume shroom, but without it I would not have beaten this world lmao
Also thank goodness this world has the best plants in the game
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Best song in the game: First Wave - Wild West
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While, it is a shame that Laura Shigihara didn't compose all the songs in the game, Peter McConnell does a great job too and the Wild West songs are proof of that
Altho unlike pvz 1, not all songs are made equal unfortunately. I like almost all the pvz 1 songs equally whereas, i think the entire soundtrack for frostbite caves is doodoo wipes personally
And also my game had so many audio issues anyway. Either sfx or music would cut out and it was soo distracting. Especially in big wave beach and the last few levels of modern day, geez
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Most annoying zombie: King Zombie
It really was a tough pick between every zombie in BWB, some in NMT, but this guy was just pain and suffering
I'm glad Dark Ages only had 20 levels bc I would have lost it if this guy gave another goddamn basic a knight helmet
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Favorite plant: SNAPDRAGON BABEYYY
i dont even wanna explain myself. This guy rocks. Bro carried me in almost every single world
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Last part of the thread, but I just wanna talk about Modern Day rq..
So for the positives, seeing this lawn in the pvz 2 art style is sooo good, I think the pvz 2 art style is superior in pretty much every way
I'm very indifferent about the shadow plants, I kinda don't really care about them lol
The time rifts were a neat mechanic, but severely underutilized.
I like my levels a little easier, so I'm glad that they didn't show up too much, but even I can admit that it was wasted potential lmao
Overall tho, Modern Day was disappointing af.
Firstly in difficulty, Jurassic Marsh and Big Wave Beach are 2 of the hardest worlds back to back and then I get to Modern Day and the difficulty goes all the way down again lmao
Secondly, in execution mismo. Maybe I'm asking for too much, but I feel like they coulda done more with both using mechanics from every world and also bringing back some nostalgia from the first game. Like idk, have one stage set at night and bring back disco zombie idk
Lastly, the sense of finality. The boss fights were hella disappointing and it's been a talking point in the pvz fandom for a long time now. It would have been so amazing to have a boss rush of the zombots (which we did, kinda) that would culminate into the original zombot
Altho I'm not asking them to rehash the same fight again, but what if we fought this zombot and the setting would start in modern day, but it would shift time periods all throughout the level. Maybe each phase could bea different time period?
And maybe we could have one plant from each world too. I'm thinkin
-Iceberg Lettuce
-Snapdragon/Coconut Cannon
-Melon Pult
-Rotobaga/Chard Guard
-Endurian
-Citron
-(idfk all DA plants suck for this concept,maybe magnet)
-Thyme Warp
-Primal Peashooter
-Bowling Bulbs
-Grimrose/Shadow Shroom
Altho to compensate for all the heavy hitters, this final stage should be hard as fuck
I'm talkin some dumbass shit like a velociraptor kicking zomboss' ice ball forward or something stupid like that
Or zomboss opening up a time rift to the first game and a zombotany zombie comes out idfk
None of what I'm saying is realistic bc im sleepy af, but it does sound cool tho i can't lie
Ok that is all. Thread is over byebye
2011
PEAK RETURNS!!! This has been in my top 10 games of all time, despite the fact that I've never actually played it. Feels very very validating to know that that fact remains even after finally getting a chance to experience this outside of a let's play
Altho really weird thing is that, despite me believing that this 100% is a better game than the original in almost every aspect, I think I liked my playthrough of the first game more? It's weird, but the pacing in the first game was absolutely perfect, but this one felt like it dragged a little (especially in the Old Aperture areas)
I think it's because the puzzles are waaaayy bigger now, to the point where they added a zoom feature. So half the time, in the later portions of the game, you're just looking around trying to figure out WHERE to place your next portal lmao
Anyway, best ending to any video game ever made. Fight me
Altho really weird thing is that, despite me believing that this 100% is a better game than the original in almost every aspect, I think I liked my playthrough of the first game more? It's weird, but the pacing in the first game was absolutely perfect, but this one felt like it dragged a little (especially in the Old Aperture areas)
I think it's because the puzzles are waaaayy bigger now, to the point where they added a zoom feature. So half the time, in the later portions of the game, you're just looking around trying to figure out WHERE to place your next portal lmao
Anyway, best ending to any video game ever made. Fight me
2007
PEAK, shit is like 3 hours long and it was the best 3 hours of my life. First puzzle game I've ever played where I actually didn't feel like a dumbass and completed every puzzle (including the challenge ones) without looking up a guide
Came out in 2007 and my ass still got Still Alive playing on loop in 2023
Came out in 2007 and my ass still got Still Alive playing on loop in 2023
2017
mman how the fuck does a simple handbag robbery result in a 6-man shootout
Easily the most politically charged game I've ever played. Disco Elysium has a lot to say and damn does it say those things really well over the course of a 20-ish hour gripping narrative
This isn't usually the type of game that I would play from start to finish, but DAMN was I hooked after the first hour. Genuinely, I think this game raised my standards for what I consider "good writing"
The dice roll mechanic is the highlight of this game for sure. One of the most creative and fun unique game mechanics I've ever personally experienced since Shadow of Mordor's Nemesis System
It's pretty slow game for the most part and VERY VERY dialogue heavy, but all that shit gets turned upside down once you get to the Mercenary Tribunal, like hooooly shit. One of the coldest moments in gaming imo
Almost a perfect rating too. Apart from a couple audio bugs, my main (albeit really minor) gripe is how there's no fast travel from the Whirling to the docks, like why not? There's a fast travel between the little fishing village and the church (which have 0 loading screens btw), but no fast travel to the docks which is separated from the rest of the game by like 3 loading screens wtf
Overall, fantastic experience. Shoutouts to my friend for constantly bombarding me until I played this. Despite its 23ish hour playtime and my lack of time, almost wanna go and replay it again lol
This isn't usually the type of game that I would play from start to finish, but DAMN was I hooked after the first hour. Genuinely, I think this game raised my standards for what I consider "good writing"
The dice roll mechanic is the highlight of this game for sure. One of the most creative and fun unique game mechanics I've ever personally experienced since Shadow of Mordor's Nemesis System
It's pretty slow game for the most part and VERY VERY dialogue heavy, but all that shit gets turned upside down once you get to the Mercenary Tribunal, like hooooly shit. One of the coldest moments in gaming imo
Almost a perfect rating too. Apart from a couple audio bugs, my main (albeit really minor) gripe is how there's no fast travel from the Whirling to the docks, like why not? There's a fast travel between the little fishing village and the church (which have 0 loading screens btw), but no fast travel to the docks which is separated from the rest of the game by like 3 loading screens wtf
Overall, fantastic experience. Shoutouts to my friend for constantly bombarding me until I played this. Despite its 23ish hour playtime and my lack of time, almost wanna go and replay it again lol
1996
Really really fun, but really really frustrating at first. Half the time when you're on beat in and it sounds completely perfect, you get a negative rating. But then when you sound completely off, the game rewards you for it like tf
It might have something to do with the fact that I was playing on a PS3 with a flat screen TV, so maybe there was a delay there? Idk, I think it's cool in the first place that it even worked at all considering all the circumstances
Overall tho, really fun and really catchy songs. I can't believe there's literally a song where Parappa has to rap battle in order to take a shit. It's crazy
It might have something to do with the fact that I was playing on a PS3 with a flat screen TV, so maybe there was a delay there? Idk, I think it's cool in the first place that it even worked at all considering all the circumstances
Overall tho, really fun and really catchy songs. I can't believe there's literally a song where Parappa has to rap battle in order to take a shit. It's crazy