GuyFriday
A wonderful title full of personality, iconic characters, great gun play, and pure horror from many different subgenres. My only gripe is that the inventory was absurdly generous, and there are a few plot holes here and there, more noticeable than Resident Evil's usual plot holes. An absolute recommend from beginning to end.
2020
Not as great as 2, but I adored it. The extra mechanics of gathering tile, plus the use of the flying Pikmin made it a more than welcome addition to the Pikmin series. I did appreciating having Olimar and Louie be part of the story, instead of them being completely removed. Plus having the Plasm Wraith stalk you and hunt you down during the final boss made for an incredibly tense and scary experience. What I did find odd is that this game has achievements. Is that something Nintendo doesn't normally do with their games? It's got me curious.
I hope we keep these little prey at the top of the food chain once again. And considering this is the best selling Pikmin game, I hope that that future isn't too far away.
I hope we keep these little prey at the top of the food chain once again. And considering this is the best selling Pikmin game, I hope that that future isn't too far away.
I love that Nintendo has been making definitive versions of their Wii U games. The addition of Bowser's Fury, while short, was absolutely fantastic. I hope that Nintendo plays around with a big open world formula like this more in the future.
Abashedly a Paper Mario spiritual successor. And while it's absolutely better than the first Paper Mario, I'd say it does not surpass Thousand Year Door, but absolutely matches it. If you're thinking twice on this game, don't hesitate. It's absolutely worth it. I hope that Bug Fables gets a sequel, because there's so much that can be done with this concept.
Maybe people here have just think that Origami King's good in comparison to Sticker Star and Color Splash, but as a guy whose last Paper Mario game was Super Paper Mario, this was god awful.
Character design is bland with little personality to it, the writing was just insufferable, with Olivia being on the level of Fi and Navi for just stating the most obvious thing and feeling like 5-6 steps behind my own thought process. She's genuinely stupid and I couldn't stop myself from groaning or rolling my eyes when she would flap her little origami mouth.
The partners were tolerable, but felt more like a bone being thrown to fans who want the partners that were in the first trilogy, with Bobby being useless as all shit. No, it wasn't sad when he died, shut up.
The combat system was gimmicky and rather worthless, seeing as how running felt like a much better alternative. And between time extensions and Toads literally solving the puzzles for you, why were there so many ways to make the combat system something to easily avoid? Did the team know it stinks, but it was too late to fundamentally change? Either go all in or don't do it.
This game feels like it wants to harken back to the old days of Paper Mario, but either doesn't know how to or doesn't want to fully commit. And when you try and make something for everyone, you end up just making crap that nobody can really enjoy.
tl;dr Leave Paper Mario in the shredder where it belongs. You're not gonna get the good stuff ever again. Just play Bug Fables instead.
Character design is bland with little personality to it, the writing was just insufferable, with Olivia being on the level of Fi and Navi for just stating the most obvious thing and feeling like 5-6 steps behind my own thought process. She's genuinely stupid and I couldn't stop myself from groaning or rolling my eyes when she would flap her little origami mouth.
The partners were tolerable, but felt more like a bone being thrown to fans who want the partners that were in the first trilogy, with Bobby being useless as all shit. No, it wasn't sad when he died, shut up.
The combat system was gimmicky and rather worthless, seeing as how running felt like a much better alternative. And between time extensions and Toads literally solving the puzzles for you, why were there so many ways to make the combat system something to easily avoid? Did the team know it stinks, but it was too late to fundamentally change? Either go all in or don't do it.
This game feels like it wants to harken back to the old days of Paper Mario, but either doesn't know how to or doesn't want to fully commit. And when you try and make something for everyone, you end up just making crap that nobody can really enjoy.
tl;dr Leave Paper Mario in the shredder where it belongs. You're not gonna get the good stuff ever again. Just play Bug Fables instead.
This game made me realize just exactly how much I take for granted in Fire Emblem. One universal upgrade for all classes, free trade, seeing how far the enemy can move, not healing people who are already fully healed, all the fun shit. Play this if you love Fire Emblem and want a real restrictive handicap challenge.
2019
While a bit of a departure from the series' RPG roots, it's a delightful entry point into the series that really wraps you in with its strong character writing and hack and slash combat. It feels like an interactive anime at points!
A must have for any Yakuza fan. Some games are rougher than others, but they are all an absolute treat to play.
This is a collection of 3 RPGs that created the JRPG genre. They are so immersive and clever, and genuinely enjoyable and fun to play. Grinding can be a pain, plus some of the stuff in 1 can be cryptic, while 2 has a bullshit encounter rate, and 3 requires you to grind a whole bunch, the games themselves should be considered required playing when getting into RPGs. Absolute masterpieces, from start to finish.
A fantastic return to form for the formerly stagnant franchise. While the game can be punishing, its easy to pick up hard to master style is what made itself so iconic to begin with. Combo inputs can be difficult, but nothing that can't be figured out with repetition. Definitely worth playing and going back to again and again for anyone familiar with Tony Hawk's better games.
A major improvement over the first game, with online co-op, dungeons, daily bonuses, and even carrying over the characters from Dragon Quest Heroes 1. Definitely give this a go if you like Dragon Quest and Musou games, the tower defense emphasis isn't anywhere as strong as it was in the first game.
Reminds me a lot of Fighting EX Layer. I'm fully on board with another Virtua Fighter game, but 5 feels like the best and worst that old school fighting games have to offer. It's absolutely a treat to play, but you can definitely do better. I hope the series doesn't remain dormant and keeps striving to be better so it can stack up the big boys of the genre.
Sony's marketing team sucks so much balls, because I came into this game expecting it to be generic and dull, mostly completely uninspired.
But between the incredibly strong platforming, the LBP charm retained, and the excellent rhythm platforming levels that took me back to the days of Rayman Origins, this is definitely a game worth looking into and playing. It's basically Sony's Super Mario 3D World. Just don't expect a ton of customization, because that is absolutely not here at all.
But between the incredibly strong platforming, the LBP charm retained, and the excellent rhythm platforming levels that took me back to the days of Rayman Origins, this is definitely a game worth looking into and playing. It's basically Sony's Super Mario 3D World. Just don't expect a ton of customization, because that is absolutely not here at all.
2018
Pure buns. It's on the level of Sega Bass Fishing, but even that game does some things better. It's buggy, slow, and sometimes rather unreasonable. You'd have a better time with Big's story in Sonic Adventure.
Also, admin, can you put the box art on this? It feels so weird to it not have a box at this point.
Also, admin, can you put the box art on this? It feels so weird to it not have a box at this point.
A masterpiece of the JRPG genre, with a strong narrative structure and cast. Truly a revolutionary game of its time that has aged more gracefully than some will admit. Absolute must play if you love JRPGs.