A good, yet flawed game.
I like Pikmin 4. But let's be real. The start is horrendous, and the ending is interminable.
The tutorials at the start hold your hand so tight for so long that it's hard to get into the fun afterwards. When the player gets through this is where the game shines.
Pikmin 4 is a super sturdy game. It's absolutely bug-free and you can feel the "Nintendo polish" everywhere. The presentation is cute, the music is good, though not super memorable or researched.
It all falls apart a bit too fast when you figure out the dominant strategies. Then, everything is way too easy to defeat and all challenges are trivialized. After that, the game stretches on and on. It does bring in new challenges, but they're almost all negated by the same old techniques the player's been using for hours at this point. The tedium of dragging stuff back to base sets in violently for what's left of the game.
And then there's also all the repetitive cutscenes and unengaging chattiness of the crew. I found myself skipping most of it since I just wanted to get back to the game.
All in all, it is a good game and a fun time for most of its duration. It just doesn't have enough depth in the gameplay to support what feels like a wayyyy too long game.
I like Pikmin 4. But let's be real. The start is horrendous, and the ending is interminable.
The tutorials at the start hold your hand so tight for so long that it's hard to get into the fun afterwards. When the player gets through this is where the game shines.
Pikmin 4 is a super sturdy game. It's absolutely bug-free and you can feel the "Nintendo polish" everywhere. The presentation is cute, the music is good, though not super memorable or researched.
It all falls apart a bit too fast when you figure out the dominant strategies. Then, everything is way too easy to defeat and all challenges are trivialized. After that, the game stretches on and on. It does bring in new challenges, but they're almost all negated by the same old techniques the player's been using for hours at this point. The tedium of dragging stuff back to base sets in violently for what's left of the game.
And then there's also all the repetitive cutscenes and unengaging chattiness of the crew. I found myself skipping most of it since I just wanted to get back to the game.
All in all, it is a good game and a fun time for most of its duration. It just doesn't have enough depth in the gameplay to support what feels like a wayyyy too long game.