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A classic beatifully remade for the current gen. Insanely fun gameplay that still holds up today. Big cast of skaters, great music, create a park, hours of fun and replayability. Not much more to say, childhood favorite, adulthood favorite.
Consistently good, this entry is no different. Catchy music that makes you whistle along. Fun copy abilities. They expanded the copy abilities, offering more attacks and ways to fight through enemies. Nothing extraordinary, but simple fun.
2001
Charming and unique. Interesting gameplay. A Gamecube classic and a new Nintendo favorite.
2016
Remake of Yakuza 1. Similar to Yakuza 0 in design, yet not as compelling. Same minigames, which are still fun, decently interesting story, but more frustrating combat. Poorly designed bosses made me resort to cheesing strategies. Still pretty fun.
1996
A classic platformer with some dated mechanics, still enjoyable. Camera is the only thing obstructing a great experience.
2020
Eerie and thrilling multiplayer ghost hunting game. Elevated heartbeats, sweaty palms, screaming, laughing, crying. Try and identify the type of ghost you are dealing with before it hunts you. Rough around the edges, but a fantastic concept that will only get better with polish.
2004
Much like the first, this Pikmin game still retains the charm and clever design that makes the gameplay so fun. Dungeons are interesting but maybe a little too high stakes at times. Just as fun as the original.
Pretty fun soulslike third person shooter. Fun with friends, interesting weapons and bosses. Randomized campaign is a detriment to the game though. You end up missing a lot of things and I don't feel the game is worth revisiting to try and find all the content you missed.
2016
Confusing and unintuitive. Tedious and poorly designed. Nice artstyle. Ultimately a waste of time.
2019
Fun and repetitive roguelite third person shooter, yet great replay value. Great co-op game. Different characters offer variety in gameplay. Good amount of secrets to unlock. Great music.
2007
Still somewhat holds up to this day, although after playing Odyssey, it's hard to go back to classic Marios without criticism. Great music, runs well on the Switch, galaxies could stand to be a bit more interesting visually and layout-wise. Not a lot of incentive to explore aside from getting star bits and making your way to the power star. Great game overall.
Great visuals, interesting and realistic world. However, realism doesn't always make something good. While I appreciated the realistic approach to the game, I found combat to be very tedious, and dialogue to be a bit boring. At the same time, it is interesting how you can talk to several different people during a quest and approach how you reach the outcome in different ways. I must have played for some 20 hours, but unfortunately lost motivation to play due to the tedious combat. Working my way up from serfdom felt fun though. It felt like every gold I earned actually mattered. Might revisit someday, but probably unlikely.
2020
Fun and colorful, silly and whimsical. A simple idea with great execution. Takeshi's Castle and Wipeout inspired, obstacle course styled, battle royale with fun platforming gameplay. Worth every penny.
2019
Beautiful graphics. Good character designs and dialogue. Really fun combat. A little linear. Worth a replay.
2011
A vast and deep sandbox/survival game. Lots of gear and secrets to discover. Even after 25 hours I've barely scratched the surface. Didn't hook me quite like something like Minecraft, but all the pieces of a great game are here.