PapaJaeger
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2022
This review contains spoilers
Jared played this game while Mandi, Joey, Chris, and I watched. We had a great time; yelling at Jared to make certain choices, getting mad at PCs for how unlikeable they are, and for cheering when something good happens.
We definitely screwed up our ending... Abi, Ryan, Laura, and Nick all died. Abi and Ryan were favorites in the group I played with. Saving Dylan and Kaitlyn was nice, though. The two least liked characters were Emma and Jacob and both of them survived.
The ending was a smidge anti-climatic, and it also felt a tad rushed. It was a slow, steady buildup of story and characters in Chapter 1-7, then in 8 it felt like the game was just trying to get through stuff. That could have been just our particular ending; I'm sure we missed out on content based on who died.
Overall, a fun experience of a fantastically designed game.
We definitely screwed up our ending... Abi, Ryan, Laura, and Nick all died. Abi and Ryan were favorites in the group I played with. Saving Dylan and Kaitlyn was nice, though. The two least liked characters were Emma and Jacob and both of them survived.
The ending was a smidge anti-climatic, and it also felt a tad rushed. It was a slow, steady buildup of story and characters in Chapter 1-7, then in 8 it felt like the game was just trying to get through stuff. That could have been just our particular ending; I'm sure we missed out on content based on who died.
Overall, a fun experience of a fantastically designed game.
2021
Fun game for a little bit! If it wasn't so cheap I wouldn't recommend, but I enjoyed it for the $2 I paid for it.
2020
When I beat this game I had a feeling of emptiness. Not because the game was bad, but because the story ended in such a soul breaking fashion, and I had just spent 60+ hours in this world that I didn't know what to do next.
Here are my game highlights:
- Combat was fluid, engaging, and rewarding, and you consistently unlocked new abilities that kept it alive.
- I enjoyed the not-overly-complicated crafting system,
- I fell in love with some of the activities. Writing haikus, sitting in hot springs, and chasing down foxes gave me an even deeper connection to what I was doing in the game.
- Story and characters were compelling, had depth, and had me very interested
Some criticism:
- Cutscenes looked a gen behind. The graphics are good, but its cutscenes are mainly just two people looking at each other with little movement or activity. Thus it made characters feel a little robotic.
- Minor performance inconsistencies
- Top 5 Gaming Moment
This game also houses one of my favorite moments in gaming history; The Siege of Yarikawa. I know the word is cheesy, but it was truly truly EPIC. The whole sequence was the highlight of the game for me.
Starting off as an outlaw of this land, hated by its people, having to gain their trust and respect. Then, the siege begins. Jin, an outlaw in this land, leading the people of Yarikawa to the gates, then having to run out and destroy the siege weapons single handedly, then running back to the town and confronting the Mongol general. Fighting the general surrounded by a battle, and finishing the general off by slicing off his head.
And then.... Ghost Form. One of the coolest forms in gaming history. After beheading the general, the entire screen turns white as thunder cracks. You run to the Mongols and slay them and the screen turns red with their blood. Then you run through the town as everyone is cheering your name as The Ghost and you drive the Mongols away.
Holy shit I just can't get over how sick this was. I play with Surround Sound headphones that help me get lost in the game I'm playing, so that helped me here. I was just so into this mission and this game.
Here are my game highlights:
- Combat was fluid, engaging, and rewarding, and you consistently unlocked new abilities that kept it alive.
- I enjoyed the not-overly-complicated crafting system,
- I fell in love with some of the activities. Writing haikus, sitting in hot springs, and chasing down foxes gave me an even deeper connection to what I was doing in the game.
- Story and characters were compelling, had depth, and had me very interested
Some criticism:
- Cutscenes looked a gen behind. The graphics are good, but its cutscenes are mainly just two people looking at each other with little movement or activity. Thus it made characters feel a little robotic.
- Minor performance inconsistencies
- Top 5 Gaming Moment
This game also houses one of my favorite moments in gaming history; The Siege of Yarikawa. I know the word is cheesy, but it was truly truly EPIC. The whole sequence was the highlight of the game for me.
Starting off as an outlaw of this land, hated by its people, having to gain their trust and respect. Then, the siege begins. Jin, an outlaw in this land, leading the people of Yarikawa to the gates, then having to run out and destroy the siege weapons single handedly, then running back to the town and confronting the Mongol general. Fighting the general surrounded by a battle, and finishing the general off by slicing off his head.
And then.... Ghost Form. One of the coolest forms in gaming history. After beheading the general, the entire screen turns white as thunder cracks. You run to the Mongols and slay them and the screen turns red with their blood. Then you run through the town as everyone is cheering your name as The Ghost and you drive the Mongols away.
Holy shit I just can't get over how sick this was. I play with Surround Sound headphones that help me get lost in the game I'm playing, so that helped me here. I was just so into this mission and this game.
2014
I've gotten so much out out of this game, but the new metas haven't been entertaining for a couple years and the game is toxic now.
However, my roommates and I play these ultra meme highlander decks and it is some of the most fun I've ever had in a card game.
However, my roommates and I play these ultra meme highlander decks and it is some of the most fun I've ever had in a card game.
Yet again, the games takes its awesome concept and improves upon the previous game. The puzzles were more mature and the storyline was more intiment.
2018
Good upgrade from the first one! Stephen and I loved it. I could see how the studio wants to expand even further and up the quality even more. Looking forward to the third.
2021
Played this game with one of my oldest friends. It is a love letter to video games and has touching lessons of parenthood and marriage.
Co-op, story driven platformer? My absolute bread and butter. This game was literally made my taste in mind, I swear.
Co-op, story driven platformer? My absolute bread and butter. This game was literally made my taste in mind, I swear.
2017
Played this game with my friend Stephen and we had a great time. The puzzles were fun and engaging, albeit one was a little frustrating.
This kind of game is my bread and butter and we plan on playing the other games as well.
This kind of game is my bread and butter and we plan on playing the other games as well.
2022
This review contains spoilers
This game was made as a love letter to Zelda by a person who always dreamed of making video games. I felt their heart and soul poured into this game, and it gave me those same exact nostalgic memories of running around Hyrule solving puzzles as a kid.
In this game you play as a lil gator who is bored, literally waiting for the next Zelda game to come out, and wants his Big Sis to play with him. I so aptly named this gator the Hero of Time for my playthrough and it was fun seeing all my lil animal friends call me such.
The gameplay is simple. You have a little weapon that you swing at cardboard "monsters." That's the extent of the combat, but it's effective for the aesthetic of the game. There are simple puzzles you solve throughout, none of which are challenging but still feel rewarding when you complete them.
My favorite part of the game is the characters though. In the game you are recruiting everyone on the island to come play in your game to impress Big Sis. You recruit them by various means - you help them set up a tea party, you race them, you collect junk for them, etc. But each kid on the island, a different animal, is so cute and have their own personalities and their own jokes. The game really does capture the essence of being a child and having childlike fun.
The ending left me sad - Big Sis was a girl who grew up making games for her lil brother, but now doesn't have time for it anymore because of schoolwork. She absolutely loved it, but then later on in the game you learn that it was also exhausting coming up with games for Lil Gator (as a DnD DM, I relate to her). You then learn that the schoolwork she's been working on the entire time was a video game class, and she was still exhausted. So exhausted form school she couldn't enjoy time with her lil gator brother. It was such a heartfelt revelation for her and seeing Lil Gator light up when she came back to play warmed my heart.
This is definitely one of the most adorable games I've ever played. I love this game like I love a great Pixar movie.
In this game you play as a lil gator who is bored, literally waiting for the next Zelda game to come out, and wants his Big Sis to play with him. I so aptly named this gator the Hero of Time for my playthrough and it was fun seeing all my lil animal friends call me such.
The gameplay is simple. You have a little weapon that you swing at cardboard "monsters." That's the extent of the combat, but it's effective for the aesthetic of the game. There are simple puzzles you solve throughout, none of which are challenging but still feel rewarding when you complete them.
My favorite part of the game is the characters though. In the game you are recruiting everyone on the island to come play in your game to impress Big Sis. You recruit them by various means - you help them set up a tea party, you race them, you collect junk for them, etc. But each kid on the island, a different animal, is so cute and have their own personalities and their own jokes. The game really does capture the essence of being a child and having childlike fun.
The ending left me sad - Big Sis was a girl who grew up making games for her lil brother, but now doesn't have time for it anymore because of schoolwork. She absolutely loved it, but then later on in the game you learn that it was also exhausting coming up with games for Lil Gator (as a DnD DM, I relate to her). You then learn that the schoolwork she's been working on the entire time was a video game class, and she was still exhausted. So exhausted form school she couldn't enjoy time with her lil gator brother. It was such a heartfelt revelation for her and seeing Lil Gator light up when she came back to play warmed my heart.
This is definitely one of the most adorable games I've ever played. I love this game like I love a great Pixar movie.