Radshyguy
1998
One point for each unique track in the game.
1995
At one point people hated this game because "the sprites were big." Society is crazy.
2005
I was trying to steal the guy's wife and I fixed their relationship. What?
1989
"Tetris is a perfect game" that's nice grandpa now go back to watching Gamemaker's Toolkit videos
2009
I respect this game for attempting something bigger near the end of the story but I think there's a sign of low confidence when most of the cast of this new universe is old characters and the new gameplay style is used for only portion of the game. A gameplay style that sucks by the way.
Novelty meme game to play twice that requires multiple hours of playtime to unlock everything... Something doesn't add up here.
2004
8/10 for gm_slopes and gm_7eleven_night alone, 9 for how using model manipulator with mirrors can crash the game any time, anywhere.
One of the best Puyo games. Writing actually made me laugh a decent amount, gameplay is varied and really fun, and it has a lot of content. Only issue is that it wasn't localized and that the DS version is the only fan translated one.
2007
It's Super Mario Galaxy. What else is there to say?
2011
The best Pokemon game even if it's not official solely because you can play the only fun part of Pokemon (serious battles against players with brains) with ease and an easy team builder.
2006
Hot DANG! I still got extra stuff to do in this game as of now but wow that was a surprise. I expected a small fun little rhythm game, but no man. This game is not only fun, but bursting with tons of charm. The style is great, the little stories are adorable, the soundtrack GOES HARD, it's just fantastic! I had fun, I laughed, I even almost cried. I just had a smile on my face the whole game, when I wasn't get my balls kicked on by the tough songs at least. Defintiely worth checking it out if you can play it proper!
1997
This review is for the PSX version, since that's the only one in English... At least for now. This game needs seperate pages, man.
It's okay I guess. I think it's better than Phantasia in that there's way less spells being casted and the spells themselves have much faster animations, which helps a great chunk for the absolute biggest flaw of the original game. The story this time was kind of mediocre, especially in the 2nd half where nothing really happens, and the AI is awful, but the improved gameplay really helped me pull through. I think there's a certain charm to the pre-Phantasia PSX combat, where you just get one attack with multiple types instead of a standard combo. The cast this time isn't amazing either, but it's decent and I think they can have some funny interactions sometimes. Having to recruit optional party members is a big annoyance and the villains in this game are hilariously underdeveloped, but I guess overall I enjoyed it.
It's okay I guess. I think it's better than Phantasia in that there's way less spells being casted and the spells themselves have much faster animations, which helps a great chunk for the absolute biggest flaw of the original game. The story this time was kind of mediocre, especially in the 2nd half where nothing really happens, and the AI is awful, but the improved gameplay really helped me pull through. I think there's a certain charm to the pre-Phantasia PSX combat, where you just get one attack with multiple types instead of a standard combo. The cast this time isn't amazing either, but it's decent and I think they can have some funny interactions sometimes. Having to recruit optional party members is a big annoyance and the villains in this game are hilariously underdeveloped, but I guess overall I enjoyed it.
2000
Definitely outdone by later titles but still pretty great. The cast is good, the story is good, the combat is solid, the music is good, nothing too special, but this game's 3rd act, charm, and overworld are some of the best in the series. Engaging stuff, definitely not a must play but if you're a Tales fan I'd definitely at least give this a shot, it's also a pretty good first game if you're a fan of classic RPGs. Impressive game, especially considering the titles preceding this were pretty mediocre.
2015
I will never understand the hate for this game. Very solid story, fantastic overworld, a solid cast, decent combat, very strong emotional scenes, and a fantastic soundtrack. Pretty much almost everyone I've met thought this game was at least alright, so I'm confused as to where all the hate and bad reviews seem to come from. Maybe the dumb Rose/Alisha controversy in Japan just subtly effected how people percieved the game, I don't know.
2016
One of those games where they went hard on everything except the combat. God tier story, god tier characters, a great soundtrack, amazing writing, but gosh is that combat kind of mediocre. Still a great game since there's dumb fun to be had in the combat at least but compared to the other games in the series wow this is a huge step back.