Truly unique and inspired puzzle platformer.

You don't have the right, O you don't have the right,
Therefore you don't have the right, O you don't have the right!

it's fun, bit mashy, but what did you expect.
worth the full playthrough. probably a ton of depth for replay if you're THAT into twinsticks.

A tiny bit underrated for the souls series.
Jakey put it best in his fromsoft video: this game is basically a greatest hits album... but I'm absolutely ok with that.
Elden ring can be the magnum opus, ds2 can be the black sheep for hipsters, ds can be the OG for boomers, and demon's souls can be the real OG for REAL OGs (and I guess king's field exists for ancient nutters) but imma be real with you.
When I want to listen to a great band imma grab the greatest hits album, I don't have time for The Wall and Wish You Were Here just ain't enough vibes for me... WTF was I talking about.

Probably the best Mortal Kombat even if it is responsible for the change in direction that killed netherealm as a serious studio.

This game is called MK11 because it has 11 DLC... also its shit.

History has been wildly unfair to this game because I swear every year I see another retrospective overlook this for what it is: the absolute height of Assassin's Creed. it was all uphill to this, and all downhill after.

I would have to take a week to explain why I hate everything about this game. I will instead say that this game offended me personally and you should discount my review.

Not enough people put this game in their top ten games of all time and that's frankly criminal. This game dwarfs every other Indie 'masterpiece' like a fucking true titan should. The absolute culmination of classic arcade platform shooters with a truly inspired art style. This labor of love deserves your time and will reward you for it handsomely. also the soundtrack fucking slaps.

A very original idea... mostly a good one...
This game really evades classification but I can't discount that I liked it... a lot.

Rest in peace you magnificent bastard.
SO ahead of its time.
This game predicted esports.
Had so much charm.
could be genuinely awesome to play.
and lives on in my head rent-free.

NOTHING will replace this. No game will give me the feeling of boundless creativity in something as simple as a hero shooter. fucking masterpiece.

overrated gameplay, strong narrative. It's not good as a pirate game, rogue did the gameplay better which is shocking, and the assassin portion has a shocking amount of mechanical depth but is used poorly by bad level design.

As Mauler put it, the pendulum of cultural perspective on Dark Souls II has begun to swing into its favor, I want to make sure it swings back. This game is bad, nothing about it is redeeming. Nothing about it should be encouraged. At best it's a few halfway decent ideas that got butchered in execution but AT WORST its a pathetic attempt to cash in on all the worst public perceptions of Dark Souls 1.
This game was forced into existence by an uncaring publisher while the development team of the game it's wearing the skin of went off to make something real with Sony. The rocky development it had was further marred by top-down incompetence and multiple shake-ups before it was shoved out the door stapled together and bleeding.
Worst of all it was then re-released for full price on PC in a slightly modified (but actually worse performing) state.

Nothing about this game should be encouraged.

I mean it isn't great, but it is underrated.

more accurately, it's unfairly maligned.

I played this game on its own after being away from AC for a while and frankly had some fun.
Sure, going back I realized it's pretty dumb, and yes the grappling hook is a baffling decision... but it's still kinda fun...