SlySinatra
Beat the roguelite mode on a free weekend and a friend gifted me it.
TL;DR the main roguelite mode is very poor and doesn't feel thought out, but oh my god the MP is REALLY fun.
TL;DR the main roguelite mode is very poor and doesn't feel thought out, but oh my god the MP is REALLY fun.
2018
It's good, but I don't think I'm cut out for roguelites. Loved the gameplay, art style and world but the late game grind fest wasn't particularly fun.
Just as dogshit as the first game
Absolutely incredible game, way better than Deus Ex 1 + Invisible War. Great visuals (even now), surprisingly fun combat and a banger story. Will definitely be getting Mankind Divided at one point.
I like this game a lot more than I did before, my main issues with it are just the combat and a good chunk of the story but man oh man this was a EXCELLENT transition into a true HD era for Yakuza.
2019
This is the greatest fucking game of all time oh my god, Aizawa BEAT MY ASS 3 TIMES ON LEGEND! I WAS BOUTTA KILL SOMEONE IRL!
yakuza 5 had the fucking BALLS to leave you on an actually amazing cliffhanger, and then follow it up with a PREQUEL!
yakuza 5 had the fucking BALLS to leave you on an actually amazing cliffhanger, and then follow it up with a PREQUEL!
I dunno, this entire DLC has no story but is about a wise cracking American white guy going around killing Asians and black people, that doesn't sit right with me.
Boring missions, I have no idea who decided to make a fucking arcade mode DLC (3 OF THEM NO LESS!) for a story focused game. Shit. Not even canon.
Boring missions, I have no idea who decided to make a fucking arcade mode DLC (3 OF THEM NO LESS!) for a story focused game. Shit. Not even canon.
2019
I know this game's story gets a bad rep, but overall this is easily one of my favourite entries in the series.
Everything from Yakuza 3 is improved, with better visuals, more protagonists, better combat and just general better everything for me.
However, Kiryu and Daigo should not have been in this game at all, they do absolutely nothing and feel as if they are there just to be on the front cover. If anything they make the story worse because of that, Kiryu should not have appeared outside of that minor cameo in Saejima's section. He's also just dumb in this game, why the fuck does he forgive Hamazaki? And how the hell did he not know who Saejima was?
The worst part of this game's plot is the obvious rubber bullets thing, which was only done so we don't play as a murderer and yeah it's dumb, like Joji Kazama levels of dumb.
I still love this game though, everything about it is great barring the previously mentioned points.
FUCK THE FINAL MUNAKATA BATTLE!
Everything from Yakuza 3 is improved, with better visuals, more protagonists, better combat and just general better everything for me.
However, Kiryu and Daigo should not have been in this game at all, they do absolutely nothing and feel as if they are there just to be on the front cover. If anything they make the story worse because of that, Kiryu should not have appeared outside of that minor cameo in Saejima's section. He's also just dumb in this game, why the fuck does he forgive Hamazaki? And how the hell did he not know who Saejima was?
The worst part of this game's plot is the obvious rubber bullets thing, which was only done so we don't play as a murderer and yeah it's dumb, like Joji Kazama levels of dumb.
I still love this game though, everything about it is great barring the previously mentioned points.
FUCK THE FINAL MUNAKATA BATTLE!
2018
Ok let me just start by saying, this game's combat isn't bad, it just sucks to play with no upgrades. I love this game.
On my 3rd replay, I realized this game's pacing is awful. I love the stuff with Kiryu and his orphanage but it really comes at the expense of the main plot which is pretty short and just feels off. The first 5 chapters are nothing with 2 oddly long ones.
Good game overall, 4 improves on it in every way though IMO.
On my 3rd replay, I realized this game's pacing is awful. I love the stuff with Kiryu and his orphanage but it really comes at the expense of the main plot which is pretty short and just feels off. The first 5 chapters are nothing with 2 oddly long ones.
Good game overall, 4 improves on it in every way though IMO.
2017
I don't give a shit, this game fucks. Hard. This game is just as good as the original, most people's complaints are incredibly minor.
UPDATE: I have since beat this game and yeah, outside of the art style and music, it fucking sucks.
I would like to congratulate Persona Q for being the only video game to actively give me a headache whilst I am playing it. There are so many issues with this game that resulted in me dropping it during Inaba Pride Festival Floor 3 or whatever it was called, please bear in mind I don't know anything about Etrian Odyssey so maybe my complaints extend to that franchise and aren't just unique to this game.
For a starter, why is everything so expensive and why do enemies do such damage? And why is the SP cost for literally any skill so fucking high? After you defeat 2 enemies you practically have to go home and refuel by using a Goho-M.
In general, dungeon puzzles are mind-bogglingly poorly designed, there is only ever 1 incredibly specific and hard way to do them to the point you will just look up a guide and don't even get me started on the FOE puzzles. Those things are just down to RNG and fucking suck, and later in the game it becomes impossible to fight them as some of them regen 9900 health!
And why do people who aren't in my party NOT gain XP? With a game with this many party members it's impossible to mix and match like normal games unless you grind them or just stick with one party (PS, Use Naoto and Aigis).
Props to the music and unique style though, that's really all the positives I can say for this game.
I would like to congratulate Persona Q for being the only video game to actively give me a headache whilst I am playing it. There are so many issues with this game that resulted in me dropping it during Inaba Pride Festival Floor 3 or whatever it was called, please bear in mind I don't know anything about Etrian Odyssey so maybe my complaints extend to that franchise and aren't just unique to this game.
For a starter, why is everything so expensive and why do enemies do such damage? And why is the SP cost for literally any skill so fucking high? After you defeat 2 enemies you practically have to go home and refuel by using a Goho-M.
In general, dungeon puzzles are mind-bogglingly poorly designed, there is only ever 1 incredibly specific and hard way to do them to the point you will just look up a guide and don't even get me started on the FOE puzzles. Those things are just down to RNG and fucking suck, and later in the game it becomes impossible to fight them as some of them regen 9900 health!
And why do people who aren't in my party NOT gain XP? With a game with this many party members it's impossible to mix and match like normal games unless you grind them or just stick with one party (PS, Use Naoto and Aigis).
Props to the music and unique style though, that's really all the positives I can say for this game.
2016
STILL FUCKS!!! GAME GOES HARD!!!
2017
Outside of some rather boring kingdoms in the middle (notably Lost Kingdom) and the tiring process of collecting moons, this was a great game and it was nice playing a 3D Mario game for the first time in about a decade.
2015
this game still fucks.
Doesn't do much to innovate upon previous 2D Mario games but was still enjoyable. I felt franchise fatigue even though it's been nearly a decade since the last time I played a 2D Mario game.