TheCalmingStorm
2023
I was lost without Pokémon Sleep, I was a shambling corpse, wide a wake with no reason, but now I have a reason, A REASON TO SLEEP! THANK YOU POKEMON SLEEP! SEE YOU GUYS IN 5 YEARS WHEN I HAVE MY SHINY MAGIKARP THAT SLEEPS ON IT'S FUCKING HEAD!!!
2022
while at it's core Pokémon Scarlet and Violet was a fun, enjoyable romp of an adventure a handful of technical issues keep it from being the definitive Modern Pokémon experience,
with the issues being but not limited to pop in, textures flickering in and out of existence, the really bad Tera Battle Search feature that hardly works half of the time, can be super choppy and some of the textures can look super blurry up close, but technical issues aside the only other things I didn't like we're the shitty evolutions certain Pokémon had, particularly the "Walk 1000 Steps with the Pokémon" kind of evolutions, and how the game I shit you not sometimes hides Pokémon out of bounds, you can circumvent this by using the camera button to get up and close but it's still super shitty all the same, but aside from that I do think Scarlet and Violet are genuinley great games,
I loved the open-ended nature of it, how you can go where ever you please and tackle what ever challenge you wish in any order, even if they nudge you in a particular direction, but it's just advice on the games part so you can still do what you wish,
and I loved the games story and characters, I found them to be really charming and likable and I hope we can see Penny, Arven and Nemona in a different piece of Pokémon Media,
and I love the idea of Terastallizing Pokémon, either powering up there current type or switching there normal type to a different one to turn the tables on your opponent,
really if all the bugs and visual hiccups we're fixed I would consider this to be a very great game, damn near excellent, but alas this isn't the case, the glitches are the main reason I gave S&V a 3 out 5 stars, if they weren't here it would have been 5/5 stars on my part,
but yeah if you can stand a Pokémon game that can be sometimes visually unstable and hide Pokémon out of bounds I recommend this, but that is a VERY cautious recommendation, just know what your getting yourself into,
with the issues being but not limited to pop in, textures flickering in and out of existence, the really bad Tera Battle Search feature that hardly works half of the time, can be super choppy and some of the textures can look super blurry up close, but technical issues aside the only other things I didn't like we're the shitty evolutions certain Pokémon had, particularly the "Walk 1000 Steps with the Pokémon" kind of evolutions, and how the game I shit you not sometimes hides Pokémon out of bounds, you can circumvent this by using the camera button to get up and close but it's still super shitty all the same, but aside from that I do think Scarlet and Violet are genuinley great games,
I loved the open-ended nature of it, how you can go where ever you please and tackle what ever challenge you wish in any order, even if they nudge you in a particular direction, but it's just advice on the games part so you can still do what you wish,
and I loved the games story and characters, I found them to be really charming and likable and I hope we can see Penny, Arven and Nemona in a different piece of Pokémon Media,
and I love the idea of Terastallizing Pokémon, either powering up there current type or switching there normal type to a different one to turn the tables on your opponent,
really if all the bugs and visual hiccups we're fixed I would consider this to be a very great game, damn near excellent, but alas this isn't the case, the glitches are the main reason I gave S&V a 3 out 5 stars, if they weren't here it would have been 5/5 stars on my part,
but yeah if you can stand a Pokémon game that can be sometimes visually unstable and hide Pokémon out of bounds I recommend this, but that is a VERY cautious recommendation, just know what your getting yourself into,
personally I feel this game is just ok, nothing more nothing less, and while it is fun to a certain degree it just feels a bit on the bland side once you boil everything down, and while I think that might be due to the fact I didn't grow up with the game I still think it's just an ok experience, cause if I did grow up with it I'd probably be singing a different tune, but yeah if you're not trying to complete it 100% it's a fine experience that if your looking for a platformer to play and have nothing else to play I'd say go for it, you might think it was more fun than I did, but I mentioned 100% the game itself, I actually tried to do this, emphasis on the word tried, I say this cause I didn't take into account how many Golden Spatulas and Glitches there are in regards to the collectibles, tried to grab a GS in a level and it flat out didn't appear, no matter how hard I tried to make it respawn, even loading previous saves didn't work, due to this I highly doubt I'll ever platinum this even though I was pretty damn close, so yeah if you want a fine platformer I'd say this could fill your plate for a couple afternoons but if you intend on completing this 100% please don't even bother like I was trying to,
2022
Sonic Frontiers is the best Sonic game to come out in quite sometime, accelerating my favorite Hedgehog to heights I never thought we're possible, while there we're only a couple of snags on the way I'd say Sonic Frontiers is more than worth a purchase, and I'll explain why,
Sonic Frontiers brings a new take on Sonic in the form of "Open Zone" gameplay, basically being multiple Islands you can freely roam with stuff like grind rails taking you from place to place, obstacles, puzzles and enemies all through out these world.
I feel like this greatly works in Frontiers favor cause when your at the beginning you feel like your exploring this vast unknown land, and at the end when you have your speed maxed out it feels great to traverse from place to place, the Open Zone sections being made up of 5 Islands, although I'd say 4 due to Rhea Island not being anything like the previous 4 and just serves to move the story along, and barely having anything in the way of exploring, but other than Rhea I loved the other 4 Islands.
my favorite out of them being Chaos Island, due to it's dreary and apposing atmosphere, and having my favorite boss/boss theme, Knight and it's theme Find Your Flame, but yeah Rhea Island aside I feel the other Islands are excellent to traverse through,
one of the few things I had an issue with was Cyber Space, levels that Sonic goes into and goes to the end, personally while I thought they we're fun I feel they could have been handled better, mainly with Sonic's movement and physics, he felt very stiff to control, like making sharp turns and such, and just feeling very slow, but I will admit the music in Cyber Space is actually quite good, but I'm jumping the gun with the music aren't I?
the story I feel is probably one of the best Sonic stories out there, with the mentioning of lore and story elements from past games that a Sonic nut such as myself really loved! such as Sage talking to Eggman trying to convince him to team up with Sonic, mentioning all the things that they accomplished together, Tails mentioning that a vison he had reminded him of Dark Gaia, I was super happy because it makes the lore and story of Sonic feel more interconnected and tightly knit.
it should go without saying but I really loved the characterizations of everyone, Sonic probably being my favorite, being a cocky yet kind and caring person (Hedgehog?) who just wants to help his friends and helping them in anyway he can, Tails Realizing he needs to go on his own for a while, Amy being kind and compassionate and not being some freaky fangirlish stalker, with her compassion with Sonic being believable, maturing you could say, everyone had great characterization I'd say, including newcomer Sage.
the only thing I didn't like about the story was what I feel was an asspull near the end where Tails, Amy and Knuckles stop Sonic's Cyber Corruption he was gaining through the game, reeks of "Anime Friendship Magic Saves The Day™" bullshit, but other than that I thought the story was quite good,
The bosses of Sonic Frontiers we're just fantastic, so much so that I wish we got more of them, the best bosses being known as the Titans, giant robots Sonic fights on his journey, my favorite being Knight, mainly cause it offers a good challenge while not being too bullshit hard, but my least favorite boss was probably The End, which for all intents and purposes is just a Moon that you fight in a bullet hell styled boss battle which I didn't find as great as the previous boss fights,
and for my final point, the music was great! while there are some obvious choices like "Undefeatable", "Break Through It All" and "Find Your Flame" I also really enjoyed the other vocal tracks "I'm Here", "One Way Dream" and "Dear Father", but those aside I thought Cyber Spaces music was really good! some stand out tracks being "Flowing", "Dropaholic" and "Hype Street" which oddly enough reminds me of Chemical Plant Zone's theme, but those aside I'd say Cyber Spaces music all around is worth a listen, or at the very least enough of one to see if you like it or not,
In conclusion Sonic Frontiers is one of the finest Sonic games to come out in nearly a decade, having the best story out of any of them and over all blowing them out of the water in terms of over all quality, I highly recommend Sonic Frontiers!
Sonic Frontiers brings a new take on Sonic in the form of "Open Zone" gameplay, basically being multiple Islands you can freely roam with stuff like grind rails taking you from place to place, obstacles, puzzles and enemies all through out these world.
I feel like this greatly works in Frontiers favor cause when your at the beginning you feel like your exploring this vast unknown land, and at the end when you have your speed maxed out it feels great to traverse from place to place, the Open Zone sections being made up of 5 Islands, although I'd say 4 due to Rhea Island not being anything like the previous 4 and just serves to move the story along, and barely having anything in the way of exploring, but other than Rhea I loved the other 4 Islands.
my favorite out of them being Chaos Island, due to it's dreary and apposing atmosphere, and having my favorite boss/boss theme, Knight and it's theme Find Your Flame, but yeah Rhea Island aside I feel the other Islands are excellent to traverse through,
one of the few things I had an issue with was Cyber Space, levels that Sonic goes into and goes to the end, personally while I thought they we're fun I feel they could have been handled better, mainly with Sonic's movement and physics, he felt very stiff to control, like making sharp turns and such, and just feeling very slow, but I will admit the music in Cyber Space is actually quite good, but I'm jumping the gun with the music aren't I?
the story I feel is probably one of the best Sonic stories out there, with the mentioning of lore and story elements from past games that a Sonic nut such as myself really loved! such as Sage talking to Eggman trying to convince him to team up with Sonic, mentioning all the things that they accomplished together, Tails mentioning that a vison he had reminded him of Dark Gaia, I was super happy because it makes the lore and story of Sonic feel more interconnected and tightly knit.
it should go without saying but I really loved the characterizations of everyone, Sonic probably being my favorite, being a cocky yet kind and caring person (Hedgehog?) who just wants to help his friends and helping them in anyway he can, Tails Realizing he needs to go on his own for a while, Amy being kind and compassionate and not being some freaky fangirlish stalker, with her compassion with Sonic being believable, maturing you could say, everyone had great characterization I'd say, including newcomer Sage.
the only thing I didn't like about the story was what I feel was an asspull near the end where Tails, Amy and Knuckles stop Sonic's Cyber Corruption he was gaining through the game, reeks of "Anime Friendship Magic Saves The Day™" bullshit, but other than that I thought the story was quite good,
The bosses of Sonic Frontiers we're just fantastic, so much so that I wish we got more of them, the best bosses being known as the Titans, giant robots Sonic fights on his journey, my favorite being Knight, mainly cause it offers a good challenge while not being too bullshit hard, but my least favorite boss was probably The End, which for all intents and purposes is just a Moon that you fight in a bullet hell styled boss battle which I didn't find as great as the previous boss fights,
and for my final point, the music was great! while there are some obvious choices like "Undefeatable", "Break Through It All" and "Find Your Flame" I also really enjoyed the other vocal tracks "I'm Here", "One Way Dream" and "Dear Father", but those aside I thought Cyber Spaces music was really good! some stand out tracks being "Flowing", "Dropaholic" and "Hype Street" which oddly enough reminds me of Chemical Plant Zone's theme, but those aside I'd say Cyber Spaces music all around is worth a listen, or at the very least enough of one to see if you like it or not,
In conclusion Sonic Frontiers is one of the finest Sonic games to come out in nearly a decade, having the best story out of any of them and over all blowing them out of the water in terms of over all quality, I highly recommend Sonic Frontiers!
2021
while to a certain degree I had my share of enjoyment from Balan Wonderworld the flaws are very apparent, I might as well get the things I liked about it out of the way, the music, visual art style, the character design, literally anything that isn't gameplay is actually quite good.
it reminds me of the 1996 SEGA Saturn classic NiGHTS Into Dreams and this was one of the reasons I picked it up to begin with, the style of everything actually has a lot of charm to it and I found it super lovely, but with gameplay in mind it's very bland to say the least, you go through stages and get to the end with the use of Costumes, basically power-ups for our character.
here's the first problem, most of these costumes I find the be damn near fucking useless, such as the Box Fox, which can turn you into an invincible box but only when it feels like it, which I shouldn't have to say this but that is such a SHIT idea for a power-up, and we've got ones that have super specific uses that they just shouldn't be here, in that category we've got the Rail Runner, which allows you to summon tracks in very specific spots and run along them, which I remember not using even once in the entire game.
and we've got power-ups in the copy category, I have a feeling some of these we're made just to reach 80 Costumes to have a "back of the box" feature, for example you've got Dynamic Dolphin and Jellyjolt, which from what I remember are costumes with THE SAME FUCKING ABILITY! and this is true for, The Pumpkin Puncher and The Paladin Puncher both being characters who use there fists and punching to attack, and the Sickle Slinger is just a weaker version of the Sickle Slayer! do you see why this is SO FUCKING REDUNDANT!? literally half of these are copies of each other or at the bare minimum just slightly different/stronger versions of each other! and personally this is where my main gripe with Wonderworld comes into play, most of the costumes just aren't fun to use, I mean no exaggeration when I say that I hardly enjoyed using barley any of these.
another issue I have is with the controls as in other than the move buttons every other button is used for your consume ability! yep, every button you can think of, A, B, X, Y, the triggers too! that is such shit game design! but for what it's worth anything that wasn't gameplay I enjoyed quite a lot, but overall if you want a more interesting and fun platformer go look elsewhere, NiGHTS Into Dreams is on Steam and Xbox One/Series X through backwards compatibility, hell with that being said play literally any Sonic game on Xbox! Adventure 1, 2 and Unleashed are miles better than Wonderworld, and yes even Colors Ultimate was a more fun experience,
in conclusion Balan Wonderworld, while gifted with charming music, character and visual design is a below average game that you would need to try your damndest to wring out any enjoyment like I did,
(the reason I didn't rate it any lower than a 1 star was due to the music and visuals, which in my eyes saved it from being a 1.5/5)
it reminds me of the 1996 SEGA Saturn classic NiGHTS Into Dreams and this was one of the reasons I picked it up to begin with, the style of everything actually has a lot of charm to it and I found it super lovely, but with gameplay in mind it's very bland to say the least, you go through stages and get to the end with the use of Costumes, basically power-ups for our character.
here's the first problem, most of these costumes I find the be damn near fucking useless, such as the Box Fox, which can turn you into an invincible box but only when it feels like it, which I shouldn't have to say this but that is such a SHIT idea for a power-up, and we've got ones that have super specific uses that they just shouldn't be here, in that category we've got the Rail Runner, which allows you to summon tracks in very specific spots and run along them, which I remember not using even once in the entire game.
and we've got power-ups in the copy category, I have a feeling some of these we're made just to reach 80 Costumes to have a "back of the box" feature, for example you've got Dynamic Dolphin and Jellyjolt, which from what I remember are costumes with THE SAME FUCKING ABILITY! and this is true for, The Pumpkin Puncher and The Paladin Puncher both being characters who use there fists and punching to attack, and the Sickle Slinger is just a weaker version of the Sickle Slayer! do you see why this is SO FUCKING REDUNDANT!? literally half of these are copies of each other or at the bare minimum just slightly different/stronger versions of each other! and personally this is where my main gripe with Wonderworld comes into play, most of the costumes just aren't fun to use, I mean no exaggeration when I say that I hardly enjoyed using barley any of these.
another issue I have is with the controls as in other than the move buttons every other button is used for your consume ability! yep, every button you can think of, A, B, X, Y, the triggers too! that is such shit game design! but for what it's worth anything that wasn't gameplay I enjoyed quite a lot, but overall if you want a more interesting and fun platformer go look elsewhere, NiGHTS Into Dreams is on Steam and Xbox One/Series X through backwards compatibility, hell with that being said play literally any Sonic game on Xbox! Adventure 1, 2 and Unleashed are miles better than Wonderworld, and yes even Colors Ultimate was a more fun experience,
in conclusion Balan Wonderworld, while gifted with charming music, character and visual design is a below average game that you would need to try your damndest to wring out any enjoyment like I did,
(the reason I didn't rate it any lower than a 1 star was due to the music and visuals, which in my eyes saved it from being a 1.5/5)
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in comparison to the previous entries Silent Hill Homecoming is a bland mushy bowl of pulp that is nowhere near as good as games like Silent Hill 2 and 3, hell I'd say in comparison Downpour has more going on than Homecoming.
I think the main reason is because Homecoming just isn't scary, when it comes to the other games I can have an uneasy sense of dread, I imagine cause playing as a (supposed) military solider, but with that being said there was one thing that surprised me, the reveal that Alex was a mental hospital patient instead of a solider, that actually caught me off guard, but when it comes to the rest of the story it's rather unremarkable.
other than one thing, one really shitty thing, the inclusion of Pyramid Head, other wise known as Red Pyramid Thing, why is it shitty you might be asking? well mainly due to the fact that Pyramid Head is supposed to be a monster born of Silent Hill 2 protagonist James Sunderland's guilt and desire for punishment, Pyramid Head was born from James and I find it super shitty that they tried to pander to people with the use of it in stuff that doesn't even involve James, such as this, Silent Hill Book Of Memoires, that shitty Silent Hill Movie (Revelations), to me it comes across as a blatant disregard for the source of where it came from.
that aside I mentioned earlier Homecoming just isn't a fun game to play in terms of wanting a scary and horrific experience, mainly due to the fact that Alex, who I previously stated was a mental ward patient and not a military solider fights as if he was one, being skilled with weapons, being able to swing said weapons in quick succession, able to give an uppercut with them and being able to deal a finishing blow, this pretty much neuters any horror there could have been with this game and drains any tension since he fights like an actual solider, it would have been cool to have been given that backstory but have him be frail from being in a hospital, it could have been an indicator that not everything is as it seems, for Alex as a character anyway.
that aside one thing that actually pissed me off was this particular glitch I came across on my first playthrough, you have to go into a Hotel and travers the place, at one point you need to jump through a hole to get to the next act, but (if I remember correctly) if you fight certain enemies along the way the prompt to jump down just won't appear, essentially locking you from progressing forward, I even had to reset my save file, I mean granted it was near the start of the game but the fact that a game like this with a huge legacy behind it has a glitch like this if fucking disgraceful.
only thing I can say I genuinely like about Homecoming was it's music, "One More Soul To The Call", "Elle Theme" and "Alex's Theme" are really good songs.
but over all Silent Hill Homecoming is an unremarkable game with every game that came before it being better in every single area, go play Silent Hill 1-4 instead of this miserable pile of shit,
I think the main reason is because Homecoming just isn't scary, when it comes to the other games I can have an uneasy sense of dread, I imagine cause playing as a (supposed) military solider, but with that being said there was one thing that surprised me, the reveal that Alex was a mental hospital patient instead of a solider, that actually caught me off guard, but when it comes to the rest of the story it's rather unremarkable.
other than one thing, one really shitty thing, the inclusion of Pyramid Head, other wise known as Red Pyramid Thing, why is it shitty you might be asking? well mainly due to the fact that Pyramid Head is supposed to be a monster born of Silent Hill 2 protagonist James Sunderland's guilt and desire for punishment, Pyramid Head was born from James and I find it super shitty that they tried to pander to people with the use of it in stuff that doesn't even involve James, such as this, Silent Hill Book Of Memoires, that shitty Silent Hill Movie (Revelations), to me it comes across as a blatant disregard for the source of where it came from.
that aside I mentioned earlier Homecoming just isn't a fun game to play in terms of wanting a scary and horrific experience, mainly due to the fact that Alex, who I previously stated was a mental ward patient and not a military solider fights as if he was one, being skilled with weapons, being able to swing said weapons in quick succession, able to give an uppercut with them and being able to deal a finishing blow, this pretty much neuters any horror there could have been with this game and drains any tension since he fights like an actual solider, it would have been cool to have been given that backstory but have him be frail from being in a hospital, it could have been an indicator that not everything is as it seems, for Alex as a character anyway.
that aside one thing that actually pissed me off was this particular glitch I came across on my first playthrough, you have to go into a Hotel and travers the place, at one point you need to jump through a hole to get to the next act, but (if I remember correctly) if you fight certain enemies along the way the prompt to jump down just won't appear, essentially locking you from progressing forward, I even had to reset my save file, I mean granted it was near the start of the game but the fact that a game like this with a huge legacy behind it has a glitch like this if fucking disgraceful.
only thing I can say I genuinely like about Homecoming was it's music, "One More Soul To The Call", "Elle Theme" and "Alex's Theme" are really good songs.
but over all Silent Hill Homecoming is an unremarkable game with every game that came before it being better in every single area, go play Silent Hill 1-4 instead of this miserable pile of shit,
2016
Rez Infinite is a very difficult game to describe, it's a very unique experience to say the least, so much so that when I try to talk about it with friends and say what it is my mind becomes a little hazy, and it becomes hard to describe it in a way that they understand, so please excuse me if my recanting of this game isn't clear enough.
I originally got this game when Sony was holding there "Stay At Home" initiative, an event that happened so people could stay home and play some free games due to COVID, while I played the original Rez a couple years before hand in high school when I got my PS4 I never had any intentions of actually buying Infinite, even though I thought it was a neat game.
come the day I could download this and I was blown away, this game in my opinion probably has some of the best incorporation of Rhythm and Musical mechanics in a game that isn't a pure Rhythm game (take any of the Hatsune Miku games for example), most people including myself describe this game as a musical rail shooting game in where you shoot down enemies that are also trying to take you down, and when you shoot enemies down enemies you make your own rhythm to the music, basically think of adding beats and other noises to an already existing background song.
honestly even though this probably doesn't sound like a good Idea I feel it flows together quite nice and hardly ever sounds like gargled crap, the game itself is a very trippy experience, filled with nonsensical imagery, blinding lights through ever changing environments.
that aside the bosses in this game are quite neat, they feel like mini pseudo stages in where bosses try to throw crap at you and you have to shoot them down, eventually getting to the point where you can shoot they're weakness, honestly I think my favorite being the 4th boss, in where you float through a hallway giving chase to the boss itself while it changes forms from a bunch of cubes that can throw missiles at you, to a running man made out said cubes running way from you.
honestly Rez Infinite is such a trippy game that I can't help but love it, even though the game itself is very hard for me to grasp I can tell a lot of love and care went into the final product, from it's visual design, music and the environments, to the extra mode "area X", which is a single level similar to the base game but a bit bigger in comparison to the main game, mainly cause you can fly around at your own pace and freely change direction.
but yeah me jacking this game off aside I thought Rez Infinite was an excellent experience, to the point where I legitimately cannot think of a single thing I disliked about it, if you like Rhythm games I highly recommend giving it a shot!
I originally got this game when Sony was holding there "Stay At Home" initiative, an event that happened so people could stay home and play some free games due to COVID, while I played the original Rez a couple years before hand in high school when I got my PS4 I never had any intentions of actually buying Infinite, even though I thought it was a neat game.
come the day I could download this and I was blown away, this game in my opinion probably has some of the best incorporation of Rhythm and Musical mechanics in a game that isn't a pure Rhythm game (take any of the Hatsune Miku games for example), most people including myself describe this game as a musical rail shooting game in where you shoot down enemies that are also trying to take you down, and when you shoot enemies down enemies you make your own rhythm to the music, basically think of adding beats and other noises to an already existing background song.
honestly even though this probably doesn't sound like a good Idea I feel it flows together quite nice and hardly ever sounds like gargled crap, the game itself is a very trippy experience, filled with nonsensical imagery, blinding lights through ever changing environments.
that aside the bosses in this game are quite neat, they feel like mini pseudo stages in where bosses try to throw crap at you and you have to shoot them down, eventually getting to the point where you can shoot they're weakness, honestly I think my favorite being the 4th boss, in where you float through a hallway giving chase to the boss itself while it changes forms from a bunch of cubes that can throw missiles at you, to a running man made out said cubes running way from you.
honestly Rez Infinite is such a trippy game that I can't help but love it, even though the game itself is very hard for me to grasp I can tell a lot of love and care went into the final product, from it's visual design, music and the environments, to the extra mode "area X", which is a single level similar to the base game but a bit bigger in comparison to the main game, mainly cause you can fly around at your own pace and freely change direction.
but yeah me jacking this game off aside I thought Rez Infinite was an excellent experience, to the point where I legitimately cannot think of a single thing I disliked about it, if you like Rhythm games I highly recommend giving it a shot!
while not the best Kart Racer I've played I have to admit I got some kicks out of this game, much like I did it's predecessor NKR2, but the game itself does have some snags, mainly the stuff you might imagine with it being a licensed kids game.
with there just being a slight lack of polish, while not a horrible buggy mess there is stuff I've noticed, like collision being very buggy, and when falling out of bounds (like out of the track for example) it clips through the floor exposing buggy textures and geometry, granted it's gone a second later and your back in the race but I still feel it's necessary to mention.
but me being a Nick Fan I had a lot of fun playing this game, being able to race as characters that I like, like SpongeBob, Danny Phantom and Lincoln Loud, but yeah if you're a Nickelodeon fan and don't mind a slightly downgraded Mario Kart I'd say you should pick this up, but at the same time if you don't care for Nickelodeon, like at all I'd say don't even bother, for would be fans it has characters from far and wide, like Ang, Jimmy Neutron, Zim, the TMNT, among others! also Jojo Siwa (I don't know I thought that was funny).
but all things aside the game itself is a fine/fun romp for what it is but nothing more, and for the love of Jesus if you want this game don't spend $40 on it, either wait for a price drop or just buy it second hand, cause let me tell you, it's a fine game but it is nowhere NEAR worth $40 fucking dollars.
but yeah Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway is a fun if just ok racing game, while being able to have a good time with it comes nowhere to the likes of Mario Kart or Sonic Racing, I'd only recommend this to diehard Nickelodeon Fans and nothing more,
with there just being a slight lack of polish, while not a horrible buggy mess there is stuff I've noticed, like collision being very buggy, and when falling out of bounds (like out of the track for example) it clips through the floor exposing buggy textures and geometry, granted it's gone a second later and your back in the race but I still feel it's necessary to mention.
but me being a Nick Fan I had a lot of fun playing this game, being able to race as characters that I like, like SpongeBob, Danny Phantom and Lincoln Loud, but yeah if you're a Nickelodeon fan and don't mind a slightly downgraded Mario Kart I'd say you should pick this up, but at the same time if you don't care for Nickelodeon, like at all I'd say don't even bother, for would be fans it has characters from far and wide, like Ang, Jimmy Neutron, Zim, the TMNT, among others! also Jojo Siwa (I don't know I thought that was funny).
but all things aside the game itself is a fine/fun romp for what it is but nothing more, and for the love of Jesus if you want this game don't spend $40 on it, either wait for a price drop or just buy it second hand, cause let me tell you, it's a fine game but it is nowhere NEAR worth $40 fucking dollars.
but yeah Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway is a fun if just ok racing game, while being able to have a good time with it comes nowhere to the likes of Mario Kart or Sonic Racing, I'd only recommend this to diehard Nickelodeon Fans and nothing more,
1997
Sonic R is an on foot racing game released in 1997 for the SEGA Saturn and rereleased for the GameCube on the Sonic Gems Collection.
while a fun little game for what it is I feel like it suffers from two major issues, the controls feel very weird, like when your racing I feel there's a delay between moving around, granted it's only about a second but its still pretty annoying, and the turning feels fucking awful, like if your trying to get a Chaos Emerald and your unfortunate enough to miss it you have to turn yourself to the proper position to get it, it can take a good 3-5 seconds to try and do and get going to the finish line.
controls aside my second issue is the lack of content, granted it was a racing game released in 1997 so I can't really complain considering the time period but it still felt very short, with only 5 tracks (the final one unlocking after you clear the other 4 stages), but I will admit it does have a good amount of characters to choose from, that being 9.
but I will say if you can get used to the controls I'd say what is here can be a very fun time, even if the game itself only lasts for about 2-3 hours at most, and even though the music gets made fun of I like it quite a lot, my favorite Tracks being "Diamonds In The Sky", "Back In Time", and "Living In The City".
the game itself also has two other modes like Time Attack, and a 1 VS 2 Player Mode, but I doubt you'll find anyone willing to play this with you, the modes are in my opinion quite shallow, while Time Attack is a fun little distraction I doubt it will with keep you around.
but with all of my complaints (aside from also being the corner stone of shitty internet horror stories) aside Sonic R was a fun time for me, but it wasn't good enough for me to rate in any higher than a 3.5/5 stars, I'd say half and half is fair, if you play this game be very cautious cause Sonic Gems can fetch high prices now adays, but yeah with that being said Sonic R is in my eyes just a fun little distraction, nothing more nothing less,
while a fun little game for what it is I feel like it suffers from two major issues, the controls feel very weird, like when your racing I feel there's a delay between moving around, granted it's only about a second but its still pretty annoying, and the turning feels fucking awful, like if your trying to get a Chaos Emerald and your unfortunate enough to miss it you have to turn yourself to the proper position to get it, it can take a good 3-5 seconds to try and do and get going to the finish line.
controls aside my second issue is the lack of content, granted it was a racing game released in 1997 so I can't really complain considering the time period but it still felt very short, with only 5 tracks (the final one unlocking after you clear the other 4 stages), but I will admit it does have a good amount of characters to choose from, that being 9.
but I will say if you can get used to the controls I'd say what is here can be a very fun time, even if the game itself only lasts for about 2-3 hours at most, and even though the music gets made fun of I like it quite a lot, my favorite Tracks being "Diamonds In The Sky", "Back In Time", and "Living In The City".
the game itself also has two other modes like Time Attack, and a 1 VS 2 Player Mode, but I doubt you'll find anyone willing to play this with you, the modes are in my opinion quite shallow, while Time Attack is a fun little distraction I doubt it will with keep you around.
but with all of my complaints (aside from also being the corner stone of shitty internet horror stories) aside Sonic R was a fun time for me, but it wasn't good enough for me to rate in any higher than a 3.5/5 stars, I'd say half and half is fair, if you play this game be very cautious cause Sonic Gems can fetch high prices now adays, but yeah with that being said Sonic R is in my eyes just a fun little distraction, nothing more nothing less,
2020
I got this game on the fly during a Switch eShop sale, probably my favorite visual novel I've played so far, mainly due to the characters and setting, it's so silly and fun I can't help but love it.
basically you have 3 in game weeks to try and snag a date to prom, all while funny hijinks ensue along the way.
depending on how you like your humor it may or may not be your cup of tea, it's what I like to refer to as "Tumblr Humor", along with "Reference Humor", stuff like "Calculester's Shiny Metal Ass!", Polly mentioning a band called "Imagine a Fucking Dragon", that kinda stuff, I understand this kinda humor doesn't jell well with everyone but I feel it's totally my thing! I'm all for stupid Tumblr Humor (I say that as a compliment) and I can't get enough of it!
but on to the characters, I think my favorites are Zoe, an Eldritch Deity who loves Fandoms and Writing FanFiction! Polly, a ghost girl who loves partying, drugs and loud music! and Calculester, a sentient Computer who loves life, his friends and plants! (Calculester and Zoe are the ones you can see on the icon for the game here), honestly the whole cast of the game is just super fun.
Monster Prom XXL is by far the most enjoyment I've gotten playing a Visual Novel/Dating Sim, and I feel no shame in giving this weeaboo fandom trash 5/5 Stars, if you enjoy nonsensical games that can go off the rales with little logic and still be humorous and highly recommend giving this game a play!
basically you have 3 in game weeks to try and snag a date to prom, all while funny hijinks ensue along the way.
depending on how you like your humor it may or may not be your cup of tea, it's what I like to refer to as "Tumblr Humor", along with "Reference Humor", stuff like "Calculester's Shiny Metal Ass!", Polly mentioning a band called "Imagine a Fucking Dragon", that kinda stuff, I understand this kinda humor doesn't jell well with everyone but I feel it's totally my thing! I'm all for stupid Tumblr Humor (I say that as a compliment) and I can't get enough of it!
but on to the characters, I think my favorites are Zoe, an Eldritch Deity who loves Fandoms and Writing FanFiction! Polly, a ghost girl who loves partying, drugs and loud music! and Calculester, a sentient Computer who loves life, his friends and plants! (Calculester and Zoe are the ones you can see on the icon for the game here), honestly the whole cast of the game is just super fun.
Monster Prom XXL is by far the most enjoyment I've gotten playing a Visual Novel/Dating Sim, and I feel no shame in giving this weeaboo fandom trash 5/5 Stars, if you enjoy nonsensical games that can go off the rales with little logic and still be humorous and highly recommend giving this game a play!
Metal Gear Rising was my first Metal Gear game (if we don't count the demo for MGS3D on 3DS) and so far it has been by favorite in terms of combat and music, the combat is super fluid, kinetic, and over all just super badass! and when you've gotten good at it you feel like a master at it! being able to parry attacks left and right, and this game probably has my favorite bosses in any action game, from Mistral to the final boss Senator Steven Armstrong, all of these bosses, there themes hit me in the right spots, speaking of which I adored the music in this game, from tracks like Rules Of Nature, A Stranger I remain and Hot Wind Blowing all of these songs are bangers! I even listen to them separately when I'm doing unrelated stuff, I consider this to be my favorite Metal Gear game so far and I since I have no problems with this game I'd say it's deserving of a 5/5 stars, if you like action games I highly recommend giving this one a shot! (seriously fuck Konami for not allowing MGR2 to happen)
1996
while a fun little distraction for what it is, it's the equivalent of playing rock em sock em robots with how button mashy it all feels, that and the characters just don't feel good to control, ironically it just feels very slow, I'd say you'd be better of playing a good fighting game like Skullgirls or Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3,
2014
Still my favorite Pokémon game, while I only got around to playing the original WAY later in my life (cause it came out four days before I was even born) Pokémon Omega Ruby is a quality remake and for as much as I enjoyed them is in some areas I find to be a better remake than Brilliant Diamon or Shining Pearl, from the feel and design of the world/characters and how it looks, and adding in features found in X and Y, that being Pokémon-Amie, a feature that let's you develop strong bonds with your Pokémon, and Mega Evolution which I will die on the hill that this is one of the best and cool features that Game Freak ever added to a Pokémon game, and new features like being able to ride on Latias or Latios to destinations or the illusive Mirage Islands, and my favorite part being that they brought every single Pokémon up to that point to OR&AS, which I feel shows how they wanted this to be a great remake and game in its own right, Omega Ruby proved itself to be an extremally fun time for me and I recommend any Pokémon fans who never played it to give it a shot!
while I think this is a fun game I feel like it suffers from many issues, namely Dante having to backtrack through the levels the new character Nero goes through, basically going backwards, and while enemies are actually quite fun to take down as Nero they can feel as graceful as a brick in dryer when fighting them as Dante, I'll admit not all of them are a pain in the ass when playing as him but the other 70% that are are just not fun to fight, including but not limited to Mephisto, Gladius, and Bianco Angelo, they're the most annoying assholes to try and take down as Dante, but then again the Blitz enemy is equally as annoying to try and kill even when your playing as Nero, but those issues aside I thought DMC4 was quite fun, and while I didn't get much millage out of the extra characters Trish and Lady I actually had a lot of fun playing as Vergil, being my go to character when ever I play Bloody Palace, and the musical tracks here are just as good as before, tracks like Blackened Angel, The Time Has Come, Forza Del Destino and Sworn Through Swords are just a couple of the many tracks that just make my ears melt, if you can stomach annoying enemies and having to replay the game backwards halfway through I can say DMC4 is worth your time, like I said in the beginning DMC4 is a fun game that just has a few snags,
2001
Devil May Cry was my fist Hack n' Slash game, I played it when I was in my middle teen years just 4 years ago, I've heard many things about it up to that point and while I didn't have any consoles that could play DMC up to that point since it was coming out on Switch I figured I'd give it a shot, I did and I'll say this game had me like a fucking fish, hook line and sinker, I remember being so enamored by this game, loving nearly every aspect of it, from it's stylish and over the top combat to it's cool as hell protagonist Dante, this game was hitting me in all the right places and I had a hell of a lot of fun with it, my favorite weapons out of everything are Sparda, due to it's long range and it just looking super cool, and Ifrit the hot as hell gauntlets Dante can wield, being able to punch, kick, shoot fire balls and give a good ol round house kick to any demon in the vicinity, and knocking around demons enough to get an S Rank was always super satisfying, and the music is just the chefs kiss, from tracks like Red Hot Juice, Psycho Siren, Flock Off and my favorite out of all of them Ultra Violet are all classified bangers that I'll even listening to by themselves, even Eva's more mellow theme is still a nice listen, my only gripe with this game is that you can't reselect missions, so if you wanted to play a particular one you needed to start a new save file, but other than that I consider DMC1 to be a great action game that is still worth revisiting to this day,
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