TheYeti
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2019
I understand that the main hook of this game is creation and playing through user-created levels, but I wish the game was better at incentivizing you to engage with that loop. For me, just playing other peoples' creations is not enough of a reason to just play the game endlessly. I often found it too difficult to find thoughtful levels that were well-designed 2D Mario levels as opposed to just "Look how CRAAAZY this level is!!!". This game also really thrived on the Wii U thanks to the dual-screen setup and stylus that made creation easy. Sadly, that doesn't translate as well to a single-screen where you can't rely on the user playing in handheld mode.
After I finished the extremely underwhelming story mode, I made a couple levels for fun, and engaged a bit with the player-created courses before getting burned out and putting the game down for good.
After I finished the extremely underwhelming story mode, I made a couple levels for fun, and engaged a bit with the player-created courses before getting burned out and putting the game down for good.
2019
I can't comment on single-player, but playing this 4-player couch co-op was an absolute blast. Perfectly strikes the balance between requiring teamwork and encouraging silly goofing around.
2017
It's more Splatoon. I spent like 50 hours 100% completing the campaign with every available weapon because I am a psychopath. Do not recommend. Game is good because Splatoon is good, but it doesn't do anything revolutionary over its predecessor beyond adding Salmon Run (which is pretty fun).
Game itself is a solid rhythm game with a decent tracklist, but the minigames feel cheap. Additionally, I bought the physical drum controllers for this and had a lot of issues trying to get the input lag figured out with my TV. There's an in-game system that supposedly helps you auto-sync your controller, but even after doing that it was way off. Completely unplayable with the physical drum controllers, sadly.
2019
It's neat that we got this incredibly cool arcade game at home, but this game lives and dies on its ability to be played on a couch with 8 people. We tried with 4 people against bots and 2v2 and it just was not fun. Really cool as an arcade game but having a game that simply doesn't work without 8 people doesn't really lend itself to a home console experience.
2018
The tennis part of this tennis game is actually pretty fun. It's a shame everything else surrounding it, including the campaign mode, all kind of suck.
2012
I have a special fondness for Borderlands 2 because not only was it the first game to get my wife into first person shooters, but it was also the main way the two of us kept in touch with a couple friends of ours that had moved out of town.
I think Borderlands 2 is, sadly, where the Borderlands franchise peaked and Gearbox hasn't been able to meet this quality in every attempt since. The story and tone are perfect without feeling like it's ever trying too hard the way subsequent Borderlands games felt. The gameplay felt great. Every aspect of it works together to create a fantastic game experience that we still think back on fondly.
I think Borderlands 2 is, sadly, where the Borderlands franchise peaked and Gearbox hasn't been able to meet this quality in every attempt since. The story and tone are perfect without feeling like it's ever trying too hard the way subsequent Borderlands games felt. The gameplay felt great. Every aspect of it works together to create a fantastic game experience that we still think back on fondly.
29 of my 30 hours with the 360 port of CS:GO were all on Gun Game.
2012
It's honestly too bad the trend of games that feature your Xbox Avatar or Nintendo Mii died out. I thought it was neat. Even if most the games were just fine.
2013
A fun idea but it didn't really have any legs to it. I think a lot of folks, myself included, were riding that Castle Crashers high when this came out, so it's hard not to be disappointed that this comes nowhere close to the quality of that.
2018
Loved the first game so much that I 100%'d it.
We quit playing Overcooked 2 about halfway through the last world after 3-starring every level before it.
The second game is needlessly more difficult and wacky. Doesn’t really introduce many more mechanics. It’s just the first game but harder.
And not a fun challenging. It’s a difficulty spike that feels random. It’s difficult to get into a groove in later levels as they just feel chaotic.
We quit playing Overcooked 2 about halfway through the last world after 3-starring every level before it.
The second game is needlessly more difficult and wacky. Doesn’t really introduce many more mechanics. It’s just the first game but harder.
And not a fun challenging. It’s a difficulty spike that feels random. It’s difficult to get into a groove in later levels as they just feel chaotic.
2012
Came to this game after all the hype and enjoyed it quite a bit, but it didn't really live up to 3 years of people telling me it is the best video game story ever told.
Disclaimer: These are my brief thoughts based on my memory of playing this 8 years ago:
Disclaimer: These are my brief thoughts based on my memory of playing this 8 years ago:
2010
Less a game more than it is a collection of arcade games in a space you can decorate. Kind of a neat idea I guess
A game I remember liking a lot when I played it (enough to get the Plat) but do not remember basically anything of years later.
Disclaimer: These are my brief thoughts based on my memory of playing this 8 years ago:
Disclaimer: These are my brief thoughts based on my memory of playing this 8 years ago:
1999
YA YA YA YA YAAAAHH