I'm so distraught with how mixed my feelings are for this game. There is so much effort and time put into this kart racer that is very visibly there; However there are certain big decisions in how it presents itself to the player and the track design that I DO NOT BLAME people for steering clear after the first few cups.

For some ODD reason, Ring Racers' tracks bounce from good to genuinely appalling. Me and some buddies have been doing Grand Prix for a good while and let me tell you, for every good designed track that actually feels like it accommodates for the controls, there is a slap in the face track that is either narrow, steep sloped, or a nightmare to face the CPUs on.

Oh yeah, the CPUs, you know that Rival that the game has for you? They always have access to frantic items, they get a bigger boost from rings than you do, their top speed is higher then yours, crazy rubberbanding, etc. If you were wondering if you were going crazy and bots always seemed to catch up to you at the worst possible moments, that is why.

I want to love this game. I really do, but this needed so much more PUBLIC testing. It is insane to me that they want folks to unlock and go after emeralds when some of these tracks make it their mission to stop you in your tracks and crit hit you into positions you will not come back from.

This is a review of the 1.5 Final Mix version on PC (Epic Games,) but I technically played this on PS2 when I was very little. I didn't get too far since I was a smooth brain babey, but I have fond memories roaming around Traverse Town and liking how warm it was.

To say the least, now getting around to playing this game in full, I'm very happy with what I played. KH1 is a bit jank and confusing sometimes, but with the guidance of some friends who are already into the series, I was able to get through it smoothly. The combat is pretty simple and fun, and gets more intricate the more you level up. The Disney and Final Fantasy mix is odd but honestly super fun to see how it all goes together.

I think now playing this leaves me more confused than anything on how people could see this as a bad game. It challenges you to experiment with what you have; Making you use your items, abilities and strategize to the fullest like any other RPG. To put it simply, you cannot go into this thinking you can simply button mash; As certain Heartless will CERTAINLY punish you for even thinking about it.

The bosses especially will test your patience, but if you stick to it, you're met with satisfying victory.

In terms of the story, I didn't have too much of a hard time following what was happening. Its actually pretty simple as long as you're paying attention. I feel most who don't vibe with the whole Disney Characters and FF thing turned their brains off and deemed it odd and complicated; but I haven't exactly gotten to the other entries just yet, AND I have been told to just watch some of the games' cutscenes as oppose to playing them; Since they might be undesirable compared to the main 3.

With that said, I look forward to my time with Kingdom Hearts 2 when i get around to it!

Oh man... This is a review that's gonna tug on my heart man. Let me get this out the way:

Sonic Superstars is a fun 2D Sonic game, but it is a very ROUGH experience. In my time playing it, I personally did not experience many glitches, but I did witness glitches happen to friends whilst they were playing during a Discord VC. The controls are super nice and are almost one to one with other classic games; The level design and aesthetic is really good and friends and I were very pleased to see the many references sprinkled in a few zones here and there.

Here's where the problems come in tho. The Soundtrack is a mixed bag worse than a mid 2000s fangame. It feels like songs were pulled from different titles; The most egregious being tracks done by Jun Senoue, whose work in this game sounds like scraps from Sonic 4 EP.III or something. Its a real shame because partway through the game, thats most of the songs you'll hear. This strange botched attempt at Genesis style music, the overuse of the Sonic 1 and 2 snare; It gets frustrating, especially during the long and tedious boss fights that will test your patience.

The final boss for the main campaign is such a annoying battle, it genuinely took some of my enjoyment out of the game. I have not done the other campaign yet, but as of right now, I cannot reccomend people getting this game at full price.

Sonic Superstars needed more time in the oven to iron out things that are wrong with it.

I wish this game was better. I really wish it was. The idea of a game based after Atlantis Squarepantis sounds like a pretty cool idea honestly. The Special itself wasn't great but it had many cool ideas that would of worked on a Spongebob 3D Platformer akin to Battle for Bikini Bottom. INSTEAD what we got was a game that starts AT THE END of the special, some reused music from Creature, cutscenes from a PC point and click and a bunch of nonsensical mismatched gameplay styles that feel like they should of been in a mini-game collection. Its very sad.