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2008
2006
2006
One of the last bright spots of Treasure's output, a stunning time travel platformer with so much friction in its action that it feels like the game grinds your nervous system as you play it and uncover some other weird new corner of where everything is going, who everyone is, all of that. It's like if 13 Sentinels didn't want to cry in the club.
The point at which it became clear to me that the addition of weapons to metroid is actually a detriment to this style of game. At some point "Action RPG" got turned into "a subpar action game where you have to compare products on amazon" and while not the worst example of this trend, it's very obvious going back to the other GBA Castlevanias that the variety of weapon choices is a salve onto a world that has to be sanded down so you can have the option to make those choices.
besides, whipping skeletons to death with a chain is so much cooler than using swords or whatever
besides, whipping skeletons to death with a chain is so much cooler than using swords or whatever
1982
1997
The only reason I don't regret playing this is the decades of enjoyment that have come from seeing people wildly misunderstand the story, or broadcast that they don't actually know what happened in the game and just think the characters are hot. All that also got multiplied with how wantonly the Remake series is going to detonate the canon in strategic places, bringing it all down on our heads like so much pizza. I don't actually know if it's good anymore.
2005
2006
2006
1981