boopus
2016
While far from perfect, it came at the perfect time in my life to speak to me at a level I wasn't ready for. Every character felt like a piece of me put into a hot, stylish anime character. I can't articulate how much those late nights falling asleep on the couch to Layer Cake or Beneath the Mask meant to me, or the quantity of excitement I felt every time Life Will Change or Rivers through the Desert played. It remained fun cover to cover and I felt like I was saying goodbye to real friends as the credits rolled. While I can't be objective, I can say this game is once-in-a-console-gen special.
2020
This review contains spoilers
This game is so goddamn beautiful for so many reasons and the sources of it's hatred all seem so unfounded in the actual experience. Anti-escapism in games has been dabbled in before, but never in a way that spoke to my own self isolation and reckless pursuit of better media and more realistic dreams. This game fed into my delusions only to shatter them in the bleakest way imaginable. It's a cheery, childish romp through wonderland for one half and getting buttf*cked by both your and Sunny's trauma for the other half.
Spoilers: [ I have never been sucker punched as hard in the depression and mental darkness as when I entered black space. Games have never really scared me, even as a HUGE horror fan. This section had me quite literally shaking. Gut-wrenching and horrifying and the most relatable piece of abstract art I had encountered up to this point. ]
Buy this game. There's like 80 hours of content for 20$, so definitely worth the admission.
Spoilers: [ I have never been sucker punched as hard in the depression and mental darkness as when I entered black space. Games have never really scared me, even as a HUGE horror fan. This section had me quite literally shaking. Gut-wrenching and horrifying and the most relatable piece of abstract art I had encountered up to this point. ]
Buy this game. There's like 80 hours of content for 20$, so definitely worth the admission.
2006
Unironically the best product (from an artistic perspective) Nintendo has ever put out. I laughed at the NPCs and enemys and cried in half the cutscenes. If there's a game that better tackles the sweeping effects of capitalism, fascism, loss, abuse, power and DANCING MONKEYS, let me know. Ride of a lifetime. Emulate it, play through it, then fly to Japan and give Shigesato Itoi a sloppy kiss on the cheek. Every minute of the 25-hour runtime has something new for you and it is CRIMINAL that crappy copyright laws prevent this from being popularized in the west.
2017
I don't know how my urb-ex, philosophy major, horrorcore music enjoyer ass would not be edging throughout the splendiferous sixty hours it took me to suckle down every droplet of juice this game that's as meaty as 2B's ass. The amusement park, the plot twists, the Yakuza-esque side quests, the final ascent, the religion and existentialism seeping from every cracked building. This game possibly shaped my taste in media, my passions and my path in life. Goddamn masterpiece.
2012
I don't care if the developers a shithead, best animals in all of gaming. I made ALL of them with perler beads when I was younger. The aesthetic value of this piece is unparalleled. It's tradition now that I replay this game every 6 months. The puzzles, while not intuitive, are ingenious and fun once you figure them out.
2004
Janky with an overpriced remaster, but nothing hits harder than that soundtrack after an edible. I kick it on whenever I'm feeling silly goofy.
2017
Best Game Ever Made.
2007
Incredible story and villains. Way underrated.