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don't like reviewing titles till I've actually completed them and bad at using this site's playing or shelved features so if I give up on a game you'll never know about it
professional idiot
don't like reviewing titles till I've actually completed them and bad at using this site's playing or shelved features so if I give up on a game you'll never know about it
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would've been tempted to go the whole half star higher and said it's better than Spyro the Dragon (and I'm still kind of leaning that way anyways?) but there's just that slow subtle drag across those last few levels that had me rolling my eyes just a little to finish. love it all the same though -- this isn't even a proper sense of nostalgia talking but it's pretty astonishing how I remember most of these levels top to bottom (more or less) from when I was like... 6 years old? I can't imagine I ever replayed this after 12 at the furthest possible stretch and that's still a good almost 14 years to forget. I just can't I guess!
Agent 9's levels all suck major ass and I do think the isometric approach doesn't benefit the hubs by much but this is a great game. would happily play again, whether in a couple weeks, or another 14 years. but I should probably take this as my cue to play Season of Ice, which I never managed to play before
Agent 9's levels all suck major ass and I do think the isometric approach doesn't benefit the hubs by much but this is a great game. would happily play again, whether in a couple weeks, or another 14 years. but I should probably take this as my cue to play Season of Ice, which I never managed to play before
yeah yeah I get it we like boss fights
Gael and Midir are all timers, Demon Prince I can see the argument for too, but are we just ignoring the total waste that is the Dreg Heap?? the huge swamp at the base of the titular city? it's definitely an improvement over Ariandel no matter which way you wanna cut it but I'm pretty over the notion of having great bosses do the heavy lifting for areas at this point. looking into the lore relating to these two DLCs there's plenty of cool, exciting, fascinating even, things to note but I don't think it's translated into the gameplay or design as well as it could have been. there's a better sense of exploration and I love the aesthetics of the Ringed City, not to mention everything revolving around the climax, but something like the Dreg Heap is just too indefensible to ignore; easily one of the worst areas in any of these titles.
Gael and Midir are all timers, Demon Prince I can see the argument for too, but are we just ignoring the total waste that is the Dreg Heap?? the huge swamp at the base of the titular city? it's definitely an improvement over Ariandel no matter which way you wanna cut it but I'm pretty over the notion of having great bosses do the heavy lifting for areas at this point. looking into the lore relating to these two DLCs there's plenty of cool, exciting, fascinating even, things to note but I don't think it's translated into the gameplay or design as well as it could have been. there's a better sense of exploration and I love the aesthetics of the Ringed City, not to mention everything revolving around the climax, but something like the Dreg Heap is just too indefensible to ignore; easily one of the worst areas in any of these titles.
sorta bad; maybe i'm being harsh but this really only exists for sister friede. she's definitely among the best fights in all of dark souls 3, maybe in fromsoft history, but it can't carry a world that's never fun nor rewarding to explore with one other boss who's almost certainly the worst in the game. it's easily beatable in about an hour's time too. playing this much later so I'm nonplussed about the original price tag but I imagine it's a legitimate cause for concern. the lore that this game develops is interesting but far too obfuscated to properly engage with in the moment -- especially as a set up for the ringed city dlc. on an entirely personal issue I just can't stand the blood loss inducing fly creatures. i'm squeamish enough already.