I am honestly low key ashamed of how much I enjoy this entire series, I don't think I'm supposed to enjoy the combat and gameplay in this game as much as I do. But this one, this one is a true fucking masterpiece. Despite being a trojan horse for selling expensive plastic toys, Skylanders Giants is an unnecessarily enjoyable time. As I already mentioned, the combat in this game (and the rest of the franchise) is surprisingly well done. The three buttons each having their own attacks and then there often being additional combos makes for a simple yet satisfying combat system. There's also 48 different characters to choose from, and while some of them have some similar moves, they're overall pretty unique to one another, and some of their designs are really good. Bouncer obviously best character. This game and its many characters and npcs are really charming and enjoyable. Plus with dolphin emulator you can literally emulate the portal itself, so if you don't have the figures, you can play it on your computer with all the characters. Very fun game and one of the biggest of my childhood.

A top tier 3d platformer and imo the greatest video game soundtrack of all time. This game also uses the whole "..in SPACE!!!" thing really well, with a lot of the levels switching up the gravity or how you can walk upside down on the little "planets". Biggest fault here is definitely the overreliance on motion controls, I played this on switch and there was still too much damn motion controls, like I get that it was 2007 and motion controls were all the rage, but come on bro 💀💀. Also the platforming controls themselves are also a little stiff? Like it didn't halt the gameplay whatsoever, but the movement and the jumping just felt a little stiff to me. Overall a masterpiece, I'm glad that 3d All-stars finally gave me a chance to play through the game that I only ever got to see my older brother play since, he uh, wasn't too fond on sharing....