vaugna16
Off the bat, there are improvements over BotW. The power set is infinitely better and, woah, actually practical to use during combat! What they achieved with the physics system is incredible and worthy of praise. But man about 15 hours in I had to throw in the towel cause the structural problems I had with BotW are virtually unchanged. They throw you in an empty sandbox with some toys and say "ok go make your own fun" and that just doesn't click with me. There's so much they could improve like hey, maybe make the rewards for me going out of my way to do something not terrible, but it just doesn't seem interested to.
The first ten hours or so are magical, just an incredible experience exploring and adventuring and for some people that feeling continues for hundreds, even thousands of hours
But idk man the longer I played it the more I disliked it. The combat is actually terrible, the puzzles being split into one offs is super unfulfilling, any challenge from the weapon degradation is lost when it starts throwing powerful weapons at you like they're candy halfway through, the enemy variety is bad, the four "dungeons" are boring gimmicks, the story is uninteresting... you get the point, it just didn't click for me
But idk man the longer I played it the more I disliked it. The combat is actually terrible, the puzzles being split into one offs is super unfulfilling, any challenge from the weapon degradation is lost when it starts throwing powerful weapons at you like they're candy halfway through, the enemy variety is bad, the four "dungeons" are boring gimmicks, the story is uninteresting... you get the point, it just didn't click for me
The very start is kinda rough and kinda slow, but once you get going it's lowkey one of the best SMT games with an incredible aesthetic and snappy battle system
Every five years or so I get to asking myself "I know Ocarina of Time is good, but is it really that good?" and I replay it and here's the thing fellas - it really is that good
The 3DS remake is generally an excellent way to play it - incredibly faithful in visuals and gameplay with more than enough smart, good changes (gyro aiming, great 3D, instant boot swapping) to offset the one or two complaints I could have (final boss lighting isn't quite right)
The 3DS remake is generally an excellent way to play it - incredibly faithful in visuals and gameplay with more than enough smart, good changes (gyro aiming, great 3D, instant boot swapping) to offset the one or two complaints I could have (final boss lighting isn't quite right)
2012
This feels like a game that was a lot of fun to make which was no doubt needed after SotD's dev hell. It's my least favorite of the HD GhM games personally, but it's still a decent time and has a killer licensed soundtrack
This game went through development HELL but honestly it's maybe my favorite post-NMH pre-TSA Grasshopper game? The combat is incredibly fun, looks fantastic given that it's GhM's first HD game on UE3, and Garcia Hotspur is just the coolest guy. Can't go wrong with Steve Blum putting on a Mexican accent
For all its marketing posturing about how it's a REAL fps unlike those call of duties, it does kinda fall into a lot of the same trends of other 7th gen shooters and it hampers it a fair bit more because when it cuts loose it is great fun racking up MadWorld-esque combos
2018
every time david makes a bad tweet just gotta remind yourself he made dusk he can say what he wants
I should probably mention something about the sublime level design that's so tight you won't even notice the lack of a map or the fantastic weapon selection or the atmospheric quake-esque graphics but those all speak for themselves really
I should probably mention something about the sublime level design that's so tight you won't even notice the lack of a map or the fantastic weapon selection or the atmospheric quake-esque graphics but those all speak for themselves really
2010
like 80% of this game kicks ass, Raven knows how to make a sick ass shooter. Man that other 20% is boring as shit tho, worth trudging through it tho
I put it on to see how it looked and before I blinked the credits started rolling
imagine a call of duty campaign with none of the budget and enemy AI that's borderline nonexistent, least it plays like call of duty tho I bet the multiplayer was fun at least
imagine a call of duty campaign with none of the budget and enemy AI that's borderline nonexistent, least it plays like call of duty tho I bet the multiplayer was fun at least
2011
they weren't kidding this game is dogshit. that's hours of my life I will never get back
what can you say, it's more Postal 2. I like the apocalyptic setting I guess
the gamergate shit is pretty cringe but because it's Postal you can blow up the major cameo and piss on his corpse so who's to say if it's bad or not
the gamergate shit is pretty cringe but because it's Postal you can blow up the major cameo and piss on his corpse so who's to say if it's bad or not
I actually kinda fuck with the more linear mission based design, the difficulty balance is EXTREMELY out of wack tho
2003
a perfect time capsule into what mid-2000s pop culture was running with, for better or worse. the sheer level of freedom given to the player is really something though, especially considering the game is held together by duct tape and dreams
2016
loses a fair bit of the edge of the original with the higher quality models and faster gameplay, so it's mostly a kind of mediocre top down shooter. the renewed ending and new story content has some great stuff going on tho