wafflesforleah
So...I like this game. I have to start with that. It's adorable, and gonzo in a weird way (the mission interstitial "story" is utterly bonkers) and I love Gundam a lot so seeing the little guys is really great. There's also some totally weirdo deep-cup Gundam jokes in here too.
Which is kinda the whole thing is like, this is a game for mega-fans. It feels like it would be best with a couple buddies just running missions and shooting the breeze. It's SO GRINDY THOUGH.
I'll be back when someone updates the cheats.
Which is kinda the whole thing is like, this is a game for mega-fans. It feels like it would be best with a couple buddies just running missions and shooting the breeze. It's SO GRINDY THOUGH.
I'll be back when someone updates the cheats.
2019
I started playing this a couple years back after an awful tragedy I experienced that kinda left me numb to things for a bit. Weirdly, this game and the Tony Hawk 1+2 remakes brought me out of it.
...But then I got stuck on one of the levels hahaha I picked it up again yesterday while messing around on my Switch and finally beat it!
It's a blast! It sounds wonderful and looks amazing.
...But then I got stuck on one of the levels hahaha I picked it up again yesterday while messing around on my Switch and finally beat it!
It's a blast! It sounds wonderful and looks amazing.
2022
(Quick little gameplay note here: I haaaaate hate HATED the puzzle sections. I couldn't beat them. They were so hard it drove me crazy. I died as soon as possible to each one in order to move on.)
It's difficult for me to engage with media about the creation of art sometimes. For the entirety of my relationship history, stretching back all the way to High School I have been the non-artist girlfriend to artist partners (my present-and-forever marriage being the sole exception; neither of us are artists).
In my experience, one can create art with being an artist, but it's a distinction I only really draw myself. Those who are like, capital A Artists--like our gal Kuni in this game--fit this mold of always missing the forest for the trees. They become entirely consumed. In writing parlance, they leave too much of themselves on the page.
Far be it from me to tell an artist how much or little of themselves to put into their work, but for those of us who are around and loving those artists, it can be torturous. I've been Kuma my entire life. I've watched loved ones work themselves to death and judge themselves to death and ruin relationships and push people away.
It's hard. I'm glad these two were able to work it out. I'm glad Kuni found her joy again.
It's difficult for me to engage with media about the creation of art sometimes. For the entirety of my relationship history, stretching back all the way to High School I have been the non-artist girlfriend to artist partners (my present-and-forever marriage being the sole exception; neither of us are artists).
In my experience, one can create art with being an artist, but it's a distinction I only really draw myself. Those who are like, capital A Artists--like our gal Kuni in this game--fit this mold of always missing the forest for the trees. They become entirely consumed. In writing parlance, they leave too much of themselves on the page.
Far be it from me to tell an artist how much or little of themselves to put into their work, but for those of us who are around and loving those artists, it can be torturous. I've been Kuma my entire life. I've watched loved ones work themselves to death and judge themselves to death and ruin relationships and push people away.
It's hard. I'm glad these two were able to work it out. I'm glad Kuni found her joy again.
WELL that was a long time! 62.4 hours according to Steam, which is the longest time I've played a more-or-less story based game in a loooooong time! Cyberpunk was like just over 30 hours I think for me!
SO y'all should know that I love love LOVE tactical games, and this game, which is basically Fire Emblem Three Houses: Marvel Edition with a really lovely card system, is so wildly up my alley I almost couldn't believe it. I am a lifelong capes comics lover (I will admit that the monstrosity that is the MCU and how much I dislike those movies makes me kinda be very lowkey about how much I love capes) and I love that we get more-or-less comic book versions of folks here.
SINCE it's so up my alley, and I trust my skill in the genre, I don't cheat on games like this. In fact, I bumped up the difficulty to the second highest one as soon as I unlocked it. I feel ok boasting that I only had to restart a single mission [smug sunglasses face]
What else can I say? I loved this game a ton. I loved Hunter's friendships (especially with Nico and Magik and Wanda) and I loved the Abbey and I just loved what this game had going on.
Tips and tricks? Gotta say that, having not read anything else so I could be way off base here, Spider-Man is probably the “best” character. He has lots of abilities that can be upgraded to be “free” and if I’ve learned anything from a lifetime of really loving games with action economy it’s that being able to use moves that don’t count against your action economy is as good as it gets!
Anywho, I cannot recommend this game highly enough!
SO y'all should know that I love love LOVE tactical games, and this game, which is basically Fire Emblem Three Houses: Marvel Edition with a really lovely card system, is so wildly up my alley I almost couldn't believe it. I am a lifelong capes comics lover (I will admit that the monstrosity that is the MCU and how much I dislike those movies makes me kinda be very lowkey about how much I love capes) and I love that we get more-or-less comic book versions of folks here.
SINCE it's so up my alley, and I trust my skill in the genre, I don't cheat on games like this. In fact, I bumped up the difficulty to the second highest one as soon as I unlocked it. I feel ok boasting that I only had to restart a single mission [smug sunglasses face]
What else can I say? I loved this game a ton. I loved Hunter's friendships (especially with Nico and Magik and Wanda) and I loved the Abbey and I just loved what this game had going on.
Tips and tricks? Gotta say that, having not read anything else so I could be way off base here, Spider-Man is probably the “best” character. He has lots of abilities that can be upgraded to be “free” and if I’ve learned anything from a lifetime of really loving games with action economy it’s that being able to use moves that don’t count against your action economy is as good as it gets!
Anywho, I cannot recommend this game highly enough!
1998
WELL, another sacred cow down. I never had a Playstation so I never experienced games like this, but Metal Gear Solid is inescapable if you spend even a second in any nerd space. A friend of mine said I should finally buckle down and play it and so I did!
I absolutely gosh dang LOVE the way this game looks. It just feels like home in that way. I love it to death--and all the little details. It's adorable. It's cute. It's incredibly charming. It's funny and it's at times genuinely emotionally affecting. On all of those fronts it's a home run for me.
On the gameplay front though, I could not be more nonplussed. I more or less detest stealth mechanics, so I was never going to enjoy that aspect of it. I hated the backtracking (thank god I had a fast forward option in Retroarch) and I was annoyed at the bosses. From a mechanical perspective this game was just one billion percent Not For Me.
But all that said, I had a lovely time. I absolutely understand how this was so influential.
I absolutely gosh dang LOVE the way this game looks. It just feels like home in that way. I love it to death--and all the little details. It's adorable. It's cute. It's incredibly charming. It's funny and it's at times genuinely emotionally affecting. On all of those fronts it's a home run for me.
On the gameplay front though, I could not be more nonplussed. I more or less detest stealth mechanics, so I was never going to enjoy that aspect of it. I hated the backtracking (thank god I had a fast forward option in Retroarch) and I was annoyed at the bosses. From a mechanical perspective this game was just one billion percent Not For Me.
But all that said, I had a lovely time. I absolutely understand how this was so influential.
2022
I don't follow the NBA very closely so I tend to buy 2k every other year or so, and this year's 2k is like every year I buy 2k: whatever the newest 2k is is the best basketball video game there's ever been.
I don't want to sound too hyperbolic or anything; there's stuff in here that I don't like. But when it comes to the pure on-the-court basketball? Whatever the newest 2k is the best it's ever been.
Are the newest 2ks my favorite basketball games? It's tough to say, but probably no--that would go to Dunk Kids I think.
Basketball is a skill game--it's tough and wonderful and joyful to watch; I think spiritually it's America's soccer. But the sort of individual skill we see our favorite players display is incredibly had to replicate unless you've got a powerful engine. It's why, for as much as I love NBA Jam, you don't get to feel like those guys like you do in every newest 2k.
If you like basketball, grab this and have a blast. It's incredibly easy to ignore the obnoxious microtransaction stuff.
I don't want to sound too hyperbolic or anything; there's stuff in here that I don't like. But when it comes to the pure on-the-court basketball? Whatever the newest 2k is the best it's ever been.
Are the newest 2ks my favorite basketball games? It's tough to say, but probably no--that would go to Dunk Kids I think.
Basketball is a skill game--it's tough and wonderful and joyful to watch; I think spiritually it's America's soccer. But the sort of individual skill we see our favorite players display is incredibly had to replicate unless you've got a powerful engine. It's why, for as much as I love NBA Jam, you don't get to feel like those guys like you do in every newest 2k.
If you like basketball, grab this and have a blast. It's incredibly easy to ignore the obnoxious microtransaction stuff.
1994
I will absolutely have more to say about this game once I play more of it. This is a wonderful looking Mecha tactical RPG and there are systems systems systems!!
What can be said but "holy smokes"? I more or less only know Syd Mead because of Turn A Gundam (my favorite Gundam show ever) and like, his general reputation...and now this game.
It's a pretty cool shooter, but obviously the real draw here is the way it looks, and it looks incredible. The effects they get are very, very neato. It's absolutely worth taking a look.
It's a pretty cool shooter, but obviously the real draw here is the way it looks, and it looks incredible. The effects they get are very, very neato. It's absolutely worth taking a look.
Holy goshdang smokes
What this is is a game where you build, customize and upgrade robots in order to fight in robot colosseum battles. It's Mariana Trench deep and I have barely skimmed the surface and I really want to go very very deep because this is the exact sort of game that could swallow my life.
Graphically, it looks i n c r e d i b l e. I can't wait to play more of this.
What this is is a game where you build, customize and upgrade robots in order to fight in robot colosseum battles. It's Mariana Trench deep and I have barely skimmed the surface and I really want to go very very deep because this is the exact sort of game that could swallow my life.
Graphically, it looks i n c r e d i b l e. I can't wait to play more of this.
1991
Wonderful to see the other review on here saying basically what I'm going to: this game is absolutely bonkers. Mechanically it's just a sideways shooter game where you're in your little ship.
But the presentation and cutscenes and visuals? Absolutely the most bonkers stuff I have ever seen. Nothing I can describe would do it justice in any way. It's trippy and wild and so cool and radical. Truly wild and fun stuff.
But the presentation and cutscenes and visuals? Absolutely the most bonkers stuff I have ever seen. Nothing I can describe would do it justice in any way. It's trippy and wild and so cool and radical. Truly wild and fun stuff.
Gosh!! I'm gonna come back to this a while later. I played a whole slew of things across a very, very hellish travel day and this was one of them. I played through a little opening chunk of this before deciding it wasn't right for plane playing...
What I did play though? Holy smokes. It opens with one of the ALL TIME Mega CD openings, introducing us to the members of an alien band, who then crash into a planet. I really have to dig deeper into this.
What I did play though? Holy smokes. It opens with one of the ALL TIME Mega CD openings, introducing us to the members of an alien band, who then crash into a planet. I really have to dig deeper into this.
1993
I really thought I would like this; it started out pretty strong but gosh it just ends up as a bit of a muddled-looking mess. It controls incredibly fluidly though!
1988
So the first 'Ninja Warriors' I clicked on here on Backlogg'd was a Super Nintendo one that had what I thought were shockingly high ratings. I am either radically out of step with people or there Super Nintendo one is very very different hahaha
This is barely a game. It's impossible to control, it moves incredibly slowly, it's unpleasant to look at and listen to. Absolutely could not play. Very, very unpleasant game.
This is barely a game. It's impossible to control, it moves incredibly slowly, it's unpleasant to look at and listen to. Absolutely could not play. Very, very unpleasant game.
1989
GOSH Night Striker was so dang cool. This is more or less just exactly Space Harrier But You're In A Flying Car but holy SMOKES the levels (it's an Outrun-esque pyramid path) look so so incredible oh lordy.
The levels look great, the feeling of speed feels wonderful, it just looks so so rad. Give this one a try.
The levels look great, the feeling of speed feels wonderful, it just looks so so rad. Give this one a try.
I got through a little early chunk of this and it wasn't my bag really. There's some cool stuff happening with the mechanics--you have two characters (I had basically a father/daughter combo)--and there's a lovely Mega CD opening cutscene.
No rating because I think if I kept playing I could maybe get into it more but I don't know if I experienced enough to give it a fair shake.
No rating because I think if I kept playing I could maybe get into it more but I don't know if I experienced enough to give it a fair shake.