zeusdeegoose
Abandoned on Windows via Dolphin. I used a real Wiimote for the record. The controls are just poppycock. You can't come to a halt easily; you have to hold it as a weird 45 degree angle. And going forward takes a lot of tilt, but going backwards is as easy as pie. This would be fine if the stages felt built around that, but at times they can be weirdly precise. And sometimes they can be annoying because you can't stop. Hell even the damn MENUS are a bitch to navigate. That's never happened to me in my (albeit short) gaming career. Overall, this game just sucks.
Completed on 3DS. Seriously, WTF happened here? The first game was pretty fun, but this one is downright frustrating. Remember the cast from the first game? Pretty much non-existent here. Akeno and the other girl (forgot her name, sorry) were cool, but they were replaced with some other two. And these guys just don’t compare at all. The gameplay of the first game was completely renovated for something infinitely more frustrating. You have a time travel mechanic, but I swear it’s either bugged up the ass or just frustrating to work with. 90% of the time it was just trial and error. Also, every other chapter is a boring text adventure. You have to go to certain places and talk to certain people. Not only is it unfun, it just kills the pace. Furthermore, I wish the game marked where you needed to go when you triggered a certain dialogue. That would’ve made it a lot easier. Overall, it’s a mediocre mess that I just can’t bring myself to recommend .
I'm mixed on WotL. On one hand, it adds a crap ton of mechanics to the game that make it new and fresh. On the other hand, it has a cheap, fucking obnoxious difficulty spike. For one, there are new floors. The Cellar, Catacombs, and Necroplis. The latter two are fine; it's the fucking cellar. The Cellar is one of the worst designed areas I've ever seen with extremely annoying enemies to boot. Seriously, who thought spiders were a fun enemy? Second, the new bosses are terrible. Any boss that either A: Summons monsters or B: has a shield around their weakness is a bitch of a time. Looking at you, Mask of Infamy! Also, Isaac (the fight) is a cheap HP drainer that made me debate whether I should continue playing Isaac. Oh, and curses. I love getting punished for doing literally nothing wrong! Overall, I couldn't get down with WotL. It's too frustrating and unfun BS to me. It has good things in it, but man. Fuck that difficulty.
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This review is pretty long (and probably above the character limit), so instead of putting it all on here, I had to make a Google Doc on it. Feel free to share your criticisms there. But TLDR; Don't play it. It's not fun.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/197kj_oQ-UNC4xoC26_TLvVf4O_tgvPzSUQ94whjAtys/edit
https://docs.google.com/document/d/197kj_oQ-UNC4xoC26_TLvVf4O_tgvPzSUQ94whjAtys/edit