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if a game is missing a rating it's mainly because I haven't had proper thoughts about it yet or have finished it at all. here’s my rating scale labels
5.0: the nuts evolved
4.5: "Fuck Yeah." - Donal Duck
4.0: epicness
3.5: it okie
3.0: it's alright i guess
2.5: eh
2.0: naw
1.5: hell nah
1.0: hellscape
0.5: erosion
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if a game is missing a rating it's mainly because I haven't had proper thoughts about it yet or have finished it at all. here’s my rating scale labels
5.0: the nuts evolved
4.5: "Fuck Yeah." - Donal Duck
4.0: epicness
3.5: it okie
3.0: it's alright i guess
2.5: eh
2.0: naw
1.5: hell nah
1.0: hellscape
0.5: erosion
(pfp by wtf me!!! i'm a legitimate artist)
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I've played several matches, I guess it's fine? The base gameplay is really fun especially when you have skilled Pac-Man players here. If you've got your original arcade Pac-Man skills, they'll work here beautifully and you can crush your opponents with them. It gets really frantic and tense especially if you've got friends playing!
Despite the fun gameplay, there are a few big turn-offs for me. One, the game is extremely GPU demanding on PC and it caused my GPU to emit motor sounds which kind of shook me. While I do like the changes they did to the Stadia game, the game feels even less polished than the Stadia original since the new UI feels less polished and flashy compared to the original. Also doesn't help that the extreme input delay from the original is still present! And finally, by at least two hours in the game you'll have essentially experienced everything aside from unlocks. I still strongly stand by my point that this game should've been free to play. Putting a price on a battle royale game in the year 2024 is essentially asking for a death sentence. This game is overpriced for what it's worth right now ($20!!! Pac-Man Museum+ is at the same price as this and it has better value), and the fact that there's already skins that you can only get by paying for DLC doesn't really help it's case.
If you do intend to try it out though, I'd recommend waiting for the eventual discount within the months coming. Bamco's monetization practices continue to baffle me honestly.
Despite the fun gameplay, there are a few big turn-offs for me. One, the game is extremely GPU demanding on PC and it caused my GPU to emit motor sounds which kind of shook me. While I do like the changes they did to the Stadia game, the game feels even less polished than the Stadia original since the new UI feels less polished and flashy compared to the original. Also doesn't help that the extreme input delay from the original is still present! And finally, by at least two hours in the game you'll have essentially experienced everything aside from unlocks. I still strongly stand by my point that this game should've been free to play. Putting a price on a battle royale game in the year 2024 is essentially asking for a death sentence. This game is overpriced for what it's worth right now ($20!!! Pac-Man Museum+ is at the same price as this and it has better value), and the fact that there's already skins that you can only get by paying for DLC doesn't really help it's case.
If you do intend to try it out though, I'd recommend waiting for the eventual discount within the months coming. Bamco's monetization practices continue to baffle me honestly.
I've had Puyo Tetris on my eye since I caught wind of the game with the Switch launch lineup and this fusion of both Puyo Puyo and Tetris came out a lot better than I expected! The new gameplay modes that fuse both games are really fun to go through and while I did find using my Tetris soul towards destroying CPU players, I did get better at Puyo in the process too! Big recommend for Tetris and Puyo Puyo people all around, experienced and unfamiliar.
For a quick startup, yes I modded this game. I took a dive into the game unmodded for about 5 minutes and I was already met with glitches and awkward. I used the SA Mod Manager and it's pre-built in mods to fix most of the issues I had with the gameplay and to make the game lineup closer to the original Dreamcast version; ended up being a very nice decision because the mods really do make the game better! I had a more fun time compared to my first run on the original Dreamcast version so that's very nice. If you aim to try this out, I can only fully recommend it if you install mods to the game. Otherwise, it's a fine but butchered port.