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the worst budokai is always going to play better than the best budokai tenkaichi to me but like. jeez this one is hard to defend. the skill system is really weird and the story mode is a bunch of minigames which is somehow worse than budokai 3's lame story mode.

in terms of positives, transforming is a single skill for each character rather than multiple, they got rid of dragon rush, and you can play as paikuhan. that's about it

This is a mod that improves the infamous and maligned Shadow the Hedgehog by cutting down on the more tedious aspects of the game. Overall, it's okay. The gameplay is like Sonic Heroes but worse, the story is dumb as hell and the main reason to play this game as it is entertaining because of how ridiculous it is, and from being just edgy enough to be E10. Music kinda slaps and the level design is not good. Play this one if you're bored and want to see dumb but entertaining platformer.

A good game, great source material to base it off - but not as satisfying mechanically as The Return of the King and the lack of co-op mode is disappointing in hindsight.

I wish I could like this game. I really do. This game tries to be everything the previous ones were, but more. Longer dungeons, more in-depth story, bigger world. While I can't necessarily say it fails at any of these aspects, it doesn't consider whether or not that's what these games needed. Sure, the dungeons are longer, but all that does is make it long enough to get sick of it, and want to leave by the end, rather than feel like an accomplishment. Sure, the story is more detailed, but all it really amounts to is putting the same car you've been using for the last 20 years on a new road. Sure, the world is bigger, but it's small enough to make every place seem recognizable, and big enough to make traversing it a slog to go through, making exploration feel like a chore, rather than a wonder. The game adopts a new art style, in an attempt to please fans who were put off by Wind Waker's unique look, but all it resulted in was the geometry, and in the case of the Gamecube/Wii versions, textures aging like milk. Even for standards from 2006, the art style is constantly clashing. I could take 3 different characters, and you wouldn't even be able to tell that they were supposed to be in the same game. I'm glad so many were able to see what I wasn't in this game, but I don't think I'll ever be able to turn around on it, as much as I wish I could.

Played on CemU emulator.

There is a moment in this game where Patrick farts and the controller shakes for 12 seconds.
I wish I was joking.

my first mainline pokemon. didn't understand why i dropped this as a kid until i replayed it - the battle speed is painfully slow. i'll play platinum later instead, because sinnoh is definitely a cool region and gen 4 has a good dex

I graduated high school, got a Bachelor’s, paid off my student loans, got married four times, got divorced five times, developed a substance addiction, fell into debt, memorized the Sutras, got rehab, got out of debt, did my 401k, got three of my children emancipated, retired and earned my pension before Blissey’s HP hit 0 after one Close Combat.

Saving a lot of data...
Don't turn off the power.