Ecco_Chamber
I can't stand playing this game but dude, my wife has been chompin on this game since they were a wee lil sprout, and it's a delight to watch them go at it. Highly recommend to find you a donkey'd kong partner or friend you can just watch go at it.
2018
A beautiful marvel of a game. I'm unfortunately not good enough at Tetris to get past a certain point, but it's fun nonetheless.
1998
Best Tetris soundtrack in the UGLIEST form it's ever taken. But damn if it ain't those silly little blocks our species loves
2014
It's all in the name. Doesn't need anything else, though the UI is very slightly clunky. But otherwise, it's great games stuck together in a real fun package.
1989
Yeah this is Tetris. Not my fave Tetris, but dude it's all here. Purest form of the game, absolute beast of a handheld it was on. Everyone from babychildren to old crones with cigs in hand jammed this. It's fundamentally one of the "perfect" forms of video gaming there is.
1990
Great graphics, great music and SFX, Mario's lookin damn good and you've even got your favorite boy Yoshi. Really knew what it wanted at the time and nailed it; there's a reason so much of modern gaming is based on this and not the original marios. One of the few 2D marios I still enjoy.
1988
BOWW shoots an egg out of my mouth at you to indicate I'm a girl
1996
This game truly feels like a dream. Soft visuals, poppy sounds, fantastical little micro-worlds filled with cool little baddies and fun pals. The piano scared the shit outta me as a kid, but the rest was golden.
Mario is just a little guy in this! Like he's a little dude, and somehow they made a mustachioed 25-34 year old man into the parent-approved best friend of deeply lonely boys who would go on to post the most toxic things you've ever seen in your life, and then start a youtube channel about bad video game essays once they've been on HRT for a couple months.
While it's still a blast to jam around in, I like to watch others play this game now a bit more than I like playing it myself. Mario is such a Little Guy in this, I can't help but stand a few feet from the screen like I'm watching football on thanksgiving, yelling "get 'em Mario!" every time Mario does absolutely anything. I recommend this, it's the proper way to play in 2023. Mario's gonna get them, and buddy, you're his pal along for the ride.
Mario is just a little guy in this! Like he's a little dude, and somehow they made a mustachioed 25-34 year old man into the parent-approved best friend of deeply lonely boys who would go on to post the most toxic things you've ever seen in your life, and then start a youtube channel about bad video game essays once they've been on HRT for a couple months.
While it's still a blast to jam around in, I like to watch others play this game now a bit more than I like playing it myself. Mario is such a Little Guy in this, I can't help but stand a few feet from the screen like I'm watching football on thanksgiving, yelling "get 'em Mario!" every time Mario does absolutely anything. I recommend this, it's the proper way to play in 2023. Mario's gonna get them, and buddy, you're his pal along for the ride.
This was kinda fun until a dracky said that it was scared that me and the townsfolk had iced it's fellow monster and it made me cry so I stopped playing
2000
If this game wasn't INCREDIBLY racist it would still be my favorite game of all time. Just endless waterfalls of more and more one-off garbage to do, with wildly different locales, fun music, goofy gameplay and really silly writing. If I could go back in time I'd frankly kill whoever though Mumbo and Humba were good ideas and let the games be better forever.
2008
Best platformer I've ever played. Truly a delicious feast of minimalism of timing, but in a way that really separates it from everything else. The low gravity, the smooth sliding and leaps, just such an incredible package.
2018
Would like to note that the only reason I give Celeste no rating is because I can't play it. Like, physically and mentally I can't. I've got a lot of hand-eye coordination disabilities, and something about this one just really destroys me. I have no interest in games where I die constantly to "learn" and Celeste is that cranked to 11. I'm forever an N+ gal, and Celeste can't compete. Really glad for everyone that likes it though!
Addendum: I've been informed about this game's assist mode. Unfortunately I have no access to any form of Celeste, so any attempts again will wait for the distant future.
Addendum: I've been informed about this game's assist mode. Unfortunately I have no access to any form of Celeste, so any attempts again will wait for the distant future.
2003
Super weird, very obviously rushed, wildly bouncing setting, horrible stealth and one of the most emotional pieces of it's story being given to you at WAY the wrong point in the game (Pej's explanation disc). But damn if I don't adore some big parts of this game. Jade is a super likeable protagonist with great VA work and such a fun energy to her, Pej is a great sidekick and for the jankiness, I do actually like how much you can whip around in that hovercraft. The game is at it's best though when it's Jade bopping around taking pictures and having fun times with her orphans. I'd love a game that's just 70 hours of that. Begging more games to implement the spiral keyboard from this.
Masterpiece. Michael Ironside is immaculate as Fisher, one of the best soundtracks in the entirety of the medium (thanks Amon Tobin!), incredible levels (for the most part), really fun gadgets and movement, fantastic lighting for the time, and gosh fuckin damn if that co-op and multiplayer ain't the best damn times I ever had on Xbox Live barring Halo 2/3. Rules hard on every level except for the max level jingo plot, but man it knows when to shut the fuck up and just let you crawl around to some delicious tunes. Sexiest lockpicking ever in a game
2005
Not for a moment do I care about story or really the singleplayer much, cause buddy, Instincts was about the map maker and the multi. Hours and hours of fun from making weird little locales and running around maps others made in custom games. Only thing a Far Cry game ever needs is a map maker and eventually they fucked that up too.