Eganworks
This game owned on the WiiU, and it owns just as hard on the 3DS.
Great revival of one of the best platformer series of all time. Movement feels like it has a bit too much inertia at times, especially compared to the game's predecessors, which were so tight. Otherwise really fun.
2022
Another gem from Zach Gage.
2021
Short and sweet, extremely strong and well-designed. Gets in, has a good time, and gets out before it gets old. Love it.
2008
I don't know what ancient gods had to be appeased to bring us a collaboration between Hironobu Skaguchi, Yuji Horii, and Akira Toriyama, but they can have my firstborn.
Loved the idea of having scripted battles rather than random encounters, and that they played out right on the playing field. Genius.
Shoutouts to Yasunori Mitsuda and Nobuo Uematsu for a bangin' soundtrack. Square RPGs always know how to build you up with a heroic theme and make your heart soar when you inevitably obtain an airship.
Loved the idea of having scripted battles rather than random encounters, and that they played out right on the playing field. Genius.
Shoutouts to Yasunori Mitsuda and Nobuo Uematsu for a bangin' soundtrack. Square RPGs always know how to build you up with a heroic theme and make your heart soar when you inevitably obtain an airship.
2024
STEAM DEMO REVIEW - There's a lot to like here. I like the idea of mashing together a dungeon crawler with a typing game. Seems like this mashes those two together very well. Game's gorgeous, I love the black & white. Standing still, you'd think each angle was a bespoke painting. Then you move, and the illusion is shattered before settling back into yet another beautiful painting. It's lovely to watch.
All that said, I don't think this has legs for me personally. Had fun though!
All that said, I don't think this has legs for me personally. Had fun though!
2017
A solid spooky time. Love the way all the episodes were tied together. Cool way to tell a story. Only undone in places by having to fumble through finding the correct text inputs.
Lovely game. Elegantly told story. Nice and concise. LOVED exploring this house.
1999
Gorgeous GBC game. Music way better than it has any business being as well. Extremely fun action puzzle loop. Clear predecessor to things like Holedown.
2022
Love that this game exists. The production behind it is mind boggling. Love Manon Gage's performance as Marissa. Really love the intuitive way it peels away to reveal the meta-narrative. And yet I also found myself feeling underwhelmed by the fact that I'm still not sure I'm done?? A game can end with a whimper rather than a bang, I just need to know it did in fact end.
It's wild that this is on 3DS. It just works, it's Minecraft. Perfectly playable. Lovely to have a little MC world in my pocket. I will fall off of it for all the usual reasons I fall off of Minecraft.
2013
What a delightful little game! Really enjoyable loop. Love how much freedom you have to carve your own way through the world. Loved the rate at which new upgrades are handed out, and how that's very much controlled by your skill and the pace at which you grok the game. Movement was a blast by the end. Glad I finally played it!
2022
Switch port's a bit of a mess. Still as lovable as ever.
Played for the first time in the MegaMan Battle Network Legacy Collection.
A solid first draft for everything that follows. Hard not to judge based on what's missing, having played the rest of the series. Throws you into the world with little/no setup which I both do and don't like for different reasons. Writing leaves something to be desired, but gets there in the end by making characters likable. World-ending threat is sort of a nothing burger that gets no introduction, but we learn what we need to along the way. Battle system is mostly there. ElecMan stage is saved only by reading a walkthrough. Not being able to save after the penultimate fight and before the final boss sucks. Thank goodness for the Legacy Collection's Buster Max mode. Really smart addition.
All in all, really glad I finally got to play this first entry and experience this part of the story! There are good bits that I've been missing for 20 years! Solid game.
A solid first draft for everything that follows. Hard not to judge based on what's missing, having played the rest of the series. Throws you into the world with little/no setup which I both do and don't like for different reasons. Writing leaves something to be desired, but gets there in the end by making characters likable. World-ending threat is sort of a nothing burger that gets no introduction, but we learn what we need to along the way. Battle system is mostly there. ElecMan stage is saved only by reading a walkthrough. Not being able to save after the penultimate fight and before the final boss sucks. Thank goodness for the Legacy Collection's Buster Max mode. Really smart addition.
All in all, really glad I finally got to play this first entry and experience this part of the story! There are good bits that I've been missing for 20 years! Solid game.
My best friend MegaMan.EXE tells me that I did a great job today and that I should get some rest.
Also — I love the little touches Capcom adds to these collections. Love the art gallery, the music player, and the lengths they went to include all the Boktai and exclusive chip/Patch Card content. LOVE Buster Max mode. Really smart quality of life solution.
Also — I love the little touches Capcom adds to these collections. Love the art gallery, the music player, and the lengths they went to include all the Boktai and exclusive chip/Patch Card content. LOVE Buster Max mode. Really smart quality of life solution.