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1993
Decent tennis game with some nice SNES era pixel art and animation, but nothing to write home about.
1995
This has a bit of a learning curve to the controls but once you get the hang of it this game is rad as hell. Challenging but fair, awesome pixel art and dope boss battles. Had to abandon it at stage 20 because that's about where my skill level ends, but definitely worth checking out. Should mention that I played this on easy, you gotta be some kind of gaming master to do this on hard.
I said hey! What a wonderful kind of day! Where we can learn to work and play! And get along with each other!
1997
I haven't played any of the other games in the series, but there's something about this one that looks much more arcadey. Loved playing this when I was younger, and looking at the colorful graphics still makes me nostalgic. Would love to go back and play this again.
1989
The platonic ideal of a puzzle game.
2019
The best battle royale game.
2020
I wish I was better at Super Mario Bros. because the high level play in this game is insane. Shame that it was limited release.
1996
My 2nd favorite Mario Kart after 8 due to good item balance and how much I played it as a kid. If you're used to the new ones the physics will seem outdated to you, but it's also the most newcomer friendly entry in the series. It doesn't have the difficulty of the first game, and the drifting mechanics are there, but by no means do you need to be reliant on them.
2021
Battle Royale Pac-Man with the ghost trains from Championship Edition, super fun! Only one of these I've gotten 1st in so far.
Famously one of the worst games of all time, has anyone ever gotten past those rings?
I'm reading some of the negative reviews on here and I feel like I played a completely different game than y'all? I went through two routes on here, Mat and Brian, and intend to go back and do more later. I found the writing to be very charming and funny, and the core gimmick of everyone being a single parent to be an interesting dynamic between the characters.
I really like how all the different characters explore their own theme, such as Brian's toxic competitiveness or Mat's social anxiety. If you're going to play this game I would go in expecting to deal with things more along these lines, rather than expecting the game to tackle the myriad of ways homophobia effects gay men in the real world. The game sets itself in a sort of unrealistic but optimistic fantasy, in which you can be gay or trans and find love free of discrimination, and it's one of the things I liked about it.
I think taking the extra step from "this game doesn't portray anything too specific to gay culture" to "this is actively one of the most homophobic games I've played" is an extremely exaggerative critique. I do see the argument that it could be viewed as erasure, and I'm not trying to invalidate anyone for whom that's a deal breaker. However, due to how well I thought it did at dealing with the things it did choose to focus on, as well as laughing out loud at multiple points during my playthroughs, I loved this game overall. I look forward to playing more of this in the future.
Mat is the dreamiest daddy, and I have a band called the Skammunist Manifesto!
I really like how all the different characters explore their own theme, such as Brian's toxic competitiveness or Mat's social anxiety. If you're going to play this game I would go in expecting to deal with things more along these lines, rather than expecting the game to tackle the myriad of ways homophobia effects gay men in the real world. The game sets itself in a sort of unrealistic but optimistic fantasy, in which you can be gay or trans and find love free of discrimination, and it's one of the things I liked about it.
I think taking the extra step from "this game doesn't portray anything too specific to gay culture" to "this is actively one of the most homophobic games I've played" is an extremely exaggerative critique. I do see the argument that it could be viewed as erasure, and I'm not trying to invalidate anyone for whom that's a deal breaker. However, due to how well I thought it did at dealing with the things it did choose to focus on, as well as laughing out loud at multiple points during my playthroughs, I loved this game overall. I look forward to playing more of this in the future.
Mat is the dreamiest daddy, and I have a band called the Skammunist Manifesto!
Fun PC version of the board game Clue. The character designs, art direction, voices, and sound design work well at giving this game a sense of atmosphere. The only thing that kind of sucks is that if you're playing local multiplayer, you basically have to ask the other people to look away from the screen when it's not their turn, so they don't see your clues.
2021
Some mediocre writing for the dialogue but aside from that, this game is brimming with creativity in its level design and art direction. Great pacing keeps the settings fresh throughout, with each new area giving the players a new set of asymmetrical abilities to play around with. Definitely recommend this one if you've got a co-op buddy you like to play with.
2015
Ever since I played this I referred to it as "the Splatoon of fighting games" because of how short and fast paced the matches are, as well as how easily a comeback from behind can be made. Love that aspect of it. The fighting mechanics themselves, while staying true to the rock-paper-scissors trio of classic fighters, manages to feel unique with its 2d-to-3d mode changes, as well as charge attacks and support Pokémon. This was also the game that introduced me to the absolute legend that is Pikachu Libre and I got this game solely for that reason, and was pleasently surprised by how much I ended up loving it.
2009
Unironically great fighting game with tight Street Fighter style gameplay. Despite not being able to read Mandarin, the story does genuinely awesome stuff with the gameplay towards the end that would blow your mind if you saw it in a mainstream fighter.