JimTheSchoolGirl
2021
Looks and sounds pretty rad, and the skating is great (when the camera isn't flipping around and killing your momentum), but following a trail of breadcrumbs while the main character simultaneously patronises themselves and you is just not my idea of fun :/
Also the combat is completely unnecessary, wish they'd been brave enough to strip it out completely.
Also also tiny text and no resize option.
Okay I'm done.
Also the combat is completely unnecessary, wish they'd been brave enough to strip it out completely.
Also also tiny text and no resize option.
Okay I'm done.
2022
Really enjoyed what I played of 4, gave this a go and it's more of the same. Five games in WW2 now eh? Why not take this formula into SPACE? Gimme x-ray slo-mo alien disintegrations! Gimme zero-gravity hide and seek! Gimme explosions that send things hurtling into the void for all eternity!
2022
I'm clearly completely ignorant of whatever this is trying to conjure, because I'm getting nothing here.
If anything, I feel like it's not abstract enough? A humanoid, running and jumping and locking-on and shooting, just seems like a pretty mundane way to interact with these spaces.
Go play Car Quest instead.
If anything, I feel like it's not abstract enough? A humanoid, running and jumping and locking-on and shooting, just seems like a pretty mundane way to interact with these spaces.
Go play Car Quest instead.
Was expecting Team Hoshido to change the game up a bit, but they're basically a cosmetic skin. I already played dozens of hours of Awakening, I don't fancy doing it all again.
It's got that brilliantly heavy chunky hammering-enemies-into-paste feel that Prodeus had, but also like that one it's something you'll forget the moment you switch it off.
2023
Back in the day when I had a big tower PC on a corner shelving unit in my room, bed to my left and combi VHS TV to my right, I'd have loved this.
It's not the sort of adventure I'd have liked, but really any excuse to spend more time with this gameplay is cool by me. I still reckon these mechanics would be perfect for a 3rd person Metroid.
Also (and this is not just limited to Side Order) it's very funny how much more interesting and fun Splatoon bosses are than anything I fought in a couple hundred hours of Elden Ring :)
Also (and this is not just limited to Side Order) it's very funny how much more interesting and fun Splatoon bosses are than anything I fought in a couple hundred hours of Elden Ring :)
Nope
Very very very very nice. If Big Zelda is here to stay, I'd love to see something else on this scale as a stopgap.
Honestly stuff like this just makes me feel mental, like I've been playing the same game for well over a decade but they keep patching it and gradually removing all the aspects I found compelling. Please consider something new.
Made time for a replay before the sequel arrives. Still great! Refreshing to play a game that isn't crammed to the brim with admin.
Love the weight of the combat, and how even though it's pretty simple it allows you to be as flashy as you want. One time I used focus as a big lad dived towards me, then sidestepped and chopped him a dozen times in mid-air, revengeance-style. Feels great when you get it right, and honestly what more could you want?
Had forgotten big chunks of it, including just how naff the end credits song is. Afterwards, I finally got around to watching the little behind-the-scenes feature, which was fascinating, but I lost it when yet another terrible song started playing halfway through. Truly a comprehensively multi-layered entertainment package.
Love the weight of the combat, and how even though it's pretty simple it allows you to be as flashy as you want. One time I used focus as a big lad dived towards me, then sidestepped and chopped him a dozen times in mid-air, revengeance-style. Feels great when you get it right, and honestly what more could you want?
Had forgotten big chunks of it, including just how naff the end credits song is. Afterwards, I finally got around to watching the little behind-the-scenes feature, which was fascinating, but I lost it when yet another terrible song started playing halfway through. Truly a comprehensively multi-layered entertainment package.
2019
Not long into this, my other half and I realised the mysteries we were soaking in would never have any kind of satisfactory answers. That we were totally fooled by the fakeout ending ("well, THAT was SHIT") is a testament to how little we were invested. But then it does something really interesting! But then it goes back to being a shootybang.
I don't mean to be cruel, there's some fantastic stuff in here, but your only real contribution to this world of endless possibility is violence. One sidequest has you run back and forth between two NPCs until one of them dies. Do they stay alive if you just don't do the quest? Yes or no, either outcome is ultimately meaningless.
As many have pointed out, this is basically SCP: The Videogame. But you could just read some SCP and you wouldn't have to play a videogame.
You know what this reminds me of? Moon: https://www.backloggd.com/u/JimTheSchoolGirl/review/204858/
I don't mean to be cruel, there's some fantastic stuff in here, but your only real contribution to this world of endless possibility is violence. One sidequest has you run back and forth between two NPCs until one of them dies. Do they stay alive if you just don't do the quest? Yes or no, either outcome is ultimately meaningless.
As many have pointed out, this is basically SCP: The Videogame. But you could just read some SCP and you wouldn't have to play a videogame.
You know what this reminds me of? Moon: https://www.backloggd.com/u/JimTheSchoolGirl/review/204858/
2017
Dragons and tigers and bares, oh my
2024
I love how this made me go "fuck off what is THAT" at every new beastie who appeared. I love how it stumped me several times. I love how grimy everything looks. I want to play it again immediately. Also I want a little wooden figurine of Mara.