KonaGrylls
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hello im marissa. i love to play video games.
if you're reading this because I scored something lower than expected based on my review, it's because I personally rate things a little more harshly. 5 star is reserved for something I think couldn't really be improved on. 3 star is an average game. thanks for reading!
hello im marissa. i love to play video games.
if you're reading this because I scored something lower than expected based on my review, it's because I personally rate things a little more harshly. 5 star is reserved for something I think couldn't really be improved on. 3 star is an average game. thanks for reading!
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I was going to give this a 4.5 rather than a full 5, but the game is just full of so much love that it'd feel awful to do that.
Tunic is the game that's given me the most authentic and raw feeling of discovery I've felt since I was a kid. It feels scientifically generated to trigger that childlike sense of wonder, and is so inventive and interesting. Full of so many puzzles and so much intrigue, every single thing in the game is interesting, and every new object you find comes with questions and solutions.
I have some issues with some gameplay things- towards the end of the game there's questionable choices regarding combat that I didn't like, and it CAN be quite difficult (accessibility options available), but the core of the game is exploration, and it's perfected.
There's really not a lot to say without spoiling such an incredible experience (I think if you're going to play this game, it should absolutely be blind), but I can highly recommend it to anyone who wants to feel the feeling that made them fall in love with gaming as a child. And after you beat the game and do everything you can find to do, you might want to google the more deeper level secrets the community found- it's really amazing what's in this game.
Tunic is the game that's given me the most authentic and raw feeling of discovery I've felt since I was a kid. It feels scientifically generated to trigger that childlike sense of wonder, and is so inventive and interesting. Full of so many puzzles and so much intrigue, every single thing in the game is interesting, and every new object you find comes with questions and solutions.
I have some issues with some gameplay things- towards the end of the game there's questionable choices regarding combat that I didn't like, and it CAN be quite difficult (accessibility options available), but the core of the game is exploration, and it's perfected.
There's really not a lot to say without spoiling such an incredible experience (I think if you're going to play this game, it should absolutely be blind), but I can highly recommend it to anyone who wants to feel the feeling that made them fall in love with gaming as a child. And after you beat the game and do everything you can find to do, you might want to google the more deeper level secrets the community found- it's really amazing what's in this game.
I never played the original Crisis Core on PSP, but I've heard good things about it.
After finishing it, I can say I enjoyed the story and the gameplay was enjoyable enough to take me through the game. There's a HUGE amount of grinding you're able to do, but I dont think any was really necessary on normal mode. I finished the story mode doing all the side missions I was strong enough to beat, which took me to 7* difficulty and 48% completion, so I'm certain there's plenty of challenging side content for after you beat the game.
I thought a lot of mechanics were actively damaging my experience when I tried to engage with them, like relying on buster sword stance to increase my proficiency or using materia I didn't like to fuse new ones.
I definitely recommend the game to any Final Fantasy fans (7 in particular), but I would say to play how you want, don't force yourself to engage with the systems if you don't want to like I did, because there's no worthwhile payoff.
After finishing it, I can say I enjoyed the story and the gameplay was enjoyable enough to take me through the game. There's a HUGE amount of grinding you're able to do, but I dont think any was really necessary on normal mode. I finished the story mode doing all the side missions I was strong enough to beat, which took me to 7* difficulty and 48% completion, so I'm certain there's plenty of challenging side content for after you beat the game.
I thought a lot of mechanics were actively damaging my experience when I tried to engage with them, like relying on buster sword stance to increase my proficiency or using materia I didn't like to fuse new ones.
I definitely recommend the game to any Final Fantasy fans (7 in particular), but I would say to play how you want, don't force yourself to engage with the systems if you don't want to like I did, because there's no worthwhile payoff.
Genuinely an incredible game start to finish. I could list out things that could be better (maybe better loot in the overworld, or grander scale to bosses?) but it'd just be nitpicking to find the flaws in a game that doesn't really have many. The story was great, the combat was great, the side content (postgame in particular) was incredible, and I don't think I've ever left a game feeling so satisfied. Both the rebooted God of War games are absolute must plays in my mind.