L3stuardo
3 reviews liked by L3stuardo
Marvel's Avengers
2020
I am truly an Avengers such as everyone, it had gorgeous graphics and a well-told campaign and story to do their best to mask a rather scrawny service game beneath a looter combat game.
It had potential to be like Insomniac games, but it has been corrupted by their greediness.
It had potential to be like Insomniac games, but it has been corrupted by their greediness.
Jamestown+
2015
As a shmup, it's punching up against a lot of other games. I think this has a great gameplay loop, but it's too simplistic to stand out.
Animaniacs
1994
On one hand, it's kind of a drag to play: Controls feel like putty, puzzles have the weirdest difficulty curve to them, and the 'beat-em-in-whatever-order' stage rule is a dumb excuse for them to make all the levels equally difficult without a good on-ramp. Even with passwords, you never feel like you have enough health, and it sucks to re-do an entire stage when most of it is single-solution brain-teasers surrounded by plenty of bottomless pits.
On the other hand, it really knocks it out on all presentation factors, as most licensed Konami works did. The animation and stage gags are great and only get better as it runs, and the respect for the source material is untouchable. Intentional or otherwise, the messy nature of its game design really does complement the rule-breaking rambunctiousness of the Warner siblings, and there's always this fun feeling of 'I shouldn't be here, but I can't wait to see what pops up next'.
On the other hand, it really knocks it out on all presentation factors, as most licensed Konami works did. The animation and stage gags are great and only get better as it runs, and the respect for the source material is untouchable. Intentional or otherwise, the messy nature of its game design really does complement the rule-breaking rambunctiousness of the Warner siblings, and there's always this fun feeling of 'I shouldn't be here, but I can't wait to see what pops up next'.