I bought this because I thought Frontiers looked good (until the latest trailers), but this has really put me off buying it. I know this game is from like 2011? Or something like that but this gameplay is so stale. Even after playing forces, I think sonic needs a huge shake up.

I also didn’t even complete the last world because it was so tedious and that stupid crab robot took me out about 15 times, I didn’t want to waste anymore time playing this game. Also speaking of the last level, there is no checkpoint before the crab thing so it takes forever to keep retrying. So I had no drive to carry on

2021

This was such a fun little game. I 100%’d it in one sitting because I couldn’t put it down. It’s so polished and has such a grassroots, passionate feel to it. There are so many little touches that are personal and show that the dev team were invested, it feels like their baby.

It’s available on ps plus so please give it a try

Splatoon is always going to be fun, but this game makes so many tweaks to the formulae that it has got even better. The single player is better, the online play is better, the interface is better, there is more to do. I also feel like this game put a huge focus on customisation and I love it. The lockers are completely unnecessary but I adore them. Just buying things to put in them, its such a small detail but it is so charming and world build-y. The splat tags as well. They went above and beyond with the personal touches.

The single player is the best version yet. The only issue I have is that some missions are switch smashingly hard! I wasted hours trying to complete some of them missions. But its worth it because I wanted to get more details on the lore, which all ties into the story, which is the best story of the series too. The ending is so fun too.

If you are worried that this is just Splatoon 2.5 or what ever don't be! It is a really bing improvement.

This game is very enjoyable. I love how alive the world feels and how much impact you can make on it. The quests are fun (Apart from the insane amount of 'kill XX monsters") quests.

The world is so big and beautiful. I love the freedom you have when exploring. There is so much to find and see.

My only issue was the difficult towards the end, but there is always casual mode. I also like the world of the bionis much more than the other world. That is completely just my own bias, because I like nature much more than machines worlds.

I'm excited to play the other games.

2022

This is such a stupid thing to say say but the people who made this obvious studied cats an insane amount. The moment is perfect. It feels amazing. The story is so short and sweet and the world is very interesting. Such a great backdrop for this cute little cat. The dark neon streets contrast it so well! I really enjoyed playing!

It’s a short tie in game from 2004 so obviously it’s not going to be great but I think that the people who made it maybe had kids that were really into the series or something. There is a lot of little detail placed into the game, more than necessary for a quick buck tie in. I only wanted to play this again because I remember renting it from blockbuster as a kid haha.

I think this is the hardest thing Iv ever had to rate. The performance should make it a 0 but the fun that is buried under the metric ton of jank and just pure garbage, broken elements is so enjoyable that I have to rate it more. This is the future of the series. It needs so much more polish and time but this is what the series should be. It takes the old things and polished them and shaped them into a fresh style. Gyms are still gyms but they have small twists, they are not the life blood anymore.

The story is actually quite touching, following the pattern of the odd number gens. It is leaps and bounds over sword and shields story, in large part to the fact that unfortunately swsh didn’t actually have a story. But there is a heart to this game. I just really wish that it didn’t play like pure garbage.


My issues with performance:
•Clipping
•Crashing multiple times when trying to load gym challenges
•1-5 frames per second
•Battles loading incorrectly
•general overworld jank


My other small issue is the none existent postgame. Sure we get more story this time but a battle tower and some other things to do would have been welcome. It’s completely obvious why post game was emitted, DLC…I’ll save my opinions for when that releases.

I don’t know why it didn’t click with me. It was just fine. The game play was fun? Maybe I guess. I only played to the second island because I didn’t want to play the exact same thing again. It was just really boring

Short and sweet! It’s a great game and is polished with in an inch of its life. Everything is perfect. The controls and physics are all impeccable and show that the team really cared. Love this studio!

This was pretty rough. It’s an interesting idea but it’s so poorly made, it crashes, stutters, glitches, everything! It’s like no one play tested it!

Nostalgic but also not so it was so strange.

The amount of aliens kind make this game have a little bit more value. The gameplay however is super super simple and repetitive. The levels are just hallways and the enemies are pretty dull.

Super short but still fun. All Wario games have at least enough charm to get by.

It looks gorgeous. Some of the backgrounds look like paintings. But unfortunately the end left me a little frustrated. The final boss is a pain in the arse if I am honest. So long winded.

The dungeons are nice to play though. They are pretty simple but I enjoyed them. The colours just really impress me. It looks gorgeous. The story is….there. It’s pretty plain.

Perfectly polished and fun. Lots of content. I love how celebratory Kirby games feel, they always include a small section talking about old Kirby games. It just shows how important this series is to the people who make it.

The mini games are super fun to play with friends and there is even content for single players regarding the mini games.

Soo good!! Polished to an inch of its life. Lots of content, maybe not on RE2R level but miles above RE3R.

The story is so much more cohesive and the tone is so much more grounded than the original. The horror vibe is turned up but it still has silly camp moments that have the charm of the original. I think they added and removed the perfect amount of things to make it feel very fresh.