I was so happy for this game to even just exist, I was not expecting it to be that good and yet it truly is ! And that's crazy to me.
The new camera angles, and the presence of Oatchi really makes the game feel different. The way they segmented the progression feels natural, having a shorter than 100 number of pikmins was never a problem. There are a few little tweaks and QoL adjustements to the gameplay and controls : still a bit sad that we don't have the simple joy of aiming at things anymore, but joycons are not wiimotes and I guess they made the controls work well for the switch. Also I was a bit scared about something before reaching the "postgame", but in the end all the pikmin types really have their time to shine.
The levels are all beautiful and great and well designed ( I particularely liked the seaside and the house ), same goes for the caves and Dandori stuff ( I really like how they implemented the whole dandori idea into the story ). And there's just tons of stuff to do, this game is crazy generous, I was not expecting to have a little Pikmin 1 inside my Pikmin 2 !
What I enjoyed less was the story I guess. I really like Pikmin lore and I was expecting to get more info about the whole water/plasm wraith thing, or about why the crashes happen since this is what the previous games seemed to lead to, and they made it pretty clear that it was an actual thing with the ~50 casteways here. But we got dogs lore, and not even a lot but I guess that's how Pikmin has always been ... Also having followed the adventures of Olimar and Louie for 3 games now, I am a bit angry that this fourth episode seems to actually be some kind of reboot; and I just don't like alternate timelines in general.
I could do nitpicking about a lot of other stuff. I'm not too fan of the new art direction for example, I prefer when Pikmin was more alien with just little remnants of our civilization, instead of "what is happening in your garden". And overall, I think the world, soundtrack, and mood of Pikmin 2 had more charm; but I know that this is strongly tied to nostalgia because Pikmin 2 really is the game of my childhood. I'm just so happy that Pikmin is still alive and in such a good shape, and now everyone is praising it !
The new camera angles, and the presence of Oatchi really makes the game feel different. The way they segmented the progression feels natural, having a shorter than 100 number of pikmins was never a problem. There are a few little tweaks and QoL adjustements to the gameplay and controls : still a bit sad that we don't have the simple joy of aiming at things anymore, but joycons are not wiimotes and I guess they made the controls work well for the switch. Also I was a bit scared about something before reaching the "postgame", but in the end all the pikmin types really have their time to shine.
The levels are all beautiful and great and well designed ( I particularely liked the seaside and the house ), same goes for the caves and Dandori stuff ( I really like how they implemented the whole dandori idea into the story ). And there's just tons of stuff to do, this game is crazy generous, I was not expecting to have a little Pikmin 1 inside my Pikmin 2 !
What I enjoyed less was the story I guess. I really like Pikmin lore and I was expecting to get more info about the whole water/plasm wraith thing, or about why the crashes happen since this is what the previous games seemed to lead to, and they made it pretty clear that it was an actual thing with the ~50 casteways here. But we got dogs lore, and not even a lot but I guess that's how Pikmin has always been ... Also having followed the adventures of Olimar and Louie for 3 games now, I am a bit angry that this fourth episode seems to actually be some kind of reboot; and I just don't like alternate timelines in general.
I could do nitpicking about a lot of other stuff. I'm not too fan of the new art direction for example, I prefer when Pikmin was more alien with just little remnants of our civilization, instead of "what is happening in your garden". And overall, I think the world, soundtrack, and mood of Pikmin 2 had more charm; but I know that this is strongly tied to nostalgia because Pikmin 2 really is the game of my childhood. I'm just so happy that Pikmin is still alive and in such a good shape, and now everyone is praising it !
NOWITSREYNTIME17
9 months ago