RinMari
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Call me Rin or Mari. Local autistic who goes by any pronouns and has been a maid of their own heart since 1988.
Shmup player for pretty much my entire life and rhythm game player for 2/3 of my life.
Some thoughts:
"I said it was my favorite game, I didn't say it was good."
I don't assign ratings to my reviews. Slapping a number on a review doesn't really account for the nuances and multiple facets on on what I think of a game. A lot of video creators whose reviews I enjoy don't put numerical ratings on their reviews either.
For similar reasons, I don't make ranked lists. When I make "favorite game" lists, I mean them as "these are some faves in no particular order".
Call me Rin or Mari. Local autistic who goes by any pronouns and has been a maid of their own heart since 1988.
Shmup player for pretty much my entire life and rhythm game player for 2/3 of my life.
Some thoughts:
"I said it was my favorite game, I didn't say it was good."
I don't assign ratings to my reviews. Slapping a number on a review doesn't really account for the nuances and multiple facets on on what I think of a game. A lot of video creators whose reviews I enjoy don't put numerical ratings on their reviews either.
For similar reasons, I don't make ranked lists. When I make "favorite game" lists, I mean them as "these are some faves in no particular order".
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Played 250+ games
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GOTY '23
Participated in the 2023 Game of the Year Event
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Journaled games once a day for a month straight
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Become mutual friends with at least 3 others
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Gone Gold
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Gained 10+ total review likes
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Played 100+ games
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On Schedule
Journaled games once a day for a week straight
Busy Day
Journaled 5+ games in a single day
Favorite Games
261
Total Games Played
054
Played in 2024
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The first mobile shmup I can respect.
It's tailored specifically for mobile as opposed to being a port of an arcade or console game with all the issues that entail. Bullets are made large and bright for visiblity, controls are simplified (shoot automatically, slide to move, double-tap to bomb), and stages are played one at a time rather than making you do a full run that's 30 or so minutes long.
My only real issue is that the framerate is lacking, at 25-30. But it's still quite playable.
It's tailored specifically for mobile as opposed to being a port of an arcade or console game with all the issues that entail. Bullets are made large and bright for visiblity, controls are simplified (shoot automatically, slide to move, double-tap to bomb), and stages are played one at a time rather than making you do a full run that's 30 or so minutes long.
My only real issue is that the framerate is lacking, at 25-30. But it's still quite playable.
It's like Kakusei and Kakusei Zesshikai mode in Espgaluda II but it isn't a massive pain in the ass to use and is still quite rewarding when executed.
This review contains spoilers
Excellent 2D golf game reminiscent of the Game Boy Color version of Mario Golf, and I like Story Mode's various minigames like improvised courses and frisbee golf. Different types of clubs allow for different playstyles too.
But I thought the story itself was incredibly cringe. Everyone is an asshole, anything good you do ends up being downplayed or cancelled out -- for examples:
- You seek out a golf coach but he finds any and every excuse to call your performance terrible even when his existing students are obviously worse than you.
- You win a longest drive tournament but because people expected your rival to win, the rival's name was already pre-engraved on the trophy so they still get it.
- You win a conventional golf tournament but you end up having to pay the earnings to various other people you owe money to, including your antagonistic wife (can we please stop with the portrayals of marriage as a life-ruiner...)
- You beat one of your peers in match play, but she only admits that you have better equipment, not that you're a better player.
- Despite winning the final tournament, you still get barely any respect or admiration from others, except maybe your coach.
Granted, the player character takes it all in stride by the end, but I just thought it's disappointing that the protagonist goes through all sorts of abuse by other characters and there's no payoff for him.
But hey, if you like RPG elements in your golf game and plot is not relevant to you, it's still a solid golfing game to pick up for your Switch.
But I thought the story itself was incredibly cringe. Everyone is an asshole, anything good you do ends up being downplayed or cancelled out -- for examples:
- You seek out a golf coach but he finds any and every excuse to call your performance terrible even when his existing students are obviously worse than you.
- You win a longest drive tournament but because people expected your rival to win, the rival's name was already pre-engraved on the trophy so they still get it.
- You win a conventional golf tournament but you end up having to pay the earnings to various other people you owe money to, including your antagonistic wife (can we please stop with the portrayals of marriage as a life-ruiner...)
- You beat one of your peers in match play, but she only admits that you have better equipment, not that you're a better player.
- Despite winning the final tournament, you still get barely any respect or admiration from others, except maybe your coach.
Granted, the player character takes it all in stride by the end, but I just thought it's disappointing that the protagonist goes through all sorts of abuse by other characters and there's no payoff for him.
But hey, if you like RPG elements in your golf game and plot is not relevant to you, it's still a solid golfing game to pick up for your Switch.