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Incredibly fun platformer with excellent, momentum based level design and a banger soundtrack by Tee Lopes. While there's a few issues with environment collision and polish it doesn't stop the game from feeling so damn good to play and the Mania team clearly put so much passion into it.
Fantastic epilogue for Kiryu and also the perfect bridge chapter between Yakuza 7 & 8, same great combat as always and the story took a really emotional turn towards the end that really pays off if you've played every game in the series thus far.
Simply put this is the ultimate 2D Mario game in every conceivable way. The gameplay is easily the best it's ever been and the new gameplay mechanics and incredibly creative levels make for the most unique 2D Mario game since World. Small complaints about the lack of boss variety aside this game was the Mario team on their absolute A-game and I had a huge smile on my face all the way through it.
2024
Definitely one of the most inventive Metroidvanias in recent years with a true sense of discovery. I hope Bigmode/Dunkey keeps publishing incredible games like this since this was such an amazing game to start off with.
I don't know how they did it again but this game was an absolute masterpiece from the second I started my journey to finishing it. BOTW already laid out an incredibly strong foundation for Zelda games going forward but this game managed to exceed my expectation in ways I wasn't expecting with world so massive yet dense with places to explore and activities to do.
The story was a huge improvement over the first game too and I really loved what they did with the Zonai and especially Zelda since her arc felt really emotional and it came together perfectly in the final act of the game.
The story was a huge improvement over the first game too and I really loved what they did with the Zonai and especially Zelda since her arc felt really emotional and it came together perfectly in the final act of the game.
This game was just pure fun and a true celebration of the Star Wars series as a whole. Each of the planets from the different films were recreated with intricate detail and exploring them for the various collectibles was a ton of fun, while the main story missions were kind of short I still had a ton of fun experiencing key movie moments in an interactive way, I loved it.
While this game was definitely an improvement in terms of gameplay it definitely failed in every other aspect for me compared to it's predecessor.
While the gameplay isn't nearly as fun as Danganronpa in some aspects I think the story easily surprasses those games in many ways. All of the investigations were a ton of fun and the mystery behind the story unveiled itself in such a mind-blowing way I wasn't expect, such a fantastic visual novel I'd recommend to anyone that enjoys a good mystery/sci fi story.
While I definitely do prefer the original trilogy of games this game has a ton of strong aspects on it's own and all the new characters introduced are great and really got a ton of depth to them during the final case, still a strong entry overall!
I went into this game with high expectations and somehow they were exceeded in every single way. Such an amazing journery that brought the world of FF7 to life, every location in this game was completely expanded upon like Remake but in a way that recontextualizes them in a way that makes them fit more naturally within the world, the combat was an upgrade from the first game too and the added aerial combat, synergy moves and more characters keep combat from every feeling stale. Story-wise this game hit in every single way and I personally thought the timeline aspect was done really well and the way it's incorporated never feels intrusive, 98% of the game was faithful to the OG FF7 story and the new aspects just added to the intrigue to me. I have no doubt that this'll be considered a modern classic years from now and I can't wait to see how the final part of the trilogy plays out in the future.
2014
Definitely one of the best modern 2D Kirby games, loved the use of different layers in the level design and the boss fights while not hard were a step up in difficulty from the usual Kirby game.
2000
Still such a masterpiece, even more ready for the TTYD remake now than I was before!
Most fun I've ever had with any multiplayer game, loved the majority of the DLC tracks even if a lot of them definitely aren't on the same level as the base game visually.
2023
Simply one of the most incredible narratives I've experienced in the survival horror genre/gaming in general. While I feel like the gameplay was easily the weakest part of the game but overall presentation and environment design more than made up for it, this game did things I've never seen done in a game before and it truly is a unique experience that could only be done in the medium.
2019
Definitely up there as one of the best indie experiences I've had in a while. Such satisfying and kinetic gameplay that makes full use of your skills and the story was surprisingly complex and had a ton of unexpected twists I wasn't expecting, the music and art direction was amazing too.