A friend asked me to play Overwatch 2 with them, despite me telling them that I fucking despised the first game with all my soul.

I decided to give it a shot eventually and to my surprise, I found myself actually having some fun with it. Granted, whenever I play this, I tend to not get anywhere near the competitive mode, because I simply refuse to relive those days.

I do think gameplay wise, this game is an improvement over the shitshow that the first game had turned into. There is only 5 players per team and only one tank; this seems like a minor difference, but it actually makes matches a lot faster, easier and less prone to sitting behind two shields to shoot another five shields.

However, even tho I think this one is slightly better than the first game, I have to give it a single star, just because literally everything else about this game is a scam.

This game has no reason to exist. The whole point of this game, the PVE mode, was cancelled MONTHS before Blizzard even announced it publicly. There is no meaningful new content to justify a "sequel", the loot boxes are gone and instead replaced with another scummy and shitty battle pass.

The skins, emotes and new heroes that used to be FREE in the first game are now so expensive that you will have no other choice that to grind for hours and hours on end or spend insane amounts of money just to get ONE item (I know that new heroes are now free for everyone, but that happened only recently).

I honestly don't give a shit about any of this, because I already got most of the cosmetic items I wanted for most of the heroes from the first game. And it isn't like I am as invested in Overwatch as I once was, to grind for days and days just to get a shitty Mei skin.

Of course, this doesn't mean that what Blizzard did to this game and what it is doing to their customers is remotely ok. People should just wake up and stop spending money on this disgusting fucking crime of a game, but they won't.

Overall, I don't really hate this one, but I don't exactly like it all that much either. I do absolutely despise Activision/Blizzard and what companies like them are doing to this industry.

Fuck this game and I still wanna fuck D.VA.

I didn't get a chance to finish this game before the Game Pass expired, so all I know is that you unpack some shit, and then you unpack some more.

It's a chill game and a way to keep yourself entertained, but I still don't know what it is about it that everyone loves so much. I probably will replay it this year and actually unpack its secrets hah ahahha haha haha hh j

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I only decided to give this game a shot because of Smash and because everyone and their grandma would not shut up about how good this game is. I'll say it again, I'm not a massive fan of RPGs (Even tho I have played a ton of them) or weeb shit, so I was expecting to like this one just fine and maybe drop it halfway through just for how long it is.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
I beat this game twice.

I liked this game so much that I ended up replaying it almost immediately after beating it for the first time...I- I just don't know what to say...

I had previously attempted to play a Persona game, with Persona 4, but I barely played that and to be fair, I barely knew any english back then, so I wasn't really paying attention to the plot or the dialogue...Which are very important in these games. However, once I started playing this one, it easily managed to grab my attention in no time; it started as simple curiosity to see how the story would unfold, but the more and more I played, the more this game grabbed me by the balls and would not let me get my eyes off the screen.

Plain and simply, I absolutely fell in love with these characters, just enough for me to look past the typical RPG tropes and tedious grinding that annoy me so much. But the fact of the matter is that this game doesn't even suffer from that all that much, since the life sim aspect really helps to balance the dungeon crawling parts of the game, as well as the combat being designed in a way that you can skip entire fights just by exploiting enemy weaknesses.

I mean, you can actually skip fights altogether after you hang out with Ryuji enough times; even when you can't, the way this game presents everything makes every fight at least visually astonishing to see. This game oozes with personality and an unique visual style that I have never seen in an RPG.

Oh and yeah, hanging out with your friends, going to school and just mess around actually has an impact on the RPG side of the game, which I love so much. Suddenly leveling up and getting stronger doesn't entirely revolve around fighting the same enemy hundreds of times until the game tells me I have leveled up...Nah, me and my team can get better just by seeing what Yusuke is up to today!

My only real complaint with this game, that I can think of right now, is the fact that your teammates can die as many times as they want during fights, but if Joker dies once it is an instant game over. This caused me to lose so many fights, some of them near the end, simply because Joker was taken down and my teammates apparently could not revive him the same way I revive them or they revive each other.

It is also so stupid and so annoying to spend like 30 minutes trying to beat a boss, only to lose and having to repeat the whole thing again, because Joker suddenly felt like not dodging the attack and died. You can control every party member here, but wether or not they dodge or land a hit is still random, which I do not like.

Other than that, I love the different palaces and how unique they are, I love the music, I love the artstyle, the villains are not subtle but they are so much fun, Akechi never fails to crack me up...There is just so many things I love and I want to say about this game...But I think I've said enough.

5 Personas outta 5. Will probably replay again some day.

Ryuji is best bro and Kawamommy is my whole life ❤️❤️❤️

I was very excited for this game when it was announced. So much so, that I bought it twice on launch day, one copy for the Switch and another one for Steam.

I ended up beating the Steam version with a friend, but I played a fair amount of the Switch version....And I have thoughts.....

I like this game, but....I feel like this is kinda of a disappointment and a bit of a stepdown from the first game. It just feels like they took a lot of what made the first one work and either removed it, or doubled down on it so hard that they kinda ruined it.

The enemies feel a lot more annoying in this one, specifically the new colored enemies that hit harder and kill you faster. For some reason, those types of enemies were literally UNKILLABLE in the Switch version, and took like a million hits to take down...But then in the Steam version, this wasn't an issue...

Idk if I encountered a bug or what, since nobody else seemed to have experienced that, but it was really annoying and one of the reasons I didn't bother beating the game on the Switch. Another annoying thing between both versions, was the mediocre online mode, since even on the Steam version, trying to play this game online implied playing it with like -15 frame rate and intense lag.

Again, I don't know if these are things that others experienced, or if they patched these issues in later updates or whatever...But they made playing this game absolutely tedious.

Other than techincal issues, I think this game has too many collectables and side missions that it doesn't really need? Like, the first game had the hidden statues that you had to break in order to unlock the secret final boss, but that was it. Here, they want you to take pictures for Godai, or find cats on the street and take them to Mihoko, or tell you to go somewhere and talk to an NPC or get an item, only to have to backtrack like half of the stage multiple times.

Also, Kunio and Riki are in the cover, but they really have no place in the plot. Same thing with Hasebe and Mami, they only show up once in the whole game and I was hoping they would be playable in this one, cuz they were my favorite in the first game...But that's just nitpicking.

I don't hate this game, in fact, there is a lot of stuff I like about it. It feels bigger in scale, I love playing as Marian and Provie, I like that there are recorded voice lines for each playable character in the story and not just Kyoko and Misako; I still enjoy these characters and this game's sense of humor, the bosses are great and the combat still feels really good!

It's mostly the fact that I spent such a significant portion of time troubleshooting the game instead of actually playing it, or complaining about the online lag. It still is a really good game, it's just not better than the first one in my opinion, which was a letdown for me.

I want to replay it and give it another shot. Who knows? Maybe they did fix these issues...Or perhaps I am just a schizo and none of that actually happened.

I don't share the sentiment with people that say that this one is way worse than the first game. I definitely think this one feels like a stepdown in some areas, but in others, I kinda prefer it over the first game.

I didn't mind moving on a grid in the first game, but I do enjoy the free movement this game gives you within your character's area. I also really like the sparks and the variety they bring to each battle!

Sure, they got rid of Rabbid Yoshi and made some characters like Rabbid Mario and Rabbid Luigi feel kinda useless, but hey, at least we got Bowser and Rabbid Rosalina! Seriously, those two are a game changer, you kinda don't want anyone else on your team once you unlock them....Which is...Not that good? but eh.

I also appreciate that they allow you to play with any character now and your team doesn't necessarily need to have Mario anymore. Plus, they also got rid of the turn limit per battle from the first game, in order to get the maximun amount of coins.

I liked this little challenge in the first game, don't get me wrong, but it was getting pretty stressful to have to clear every battle in the least amount of turns every single time just to get the max score (Sure, it was optional, but not doing it would put you in a disadvantage). Here, the game just allows you to take your time, so if you want to just mess around for three turns and do nothing while one of your abilities reloads, you can just do that!

What else uuUUUhhhH...Oh yeah, I like the voice acting! It does sound a bit weird to hear the Rabbids actually speak and Beep-O's voice takes a bit to get used to, but overall, I like this! It definitely helps these specific Rabbids feel distinct from all the rest, since now they have some more personality; Rabbid Peach for example, feels more like a real character instead of just a Rabbid with a blonde wig.

In terms of cons, I will admit that I don't like that battles now take place in random floating islands, instead of actually taking place in battle grounds implemented in the overworld itself. That element made the first game feel more like you were actually exploring the kingdom, instead of just jumping from random fight to random fight.

I can say the same for the planets honestly; I don't really care for any of these all that much, and most of them feel pretty disconnected from the Mario universe. I still hate the fact that they got rid of Rabbid Yoshi, or that there are no other characters like Bwario and Bwaluigi in this one, or the fact that Bowser shows up but Bowser JR is nowhere to be found...Considering in the first game, Bowser JR was so important to the plot...

I guess they are trying to do their own thing now and disconnect from the Mario world a bit...But I still think some more of that fanservice would've been nice, since that is one of the things that made the first game so much fun.

Anyway, this review is too long. Game great, buy game so we can get game three in game series......Unlikely since this one sold poorly apparently....And Ubisoft sinks faster and faster each day............................................ᵇᵘᵗ ᶦ ᶜᵃⁿ ᵈʳᵉᵃᵐ

Dang, I forgot to talk about this a while ago.

I like this DLC! It is a bit annoying that none of the other characters are here, but I guess restricting the team to the same 3 characters everytime makes it easier for my dumbass brain to think of a battle strategy and beat the campaign faster.

Yeah, it's cool. DK looks a bit weird tho.

Idk, I played it for a bit but never touched it again cuz I don't play on my phone anymore.

Gameplay itself was alright, but I just remember it being way too overly complicated with all the in-game items and all that microtransaction bullshit.

I would revisit it maybe, but it died in like a year so...Here's hoping Activison doesn't end up killing Crash again for another 20 years.

I don't want to compare it to the Sonic & Sega games, because I actually like this game and what it tries to do.......But I mean, yeah, this is just a downgrade from those.

I like the whole team mechanic, it does make races at least a bit more interesting, and the game still feels like a spiritual successor to the Sonic & Sega games since it plays almost the same as those. The music is good, the tracks are ok and I like the banter between the characters I guess?

The problem isn't just that the other Sega reps are gone, but everything else that the other two games had constructed is also gone. There is no announcer as far as I remember, the items and all stars were replaced by the dumb ass wisps again, the tracks are nowhere near as interesting or dynamic, and the whole vehicle transformation gimmick is completely gone.

Whenever you are not playing the team races, it just feels like a generic Mario Kart ripoff with Sonic characters, just with a little bit more polish and budget. It is such a shame, because Transformed is more than 10 years old at this point, and having a new entry in that series with the look and polish of this game would've been so cool....

Anyway, I was gonna give it 3 stars and a half, but I'll give it three because Zavok is in the fucking game again. Motherfuckers really replaced Team Fortress 2 and Wreck it Ralph with fucking Zavok.

Yeah, it's kinda mid, but leaning more to the good kinda mid. The original Pac-Man World didn't look like anything special, so this remake is pretty straight forward in that regard and delivers a pretty faithful remaster of the original....At least...As far as I can tell, idk I never played it lol.

It does improve a lot of stuff from the original game from what I've heard and even if it isn't the best platformer compared to other modern ones, at least it is short and sweet, which I also appreciate.

What I DON'T appreciate is the fact that they made the cutscenes so BLAND! The cutscenes in the PS1 game were so fucking cursed! But they were the best part of that game!!!

This game doesn't have Pac-Man yelling at the top of his lungs, or Pac-Man JR getting lobotomized, or Pac-Man eating Orson alive at the end of the game. They even got rid of the fake outtakes from the PS1 game...... WHY THE FUCK DID THEY GET RID OF THAT?!

Yeah...Overall, the presentation for this one is a bit lacking compared to the original game. It's still a solid platformer, but I really hate when these game companies think that modernizing a classic requires them to strip these games of all personality.

3/5. Play it just so we can get Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac PLAY IT NOW!!!!