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Hello there, I'm just a regular dude that likes to cook and play video games!
Hello there, I'm just a regular dude that likes to cook and play video games!
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Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell rogue-like made by Devolver studios. It has you go through a 5 floor gauntlet, later 6, and your main way of fighting is through the power of guns. This is probably one of the best rogue-likes I have ever played. There are 243 guns and almost 300 items to collect in the entire game! A lot of guns have unique properties and gimmicks as well, such as the tetris gun where you can stick a bunch of pieces on an enemy and they all explode once you land a line piece on them. There are also synergies, where if you have a certain combo of two guns and/or items, they get a boost in power or they can just change entirely! The amount of pop culture references in the game is also amazing, one of my favorites is with the item Nanomachines, and right underneath it when is a quip that says "son", an obvious reference to Metal Gear Rising. Another reference actually involves with a synergy called "Pulp Gungeon" where you need an orange and M1911, the name referencing Pulp Fiction, but the M1911 is also the gun that the two guys also used in the movie! Then there are the enemies and bosses in the game, and man there are a lot. There really isn't much to say about the enemies, but the bosses are super fun to fight! There's the Gatling Gull, a ripped bird that wields a huge minigun, the Beholster, a 6 armed cyclops with laser vision, and even an insane cultist known as the High Priest, who is literally just a gun with arms but damn is he hard. There are 8 characters to play as, not counting the co-op character, 4 of which you have to unlock. They all start off with different weapons and items, so it all comes down to play style for who you want to play as. One last thing to mention, there are also secret floors to go to, that way you can obtain extra guns and items! So it's actually possible to go through 10 whole floors in a single playthrough! 100%ing this game took me about 200 hr. but it was well worth it.
I already mentioned why this game is amazing in my TWEWY Final Remix review, just know that it's absolutely phenomenal. Music, story, combat, everything!
This review contains spoilers
Earthbound is probably one of the best SNES games of all time. It's a super fun and wacky turn based rpg where you play as Ness, a kid who wields psychokinetic powers. I'm gonna try to be brief with the story here. When the game starts, Ness is sleeping away until a sudden meteorite lands nearby. As the curious young kid you are, you decide to check it out. While you do, a strange bee from the future named Buzz Buzz reaches out to you, warning you about the invasion of Giygas and how you and 3 other kids must save the world. He is then later killed by your mother because she does not like bugs. And well, now you set forth. It's a turn based rpg, so you'll find equipment along the way, go to shops, talk to NPCs, fight enemies, etc. Despite all this normalcy, the combat is satisfying. Landing a critical hit in this game feels better than most real life excitements. The weird enemies you encounter is also funny, with crap like a walking mushroom, trees with faces, and one enemy that is just a noose. Each battle song that plays also depends on the enemy such as Battle Against a Weird Opponent and Battle Against a Machine. The songs in this game are very literal. Pokey Means Business is definitely my favorite song in the game though. It starts off as an 8-bit song, which is kind of jarring at first, but after almost a minute it suddenly picks up and gets super epic. The moment it transitions like that will hit you like a truck. The game also has useful items outside of healing, such as bottle rockets, MP stealers, a freaking bazooka, and something that literally turns you into a dragon. YOU CAN TURN A LITTLE KID INTO A DRAGON AND HAVE ANOTHER SHOOT A BAZOOKA. Anyways, the combat is super fun and there's even some weird status effects as well, such as turning into a diamond, mushroom, or even just catching a cold, just the game's version of poison. And guess what, on your journey Ness gets homesick so you have to call your mom to feel better. This game is beautiful.