Probably among the most "it's fine" games I've ever played. Pleasant and inoffensive, it just feels like it lacks a bit of the punch other Good Feel games have had. Epic Yarn may technically be impossible to lose, but it still felt gripping in the level theming in a way Showtime dabbles in, compared to. I still to this day can pick out individual levels from Epic Yarn, even without having played that game since it came out, but having just finished Showtime, some of the levels bleed together in my head.
That isn't to say there's nothing there, cause it's satisfying as Cowgirl Peach to lasso up barrels and crack them over the heads of Sour Bunch goons, or kick tables and pots into groups of enemies as Kung Fu Peach. It's just also a game that, as you've probably heard, lacks in difficulty and has plenty of QTEs that barely punish you for button mashing through them. Level theming is alright, and I like the sorta magical-girl-esque energy the flamboyant villain-of-the-week motif it has for each costume's villain. Right down to Madame Grape feeling like a good foil for Peach. And it caps off with a satisfyingly extra finale.
Epic Yarn and Woolly World especially benefited from level completion adding a decent amount of depth. And it probably does so in this game too, but a combination of long loading screens and a lot of points of no return with auto-scrollers and the like turned me off of trying to 100% each level.
It's an overall fine variety pack of games. I'm alright with games that mostly exist to sell a vibe existing; if something like Devil May Cry is a roller coaster then this is a chill dark ride.
That isn't to say there's nothing there, cause it's satisfying as Cowgirl Peach to lasso up barrels and crack them over the heads of Sour Bunch goons, or kick tables and pots into groups of enemies as Kung Fu Peach. It's just also a game that, as you've probably heard, lacks in difficulty and has plenty of QTEs that barely punish you for button mashing through them. Level theming is alright, and I like the sorta magical-girl-esque energy the flamboyant villain-of-the-week motif it has for each costume's villain. Right down to Madame Grape feeling like a good foil for Peach. And it caps off with a satisfyingly extra finale.
Epic Yarn and Woolly World especially benefited from level completion adding a decent amount of depth. And it probably does so in this game too, but a combination of long loading screens and a lot of points of no return with auto-scrollers and the like turned me off of trying to 100% each level.
It's an overall fine variety pack of games. I'm alright with games that mostly exist to sell a vibe existing; if something like Devil May Cry is a roller coaster then this is a chill dark ride.