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The Medium
2021
Bloodborne 2
TBD
Ridge Racer Type 4
1998
Bitches irl:
" I'm gay I can't drive sorryπ€£π€£π€£π€£π€£"
The same bitches in Ridge Racer Type 4:
" OMG I just did a 1cc hard mode run and lost to my previous record by 12 seconds my drifting accuracy is just 98% my fuel management is off by 4.6% I must improve on my times to impress the Pacman team (π₯°π₯°π₯°) further. I must feel the heat. WHEN THE TIRES KISS THEEEEEEE STREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET. "
" I'm gay I can't drive sorryπ€£π€£π€£π€£π€£"
The same bitches in Ridge Racer Type 4:
" OMG I just did a 1cc hard mode run and lost to my previous record by 12 seconds my drifting accuracy is just 98% my fuel management is off by 4.6% I must improve on my times to impress the Pacman team (π₯°π₯°π₯°) further. I must feel the heat. WHEN THE TIRES KISS THEEEEEEE STREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET. "
Tetris
1989
i hate the idea of the "perfect game."
it's true tetris is, mechanically, without meaningful blemish. especially accounting for rerelease after rerelease, it has been polished to a gleaming shine. but it's an unadventurous mindset that decides something's worth on how few flaws you can find with it.
there's a rock-solid elegance to the purity of tetris' easy to learn, hard to master gameflow. but i can't deny that many iterations on it have been even more hypnotizing, if a little more lopsided.
tetris is a beautiful, pristine pearl of gaming history. but i can't help but find more value in the chipped diamond, myself.
it's true tetris is, mechanically, without meaningful blemish. especially accounting for rerelease after rerelease, it has been polished to a gleaming shine. but it's an unadventurous mindset that decides something's worth on how few flaws you can find with it.
there's a rock-solid elegance to the purity of tetris' easy to learn, hard to master gameflow. but i can't deny that many iterations on it have been even more hypnotizing, if a little more lopsided.
tetris is a beautiful, pristine pearl of gaming history. but i can't help but find more value in the chipped diamond, myself.
Super Mario RPG
2023
Custer's Revenge
1982
people talk about this game like it's some groundbreaking, breathtaking, wonderful pinnacle of video games and i really wish i understood that. this game feels really nice to move around in, its visuals are really appealing and its score is pretty cute. but there's not much of a real narrative (or writing at all), no memorable characters, no cool side-quests, no dungeons, a pitiful lack of enemy variety + almost no bosses, and nothing that made exploring feel worthwhile. most of it feels like filler check-list fluff (towers, shrines, koroks). the world is well-designed but there's not much substance inside of it beyond its sandbox elements. i genuinely feel like, insane for not liking this the way people talk about it but i just do not see it personally. it's just okay!