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my one true love, my sweet heart. you will remain here forever, inside my Nintendo 3DS system.

CHAOS IS POWER, ENRICHED BY THE HEART
Well this was a pleasant surprise! I always heard mixed things about this game, and while I can see why some people aren't fans, I thought it was a blast! Each character has their own story which, while cool, does lead to the story being a bit discombobulated.
SONIC: The main attraction, and the by far the best campaign. Sonic controls rather nice, if slippery.
TAILS: It's alright, if short. His campaign has my favorite final boss of the main 6.
KNUCKLES: Surprisingly fun! Exploring around is kinda chill and Knuckles is one of the better characters to control.
AMY: By far the worst campaign. Amy has two modes: slow as shit or fast as fuck, and neither feel good. Thankfully her campaign is some what short.
BIG: Not that bad actually! Pro tip: hold down when reeling in fish.
GAMMA: This campaign had the best story for me, the stilted voice acting worked rather well for a literal robot. Plus the game was pretty fun too.
SUPER SONIC: This is just a boss fight but it's a pretty fun boss. Plus it wraps up the loose ends the game's story had. Also OPEN YOUR HEART!!

Ghost Trick is one of those beloved cult classics that had been sitting in my backlog for ages, and this new remaster gave me the perfect reason to give it a try. I’m really glad I did, because the game definitely lives up to its cult status. Considering this was helmed by the creator of the Ace Attorney series, I shouldn’t be the least bit surprised at how good it is.

The story is a fascinating mystery that’s also surprisingly very emotional. The early chapters of the game are a tad on the slow side, as the game slowly unfolds its mystery and the appeal of the characters hasn’t really been established yet. Once you get through those early chapters, the game really picks up steam and becomes incredibly hard to put down as you put the pieces of the mystery together and learn more about the characters. I ended up blazing through 3/4s of it over the course of two days. Since it’s such a story focused game, I don’t want to say too much, as you should know as little as possible going into it. Just know that it's a really good story, and that alone makes it a must play.

The gameplay of the Ghost/Trick sections is pretty good. I wouldn’t exactly say that it blew me away, but I think that the concept of playing as a ghost who can possess and manipulate objects within its short reach is really clever and novel, and it leads to interesting and satisfying puzzle solving. The puzzles are never all that obtuse. I did have to look up one or two of them, but it's not too hard to figure almost all of them out on your own.

Everyone that has been singing the praises for Ghost Trick all of these years was absolutely correct. I think it's a great game that everyone should try at some point or another, especially if you enjoy Ace Attorney or any other story-based, narrative heavy games. The characters are endearing, the mystery is gripping, and it ultimately winds up being an emotional experience that’s hard to forget.

Very underrated indie! Beautiful pixel art and a surprisingly great story amidst awesome wrench-based gameplay!

I didn't know what an "iconoclast" is so I was taken aback by all the religious subtext and body horror violence. Great game and great story, will leave a scar in my brain for ages

The world design is still beautiful, and Faith is still cool, but the open world aspect just doesn't gel. While doing short jobs fits the occupation of Faith well, they feel like the filler content they are, and it even lesses the positives of the main missions. Dropped 5 hours in or so. Perhaps if this was the first game in the series I would have beaten it, but it being a step back hurt too much.

Bring back Strider.

This game is one of the best 2D action adventure platformers or whatever tf I've ever played. Big pee pee energy emanates from this gem. Play it.

Now when a gamer says "let's play some real Tetris", THIS is what he means
Excellent fish graphics, excellent Tetris 11/10

BUT I HAVE JUST ONE LITTLE PROBLEM... I'M ALREADY DEAD MYSELF
You ever hear about a good game? A really good game? Everyone gushes about it, so you go in with high exceptions, only to have them blown into fucking outer space. That was me and Ghost Trick. The puzzles were really creative and yet, I only ever needed a walkthrough once. The story, my god, THE STORY!! It's a masterwork of plot strains all webbed together to create a captivating mystery that had me scratching my head, laughing my ass off, and crying my eyes out. Those last two are helped along by incredibly well written characters, Sissel, Lynne, Jowd, Cabanela, motherfucking MISSILE, all them will be living rent free in my head for years to come. I truly loved every second of this game, the worst part is that I'll never get to play it for the first time again.

It has some decent ideas and (maybe) some themes worth chewing on. The atmosphere is good, but the game feels like it ends right when the story becomes concrete. I'd replay it, but it's filled with awful vehicle segments where you can do nothing but listen to music or literal gibberish. Wasted potential.

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