2023
The characters and supports aren’t as memorable as 3H, but i still ended up loving the characters more than I initially thought. Great voice work adds a lot of character to some of the supports. Some of the best gameplay in the series. The difficulty of Conquest maps with less gimmicks. DLC maps are just “ok” but have some really fun tools with the new emblems. Character building in this game is all around extremely fun. The amount of tools and skills adds so much to the strategy. Overall some of the most fun i’ve had with an FE game. Also Merrin <3
2006
this games sucks but it has a weird charm. honestly enjoyed my 5 hours with it. highly recommended for people who like odd, janky, and dare i say “crusty” games.
this is just terminator 2.
cute, indie collectathon platform. nothing innovative, but a nice 4 hour experience. great music and pretty environments. worth it if you want to chill and play a stress free game.
2022
Most reviews for this game seem to hover in the "mid" territory. I kind of get why, since in some ways the game does have an empty feel, can be a somewhat repetitive, AA budget, different from the rest of the "Valkyrie" series and is very light on story... at first. At worst I found this game pretty cozy and fun despite its repetitive nature at some points, at best I was genuinely surprised at how good the narrative turned out. I definitely get the "6/10" reviews but I feel this game has a lot to offer if you give it a chance. The empty feeling really serves the story well and reminds me of the weird "something isn't right" vibe of Nier: Replicant. Feels like a PS2 game structurally (positive) but with more refined gameplay than a PS2 budget title would have. Not on the level of something like a Platinum game, but it really clicked with me. Get the true ending, play on Hard Mode, and get the outline removal and film grain removal mods if you play on PC. Personal 8/10, more realistically a 6 or 7/10
i've been watching the barbie movies with my gf and decided to play some of the games for her. this game is made for children so i'm not gonna do an exaggerated avgn rip off review, i'll just say only play this for nostalgia. its abandonware and like an hour long. also the controls are literally just arrows and space bar with some point and click, so yeah, it is a game.
2019
i really wanted to like this game because it has a nice style. a persona style hack n slash sounds very appealing but... p5 strikers exist. dusk diver's combat is very similar to gravity rush but the level design is extremely weak. i played for over 3 hours and just felt like i was just going through motions. it's decent game but the level design is just too dry for me with gameplay that's decent, but not strong enough to make up for it's flaws
i got this game years ago for like $5 because the box art interested me and i'd never heard of it. i'm writing this review because i plan on finishing the trilogy this year. this game is weird. long, dialogue driven cutscenes. empty, liminal space ships. convoluted story. one of the more interesting ps2 rpgs. if you like space operas and anime, i recommend this.
i downloaded some simple series games out of curiosity. most are pretty bad but this plays like mario tennis with egregious boob physics. I can't recommend this game because there are better tennis games that aren't also hyper-sexualized, but it's a surprisingly fun and arcadey game if you just wanna try some couch co-op and have a laugh. also i just wanted to be the only review for this game to feel special.
1996
just learned how to blj irl.
2017
this happened to me once.
one of the games that made me love ps2. sly was always my favorite of the playstation mascot platformers at the time (jak and ratchet are still pretty great too.) the artstyle, the characters, the story... it's all a lot of fun. the presentation reminds me of those cartoons that present themself like a more grown up story but targeted towards a younger audience (stuff like ben 10, avatar, teen titans.) i would love to see sly come back.
this game and borderlands should have a contest to see who has the most unfunny cutscenes. the music and gameplay are very good but that's about all i liked. alot of people love this game but it just never clicked with me. story was not engaging, the main cast designs look like generic units in a gacha game, and everything plays out like a 4/10 seasonal anime. this game isn't bad but personally there was just too much i didn't like. i hear 1 and 3 are much better so i definitely wanna give them a chance. xc2 has alot i do like but i have very little desire to finish this game despite having 40+ hours invested.
2000
really cozy ps2 game. it's pretty dated, and still had a lot of ps1 action game dna, but it's definitely worth a shot if you're patient with older game design. the dungeons are random so they're kinda bland and the gameplay is nothing special. but as a whole this game is comfy and fairly engaging. it's pretty cheap so i was able to play this on real hardware. a really sweet early 2000's town building/dungeon crawler. tons of charm.
zelda 2 but fun. also the soundtrack bangs.