flarebeams
Great game but weird choices were made when porting it like making one player always have to be an easy mode character and everything about this game is just sort of sterile and uninspired even if the level design is great
2018
yeah this kinda sucks the actual gameplay is fun but THATS IT and the singleplayer is uninteresting
2017
Weird feelings on this one. This game was like the primary thing I wanted to play on switch because I loved Splatoon 1 and the trailers made it look so good and yeah as a kid I loved the hell out of this game but looking back on it there are some weird things about it.
First of all, the maps kind of suck overall? Like yeah there's probably more good ones in this compared to 3 right now but wow I do not like the stage design here very much. I haven't played it in a while but it always felt like the levels had weird layouts that were interesting but not much fun, like Albacore is a very interesting stage design wise but when you actually play it that map is terrible. There are some peak maps though The Reef is one of the best ever and I desperately want it back.
Another thing is the weapon kits. A lot of them are just bad. Like why was splashdown given to so many weapons that don't fit it for example. Also why was splashdown in general that special sucks ass. Also like 20 arbitrary weapons didn't get a third kit in this game which is even more disappointing now since looking at 3's update cycle third kits in general don't seem that likely in my eyes.
Now onto the worst part for real, the fucking special weapons. Okay so 1's special weapons were fun but like horribly balanced right so in 2 they shifted it so that the specials were more team coordination based but less individually powerful, sounds good right? WRONG. This just made the special design of the game insanely obnoxious with the unholy trinity of Ink Armour/Tenta Missiles/Sting Ray being the primary reason I never want to play this game again.
Onto positivity though this game does do a lot of things right. Pretty much all the new weapons are fun and octo expansion is a fantastic single player campaign (we don't talk about the base game's campaign okay). I love Pearl and Marina they're awesome and the music is great and most importantly the game is generally fun but I feel due to all the negatives in the future this game will be seen as the black sheep of the franchise.
First of all, the maps kind of suck overall? Like yeah there's probably more good ones in this compared to 3 right now but wow I do not like the stage design here very much. I haven't played it in a while but it always felt like the levels had weird layouts that were interesting but not much fun, like Albacore is a very interesting stage design wise but when you actually play it that map is terrible. There are some peak maps though The Reef is one of the best ever and I desperately want it back.
Another thing is the weapon kits. A lot of them are just bad. Like why was splashdown given to so many weapons that don't fit it for example. Also why was splashdown in general that special sucks ass. Also like 20 arbitrary weapons didn't get a third kit in this game which is even more disappointing now since looking at 3's update cycle third kits in general don't seem that likely in my eyes.
Now onto the worst part for real, the fucking special weapons. Okay so 1's special weapons were fun but like horribly balanced right so in 2 they shifted it so that the specials were more team coordination based but less individually powerful, sounds good right? WRONG. This just made the special design of the game insanely obnoxious with the unholy trinity of Ink Armour/Tenta Missiles/Sting Ray being the primary reason I never want to play this game again.
Onto positivity though this game does do a lot of things right. Pretty much all the new weapons are fun and octo expansion is a fantastic single player campaign (we don't talk about the base game's campaign okay). I love Pearl and Marina they're awesome and the music is great and most importantly the game is generally fun but I feel due to all the negatives in the future this game will be seen as the black sheep of the franchise.
Haven't finished it yet but as a huge fan of star control 2 I'd say this game is a solid pretty alright
Not as good but a lot of the modernized elements are great and I really want to see similar things in UQM2 when that eventually comes out like the more interesting hyperspace and the quest log
Not as good but a lot of the modernized elements are great and I really want to see similar things in UQM2 when that eventually comes out like the more interesting hyperspace and the quest log
I can like zone out while playing this game and that's cool but my experience was hampered by the first map I played multiplayer (and in general) being an absolute nightmare to deal with
2022
The gameplay and everything like that is actually pretty great but fuck everything else is like ugh
2023
I love the gameplay of this game so much
2017
It's fun but battle royales shoot my anxiety through the roof and I always feel poor when I play it
2018
Fun with friends but there's actually not that much going on and I fucking hate playing imposter I'm so bad at it I way prefer seeing how shit goes down than being the one that makes shit go down
I like barely remember playing this one I will not lie aside from funny reclass shenanigans but I have the vague recollection of having a great time
1996
Not a fan of this one, probably my least or second least favourite classic game.
iirc, two of the levels are weird gimmicks that change the gameplay and of the other stages the only ones I'd call normal fun mega man levels are Grenade Man, Search Man, Sword Man and like Clown Man, Astro Man I guesss but I don't like those levels for their weird gimmicky stuff even if it doesn't change the gameplay too much. I do like Aqua Man's stage though.
The game is very nice looking but it has the same issue as 7 for me where the sprite size makes it feel weird to play and also the Wily stages SUCK
iirc, two of the levels are weird gimmicks that change the gameplay and of the other stages the only ones I'd call normal fun mega man levels are Grenade Man, Search Man, Sword Man and like Clown Man, Astro Man I guesss but I don't like those levels for their weird gimmicky stuff even if it doesn't change the gameplay too much. I do like Aqua Man's stage though.
The game is very nice looking but it has the same issue as 7 for me where the sprite size makes it feel weird to play and also the Wily stages SUCK
1998
For the love of god play the SNES version and play as Bass it makes the experience so much better. Honestly I like this one it's pretty good under those conditions, fun set of weapons and the levels are generally good when playing as Bass.
The literal only thing preventing me from giving this 5 stars is the music isn't quite as good as the first one
2011
I love this one it's so fun I spent like 4 hours trying to get that shortcut at the start of chemical plant act 2 and still can't hit it consistently <3