helenacell
2019
it did not connect with me but it’s nice. i’ll maybe try again someday because i want to like it more! just felt like a lot of the weapons/abilties are redundant or pointless and the mechanics are never tight enough to justify actually being there. some elements feel like they’re only present because they’re “supposed” to be, and not because they fit the flow of gameplay.
silly little game that i beat over the course of like (2 weeks?) in short bursts. cute boss & end cutscene
2024
i had my fun with it i suppose
scary. half of it looks like inland empire
it’s getting bleak out here
she gets so fucking scared when a bee touches you
2006
before i put this on, i had been mentally drafting some shit like “grown woman plays babar game, is disappointed”, but this was actually pretty flames. i guess leave it to IPs explicitly for children instead of ambiguously for children to actually put together a nice little experience for babies ❤️
kino has a sequel…
in some ways it’s better, and in some it’s worse. everything about the gameplay is tighter, and the fighting feels so much better! but the fighting is most of the game now… the puzzles are still fun but they are fewer and farther between than in the first game, and i frankly just miss that clunky pacing. the already sparse story from the first is on an extreme backburner here and all context is mostly kept to single screens before each chapter. i miss how you could talk to people standing around like baby’s first rpg… the visuals are considerably less interesting, and the music quality/variety took a major hit too.
even considering all that, this is still pretty fun and is one of the few licensed GBA games i’ve played so far that feels like a “Real Game”. whatever that means
in some ways it’s better, and in some it’s worse. everything about the gameplay is tighter, and the fighting feels so much better! but the fighting is most of the game now… the puzzles are still fun but they are fewer and farther between than in the first game, and i frankly just miss that clunky pacing. the already sparse story from the first is on an extreme backburner here and all context is mostly kept to single screens before each chapter. i miss how you could talk to people standing around like baby’s first rpg… the visuals are considerably less interesting, and the music quality/variety took a major hit too.
even considering all that, this is still pretty fun and is one of the few licensed GBA games i’ve played so far that feels like a “Real Game”. whatever that means
GBA version:
the presentation is actually pretty nice. the music is pretty and the visuals make genuine effort, but at the end of the day this is a “navigate all characters to the end of the stage” game instead of a regular platformer and i just don’t have the patience for that.
the presentation is actually pretty nice. the music is pretty and the visuals make genuine effort, but at the end of the day this is a “navigate all characters to the end of the stage” game instead of a regular platformer and i just don’t have the patience for that.
was he always this horny dude
sort of innovative in presentation but about 5x more unplayable. the music is genuinely really nice if you can stay alive for more than 30 seconds
2002
there’s really nothing here, man. elements of it are ok, i mean the art and Song (1) are cool enough but the racing is so nothing.
2006
This review contains spoilers
far better than you would expect given the IP but also extremely middling. i don’t feel compelled to finish it so i probably won’t pick it up again, but the OST goes insaneo sometimes. worth looking up and listening to even if you cbf to bother with the actual game.
2019
im sure i could have fun with this if i could be fucked to put time into making it feel natural! i need button mashing skating, unfortunately.
you beat tha whole damn game!