mortugender
2011
2001
2020
this is very clearly hoyoverse's moneymaker for projects they care more about (like the honkai games)
not only that it's extremely time-consuming for very little reward. so many things you can only farm on specific days of the week or once a real life week with atrocious drop-rates. important lore for characters is revealed through limited-time events that you CANNOT replay, so you're either playing until you inevitably get burnt out... or you're missing information on units that you're supposed to care enough about in order to spend real-life money on to C6 and R5.
when it's good, it's pretty good, but you have to ask yourself "is this really that worth it when i can find more interesting stories and more compelling characters in different games".
tl;dr: if you haven't been playing since 2020-2021, then it's really really not worth getting into now if you don't plan on spending money
not only that it's extremely time-consuming for very little reward. so many things you can only farm on specific days of the week or once a real life week with atrocious drop-rates. important lore for characters is revealed through limited-time events that you CANNOT replay, so you're either playing until you inevitably get burnt out... or you're missing information on units that you're supposed to care enough about in order to spend real-life money on to C6 and R5.
when it's good, it's pretty good, but you have to ask yourself "is this really that worth it when i can find more interesting stories and more compelling characters in different games".
tl;dr: if you haven't been playing since 2020-2021, then it's really really not worth getting into now if you don't plan on spending money
this iteration of zelda is one of my favorite zeldas (both in terms of her design as ghost zelda and also personality) and it really sucks that people just looked at this game at release and were like "lolwut train demon". please give it a chance if you're still hung up on the premise for whatever reason
2022
this is the only game i can think of where you'll be playing a 4v5 for the majority of a match after someone disconnected during set-up but the rounds where you actually get timely backfill are the ones where someone left 30 seconds before the "defeat" screen plays
this game is just pretty designs with a story that desperately wants to exist but literally cannot after almost 10 years of built-up loose ends. how old is mercy supposed to be for example? why is kiriko roughly 20 years younger than the shimada brothers despite them having been raised together?
i will say though it is really, really fun. every single character is a completely different way of playing the game and you can easily sink thousands of hours into it before getting bored if you're willing to rotate your main
no comment on OW1 vs OW2 because i only got into it after it became free due to me being a cheapskate
this game is just pretty designs with a story that desperately wants to exist but literally cannot after almost 10 years of built-up loose ends. how old is mercy supposed to be for example? why is kiriko roughly 20 years younger than the shimada brothers despite them having been raised together?
i will say though it is really, really fun. every single character is a completely different way of playing the game and you can easily sink thousands of hours into it before getting bored if you're willing to rotate your main
no comment on OW1 vs OW2 because i only got into it after it became free due to me being a cheapskate
2023
i got it at release and really loved it, but now months later i just can't keep up with it unfortunately... i feel like it's a me thing more than anything else because i know people who have liked it and haven't pretty much dropped it
i just feel like it'd be better and i'd like it more if it wasn't a gacha game unfortunately. at least you can (re)play events after they've already passed, i appreciate that feature + it's slightly less grindy than genshin impact
i just feel like it'd be better and i'd like it more if it wasn't a gacha game unfortunately. at least you can (re)play events after they've already passed, i appreciate that feature + it's slightly less grindy than genshin impact
i didn't bother with trying to get the multiple endings (if there are any: the treasure hunt one has multiple) because i just cannot strain my eyes at this game as a 19 year old but i was a very morbid kid and would've liked this, had i it
(is "had i it" even a real thing you can say in english? okay i just googled it and it's a real turn of phrase but it's downright shakespearean so i don't know. sorry this isn't related to the review)
(is "had i it" even a real thing you can say in english? okay i just googled it and it's a real turn of phrase but it's downright shakespearean so i don't know. sorry this isn't related to the review)
2018
2009
2020
i do like it a lot, but it's a tiny bit frustrating to play without VR controls unfortunately. i can't speak on whether or not it's better in VR because i don't own a headset and my friends who do aren't interested in playing it with their headsets on
+ i know it's just meant to be an asset flip party game and it doesn't need a campaign mode but the game's pretty one-of-a-kind as it stands so i'd definitely have fun with it if they added an actual story and characters with personalities
+ i know it's just meant to be an asset flip party game and it doesn't need a campaign mode but the game's pretty one-of-a-kind as it stands so i'd definitely have fun with it if they added an actual story and characters with personalities
2023
i don't really play dating sims that are just straight romance and not some insane subplot on the side (like hatoful boyfriend), but i did like this one for what it was! mostly the gender presentation options i appreciated. i hate being boxed into getting called MANLY and HANDSOME just because i'm playing as a male character, but i also don't exactly want to straight up be a girl...
i'm sad to report though that i'm not the target audience for this and probably will not be going back to it in order to get a different ending. i picked the responses that were most in character for what i'd say and even then the dialogue took me into places that i was just like "...ok" at pretty much. (which bums me out because i hate to leave him sad but oh well)
i'm not really into the "babygirl malewife" thing or the game's sense of humor in general outside of that trope, but if that's you then i'd probably recommend this i guess? he's pretty likeable and reminded me a lot of my real-life boyfriend.
actually i think that's my biggest issue, i just kept thinking about talking to my boyfriend the entire time and i have an unfortunate personality where i get really sour at the idea of talking to people other than him ... ... ... and that of course has nothing to do with the game and is just my problem
tl;dr: cute game, nice artwork, i wasn't the target audience but still had fun with it, it's free so you've nothing to lose
i'm sad to report though that i'm not the target audience for this and probably will not be going back to it in order to get a different ending. i picked the responses that were most in character for what i'd say and even then the dialogue took me into places that i was just like "...ok" at pretty much. (which bums me out because i hate to leave him sad but oh well)
i'm not really into the "babygirl malewife" thing or the game's sense of humor in general outside of that trope, but if that's you then i'd probably recommend this i guess? he's pretty likeable and reminded me a lot of my real-life boyfriend.
actually i think that's my biggest issue, i just kept thinking about talking to my boyfriend the entire time and i have an unfortunate personality where i get really sour at the idea of talking to people other than him ... ... ... and that of course has nothing to do with the game and is just my problem
tl;dr: cute game, nice artwork, i wasn't the target audience but still had fun with it, it's free so you've nothing to lose
i still like the QoL this game offers but in comparison to the original animal crossing i feel like it falls extremely short in terms of things like villager interactivity & events in favor of more customization options. you can kind of see the roots of why new horizons turned out so badly sowing themselves in this game already which sucks but hey
still a favorite i just managed to retroactively ruin it for myself by playing around with older entries
still a favorite i just managed to retroactively ruin it for myself by playing around with older entries
2014
i mean, it's cute. not a whole lot to say given that i'm not the target audience and i don't speak swedish competently enough to really judge how the game's written... or the accuracy when it comes to caring for the horses.
i will say that the controls are finnicky, the "voice" of the characters sounds like scrubbing a window, and it's clearly just kind of scandinavian shovelware, but if i was a little swedish kid i think i would've loved it.
i will say that the controls are finnicky, the "voice" of the characters sounds like scrubbing a window, and it's clearly just kind of scandinavian shovelware, but if i was a little swedish kid i think i would've loved it.