robohon
Imagine having to grow up thinking all crash games' plane levels were just supposed to be Like That
2012
so ass, and folks, I am NOT talking about the blue one
2012
I becomes dove (crying)
looking back on this it's PROBABLY a big piece of crap but I'm not in the business of replaying psp games so
2016
I remember this being very good but the challenges or whatever they were called (and the story) being stupid. Will replay on PC on nightmare soon and see.
2018
Powered through most of this in the like 2 weeks before it got removed from gamepass. There were some big plot developments and then right back to a new normal area to do some collecting. I got burned out and stopped there. Will probably finish some time.
2007
Come on its not that bad! Sometimes you talk to a dwarf and his beard clips up thru his face for no reason
2016
I remember thinking "wow this is crazy", but the actual game? I don't remember it at all lol
Black label is definitely the better mode, it also might have the series's best music
2012
The boxing segment was the original version of those tiktoks where people talk over unrelated gameplay footage that you see all the memes abt today
they sed I was smart :DDDDD
Really great execution of its central mystery and character arcs, probably as good or better than the original GBA trilogy. Excellent cast all around too, van Zieks putting his foot on the table is on par with Phoenix's point in terms of never getting old.
But can't give it full marks when it's often even worse about dragging and railroading you to the most obvious twist in the case possible and stopping you from presenting certain pieces of evidence or pointing out obvious lies until Ryunosuke recognizes them himself (read: when the writers decided you should be allowed to move things along instead of reading mostly fluff press dialogue). The dual testimonies/interruption mechanic is a good illustration of this, it basically asks you to press on every statement until the game gives you a free "Press A on this guy to advance the case" with an accompanying audio cue, and absolutely no room to recognize/act on things yourself or to approach that step of the trial in a different way. Also I probably prefer the original games' music though this soundtrack grew on me quite a bit over time. Still a 9/10 game though lol. I should play ghost trick
But can't give it full marks when it's often even worse about dragging and railroading you to the most obvious twist in the case possible and stopping you from presenting certain pieces of evidence or pointing out obvious lies until Ryunosuke recognizes them himself (read: when the writers decided you should be allowed to move things along instead of reading mostly fluff press dialogue). The dual testimonies/interruption mechanic is a good illustration of this, it basically asks you to press on every statement until the game gives you a free "Press A on this guy to advance the case" with an accompanying audio cue, and absolutely no room to recognize/act on things yourself or to approach that step of the trial in a different way. Also I probably prefer the original games' music though this soundtrack grew on me quite a bit over time. Still a 9/10 game though lol. I should play ghost trick
2000
Really neat idea for a portable game and I’d say each level has just enough variety and puzzling on its required revisits to make the main quest never drag — hunting the optional treasures and music coins definitely does though and in particular makes the “getting hit makes you lose progress instead of just losing hp/dying” concept way more grating than it is thru the actual game
2004
How the hell do you beat the microgame where you drag the paperclip between the magnets? Am I stupid?
2022
For most of the first half of this game I was thinking in terms of how wrong most people seemed to have gotten it, both pre-release with all the (dumb) “yakuza with ghosts” comparisons and later derision as a boring map game. The mechanics here are clearly much more, movement and combat alike driven by a much more expansive and less context-based toolset than games like AssCreed or Spiderman PS4. Even just collecting spirits was fun enough when the game gives you a cool grapple+glide combo and the freedom to just climb level geometry and make your own path — it really felt closer to a Dishonored or even Deus Ex. A clunkier version with a shitty unchangeable FOV and weirdly weightless combat, but still.
Anyway then the story got really boring and a big giant popped out in the middle of Tokyo and then Hand Guy said I had to go explore a bunch of random points to collect dumb things before I could progress the story, just when I had had my fill of exploration and wanted to actually push through and see what happens in the story. Well the answer is nothing bc I stopped playing there. The review is also over now.
Anyway then the story got really boring and a big giant popped out in the middle of Tokyo and then Hand Guy said I had to go explore a bunch of random points to collect dumb things before I could progress the story, just when I had had my fill of exploration and wanted to actually push through and see what happens in the story. Well the answer is nothing bc I stopped playing there. The review is also over now.