wonderful wonderful exquisite incredible perfection i love you super metroid

one of the coziest games ever made its incredible

fuck this game we were supposed to get a twilight princess sequel and it turned in to this fuck this game

im nostalgia blind im sorry

absolute fucking blast with friends idk if i'd play it alone ever tho

the physics r fun to mess around with but that level design is atrocious so its not fun to try complete and time yourself

lowkey coulda been good if it wasnt a gacha game it had potential

2019 or smth. started up this game for the easy platinum. a few hours after 100% i completely forgot everything. still better than persona 3.

booooooorrrriiiiiinnnngggggggggg even worse when you've played another New Super game in the past few months bc of how samey they all are

booooooorrrriiiiiinnnngggggggggg even worse when you've played another New Super game in the past few months bc of how samey they all are

copypasting my NSMBU review because this damn game is copypasted. just so yk.

Surprise! This game is actually better than the NES one. Not by much. It still fucking sucks.

2021

Even the jankiest of games can provide entertainment if you're with friends

pretty fun. did get quite into it back in '18 but i never got sucked into it and addicted like so many others did. probably a good thing.

Holy shit.
I've known of Yakuza/Like a Dragon for a while now, though like with Persona I never to playing them because all I had to my name was a Switch and a shitty ass laptop. Luckily, I was eventually able to get some decent hardware and a copy of Yakuza 0, and I think I can confidently say that I'm a fan.

The highlights for me are definitely the story, characters and the side quests. I shit you not, this is some of the most enjoyable side content I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing. I don't know how RGG did it, but they did. I'm sure everyone's heard of fighting of zombies to protect Michael Jackson as he moonwalks across the street - it's celebrated for good reason.

I'll add that the goofiness of the side content also gives our two protagonists, Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima some cool development and makes you even more attatched to them, which is important for a story like this.

Wow, the story can get insane. I had a pit in my stomach for the entirety of the last act. The amount of twists and turns was exhilarating. It's impressive for a game this long (80 hours, for me) to not have huge sections where I'm just bored. For the most part, I was having a great time following these characters along. I'm proud to say this game joins the very, very small list of games that made me cry.

The big side-minigames, being Real Estate and Cabaret Czar were also welcome additions. I'll be honest, the Real Estate stuff wasn't very engaging, so I never felt the motivation to do it (which came back to bite me in the last few Kiryu fights). Cabaret though? DAMN! I completely stopped doing the story for a while because it was such a fun minigame. It's insane how much more fun playing as Majima is compared to Kiryu because of this alone, since you get to upgrade his fighting styles a lot more.

Speaking of combat, I think that's where Yakuza 0's greatest flaw lies. It's either mind-numbingly easy, or so frustratingly cheap that it almost kills the motivation to continue. It's serviceable for most of its playtime, but there are definitely times (unfortunately mostly during tense story sections) where it's not that fun.

Overall though? Wonderful game. Despite the flaws, I never disliked my time playing. I will definitely be playing the whole series. I'm sold. I feel like I've come across something special.