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Oh, an article by Kate! What a nice surprise. Always glad to see her back.

This was almost painful to watch at points with how people kept praising it, I just don’t see what they see. When I was done I fired up the sonic boom cartoon and thankfully that one’s actually good.

I’m actually looking forward to trying this, if the port is good. My laptop just can’t really handle the game so a switch port that looks halfway decent would be nice, and well, open world games are my comfort zone, so I think even if it’s a bit dull it might be relaxing, who knows.

@Judal27 Kind of interesting/glad to see someone else mentioning XC3 not living up to expectations and then comparing it back to 2. Always feel like 3 gets praised into the high heavens while I found more flaws in the narrative than I found in 2s.

It's weird how 2 had so many kinks to it that made it tumble further and further down compared to the original for me, but then in comparison to XB3 I think XB2 and Torna were better experiences even with whatever flaws the narrative and gameplay had. I'm trying to give XB3 another chance to see if it can have a little redemption arc in my eyes, but I just have so many better things to play that weren't a huge letdown in terms of story and gameplay. Either way, looking forward to future redeemed to maybe change my mind on that tomorrow.

I’d be excited for this usually but dang, it just really looks like more of the same but… JUST more of the same. Hopefully it’s a bit more unique because those areas just look like they’re from the first game again.

A kirby movie from illumination… the horror of just thinking about it, phew.

It’s Atlus, this will get a sale down the line that’ll make it much more bearable. People, the etrian idyssey titles on 3ds got a permanent price cut years after their release making them ten euros each, and sales galore all the time. Just saying, it’s a matter of time before you can buy this for a more reasonable price. I’m just overjoyed that Etrian Odyssey III is finally going to be playable without scouring around second-hand markets or paying a hefty sum.

I really wanted to throw more money at it, but I gotta be real, the 3ds isn't something I play enough to go full price for some of the games, especially as a student. So yeah, got the good sales, the rest I can get on a modded 3DS if I really need to.

After all the heaps of praise for this one, I bought it before it's gone forever. So yeah, looking forward to seeing what I think of it.

I bought this for like 1 euro on eneba for steam... and didn't really go past chapter 1, which consisted of one run. It was just very... generic, I guess. Visuals were nice enough but the combat did indeed just feel 'off' and the progression and vibe wasn't interesting enough to put in the work. Especially as someone who doesn't like roguelikes.

One of those classics that can safely die off for me. Never had even an ounce of interest in it. It’s a piece of history, and so I’ll let it stay in the past. But for whoever likes this, good on you, hope you can get it.

Well, with only three to choose from, then yeah, I guess it wins easily, even coming from a person who disliked Xenoblade 3 in a lot of ways. But when you see stuff like ‘best character: Arven’ with hecking Kirby being an option, then you lose all my respect quickly xD Whatever the awards are worth, that makes the entire thing look like a joke. Best scenario for pokemon? Will you be here all week?

I really, really like this one, but it just gets too repetitive with too little progress being made, but I still want to one day sit down, make an amazing team and just beat it all the way through. Just would take some dedication. Just like I'm trying a pokemon brilliant diamond nuzlocke and it's taking effort to stay focused on it.

I hope the US sale makes its way over to Europe too because I’d throw my money at ace attorney games if so.

Lucky me, fire emblem heroes is banned in my country, but super mario run isn't, so I used that to quickly get enough platinum points to download this. Absolutely did not want to miss out on a zelda picross game and I hope anybody who wants it can still get it in time. I fell in love with picross through Picross S and am ready for more and more.

Just bought it since it looks right up my alley with the horror stuff, since I'm usually too much of a scaredy cat in horror games where I have to move around, this helps bridge the gap a bit and get a little bit braver, hehe.

Ah, my favorite metroid game. The atmosphere is just so well done and for me, none of the other metroid games do it better than fusion. I guess that's also thanks to the linearity which allows for natural buildup and memorable setpieces. I'd often hear how super is the best one because of the 'non-lineair spirit' of metroid, but that's never done much for me. Like, sure, the shortcuts and sequence breaks are cool, but that's not what makes a metroid game to me. That'd be the atmosphere, the natural-feeling progression via upgrades, the bosses and in the more recent entries the smooth as butter controls. I guess it helps that I vastly prefer narrative over just straight-faced gameplay, and Fusion managed to pull of both really well for me.

I'm so glad we're getting inazuma eleven at last, and not japanese-exclusive like I feared with Level 5's stance for a while! So glad to have them back.

And thank god Mario isn't just Chris Pratt in a costume in the games. Sure, he's nothing special, but that's the point, just a hero who goes around doing hero stuff with a jolly vibe to it all. I like what the movie seems to be doing with these characters but they can exist seperately.

I’ll forever be in the camp that puts Xenoblade 3 below even a top 10 on switch because of how much of a letdown it was and how I just don’t see why everyone calls it a masterpiece. I have finished the entire game, just to be clear, and the other two entries just stuck with me way more, plus just as a narrative by itself it doesn’t carry out its potential. But do I think it belongs in the top 50? Hard to say no to that, it is still quality. I have pretty much everything on this list so I’m good, having just bought metroid prime. Looking forward to that.

@Maxz Writing stuff like this in all caps is just instant comedy

Finally, my wallet can rest a bit. Only Oni and metroid interest me.

@DripDropCop146 You can have your own opinion on this, as can the other guy who tagged me, but to you in particular I do think I need to clarify that it's serious TONE and melodrama I don't mind. How they WROTE that seriousness and melodrama before? I mean, come on, I'm not going to defend Sonic 06 for example. But look at Sonic colors and Sonic Lost World. There you go, that's Sonic, slapping an egg, doing his silly thing, but that writing was horrendous and cringe-worthy far more so than Sonic 06 ever got for me. (Animal kissing aside, that deserves a special spot.) Sonic Lost World was somehow the worst of both, the simple moments were cringe and the serious moments just came and went out of nowhere.

We can argue all day about what kind of Sonic we prefer honestly, that's up to preference. I'd vastly prefer a story than none at all. I think the old classic games are okay at best, and that the storybook series gave a good look at how I enjoy Sonic being portrayed, even if the gameplay wasn't my thing. But the writing in the recent games, I think we can safely agree that's been a mess, and Frontiers was a step in the right direction with some high moments but it ain't perfect or anything. I'm just praying we don't take another step back on that front no matter if it's 2D, 3D or whatever else they cook up.

Still, I think just having both would be the way to go to keep everyone happy. You could stick with 2D simpleness with a focus on gameplay and I'd have my preference of a more story-focused experience regardless of serious or silly vibe.
We'll see what we end up getting, I'll be happy as long as it's quality or they use Frontiers or Mania to improve upon.

Looking at these comments you really see why sonic has such a crazy ride tonally. Some people like the melodrama and serious tone (I do, in fact), some want sonic to be all silly and gameplay-first.
We have characters for that nowadays, honestly. We have classic sonic and we have modern sonic. We have mania and frontiers. They both deliver quite well on what they’re supposed to and I enjoyed playing both. It gives the opportunity to develop games on both ends of the spectrum. Frontiers and mania have proven the strengths of both approaches. The IDW comics have shown more than anything really that a serious sonic story can work wonders.

I’ll just be happy with anything that is well-written, and Frontiers was. The serious tone or silly tone hardly matters as long as it’s done well.

I loved Sonic Frontiers and I know Sonic will always get the good dose of negativity, but I'm just waiting and seeing what comes down the pipeline in the future. I'd say Sonic is doing just fine, with the frankly great second movie, Sonic Prime (which I disliked but it's something) and Sonic Frontiers DLC looking promising-ish.

Ah yes, the dark souls of hentai!

@Fizza That would make a lot of sense honestly, but biology class has also taught me evolution does some crazy things so who knows haha

Don’t get me wrong, walking wake looks cool (and way better than iron leaves) but… why is suicune a t-rex? I’m just confused as to why it’s suicune in particular… then again, I wan it.

I could be bothered about this, but I generally think that pokémon red and blue's soundtracks are well composed but horrendous to the ears nowadays. I had to stop playing the game on my 3DS because I just couldn't get over it. So yeah, I'll steer clear of this. Thankfully the music got much better later on.

Wow, didn’t expect that. Good thing I wasn’t too excited for this one, but still, what a bummer. Always love a decent 3D platformer, but guess I can safely skip this one.

An impossible endeavor but greatly appreciated that you guys are still giving it your best. Spoilers can ruin a lot of the beauty of certain surprises of figuring stuff out for yourself, so yeah, thanks.

@jowe_gv The gameplay I’d say has definitely improved since then. But I think the premise and the twists of the story were handled really well. Now, the writing… oof, the writing in sky could do with some improvement here and there, I do remember the partner especially being just written rather dull, though their arc is okay-ish.
Going back to Pearl myself the HMs are such a drag for me, haha. Definitely understand that.

I’d love a new one or a remake of explorers of sky, but I feel like since the jump to 3d models these titles have lost a lot of the charm they once had, and the stories aren’ really up to snuff anymore either, nostalgia or not. So I’d be excited, but I doubt it’d ever have an impact on me like explorers of sky had, showing what you can do with pokemon besides the same old same old.

Wiggler and kamek for me. ROB is just… why? Nostalgia, I guess? But no, don’t need him.

Looking at what that dog adds to the gameplay, I at the same time feel like it detracts from what I expect from pikmin, but it might also add onto it in an unique way... I'll see how I feel when I play it.

I’ll buy side:order, but couldn’t care less about the inkopolis stuff. I always love some good single player campaign stuff but the online experience bores me to tears in a matter of days, so nice that I can drag Splat3 off the shelf again for a bit.

It looked good but I didn’t exactly feel like the premise hooked me, nor the looks. It being from the life is strange devs only adds to my scepticism, but I might give it a go on sale someday because it does at least look intriguing.

I wonder how they’ll even continue the movie because that ending was pretty definitive… but hey, I’d totally watch a sequel if they got a good hook.

Still gotta get through the original octopath so that one I'll probably wait a bit with.

@Clyde_Radcliffe I've never played these games but this is kind of the vibe I got from back when they were still new games and there was a lot of hype around them. I like narrative games, but just looking at small excerpts and short gameplay videos gave me slight annoyances with how the characters act. I wonder if I'd change my mind actually playing them, but there's too many other games in the backlog with more interesting looking stories to take that risk for now.

I played it for a good while, even got slightly addicted to it at one point, but it gets boring after a while when there's zero interaction, and you can't really learn much from the tutorials when it comes to deck building, you have to go online to find out that stuff. Even then, with the meta constantly changing, it gets a bit much for me, because of the randomness of the pulls. The meta in a fighting game is fine when everyone has access to the same thing, in a card game, it's throw money at it or drag behind because the only way to get more cards without spending money is by winning, and what do you need to win? Better cards, or at least the ones that allow you to win in the current meta... so after a while I just focused on pre-made decks and playing irl. It's more fun that way, I get more out of it than just a 'victory' on a screen with an empty feeling.

I love how at first, it was just kind of complaining about rushing the game, and now it still feels like they're complaining about the rush and pressure, but in an overly sarcastic way(or as some have said, with a gun pointed to their head).

Nawh, this was pretty cute. My girlfriend and I play some games here and there too, but usually it comes down to me being better at video games than her and then having to carry her past certain points, but as long as she’s still having fun, so am I.

I’d have jumped on Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 so, so quick, too bad I’ll have to be pleased with just the first one I guess.

Tried it on pc, immediately felt lost in the dang tutorial due to the weird controls, never looked back. Might try it again one day but oof, what a nothing first impression.

That cover image… looks kinda bad. More so bad as in compared to the original Celeste artwork which I liked way more, this looks like ‘Madeline- anime edition’ and not much else. I don’t know, that alone pushes me away from buying it, but the other stuffs pretty cool, I guess.

Never tried any of the other games, don’t feel any more compelled to try this one. They all just come over so… predictable and bland, for some reason. From what I’ve seen of the characters I’d probably get bored before I finish it. The ports not being any good just adds on top. I didn’t even know that there was a sequel, haha, I thought true colours or whatever it was was the next entry they made.

Still have a soft spot for sunshine, so this is very nice to see.

Been emulating Persona 3 FES and will probably play P3P on my switch for the Femc experience, since I do have a soft spot for P3’s atmosphere, where P4 and P5 look like better games but the atmosphere didn’t grab onto me as much. I’ll just play 3, then 4, then 5, and then I can finally play Q and Q2 without feeling like I’m missing all the context : P

@dugan That sounds like you did like the game, just didn't like the effect it had on you.