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This is the Spider-Man game I've wanted for a long time. Combat is the best aspect and web-swinging is a lot of fun. The story is pretty good, though there are moments that I thought were overly cheesy. For example (spoiler), the Ying Yang puzzle when you're finding Mr. Negative's secret room is a bit on the nose and I laughed hysterically when you find the same family picture that was on his desk but with the negative filter.
«Constantly dying and enjoy it»
«Beaten more than once»
This was the first game that made me physically exhausted while playing.
«Blew my mind»
«Time-tested»
I wish I didn't know all the answers because I immediately wanted to play it again after I beat it. It'll be a great day when a few years pass and realize I've forgotten what happened.
«Sit back and relax»
«OST on repeat»
After playing a lot of Smash 4, you'll find yourself quite familiar with Ultimate's mechanics and tweaks but it also has some things that may shake your ground a little.
Initially, the gameplay feels incredible and more polished than ever, a lot of characters feel so different (except for the "echo" ones for obvious reasons) and in its massive roster, you'll mostly find at least one character that is suitable for your playstyle. Everything in this game is massive to the point that is overwhelming, you have a lot of stages, characters, music, options, etc. a lot of them are originally from past games but they're updated to the point that they feel fresh and new, also, the fact that they're adding a lot of content with the season pass it is just amazing. There are several game modes to play this game, there's a pseudo story mode which is serviceable but not as memorable like space emissary in Brawl, you can play classic modes and obviously multiplayer, also, an addition that I really like and I have spend hours on it, is that now you can set up the massive soundtrack to every stage of your liking, is not perfect but it's cool.
Although I'm certain that this is the best Smash game to this point, it has also things that keep it from being a masterpiece, the bigger one might be its online play, from matchmaking to playing with friends, is quite bothersome, in matchmaking often you'll fight with rules that you didn't apply, for example, I like to play in final destination only, zero items, stock, etc. but at least 2/6 fights I'll play on battlefield with items or timer, it doesn't sound like a big issue but trust me it really is, I'm not criticizing anyone's playstyle but what I'm trying to say is that nobody wins. Another issue on matchmaking is that if you find someone that you want to fight over and over, you're stuck with the character you choose, unlike in Smash 4 where you could switch between chars to make things more fun, it makes no sense. Its worth note that playing online with friends is also a hassle and it has its fair amount of issues but let's leave it at that.
There are several nitpicks that maybe I'm the only one in this, as I told you, the roster is massive but you literally start with the original roster of 8 characters, and you have to unlock every one of them, they're not that hard to unlock mind you, but it keeps you from playing your mains for at least some hours, if this wasn't an all-star game I wouldn't have a problem with this, but its kind of pointless and frustrating to wait at times. Finally, I know that I'm alone in this one, but I liked a lot the customization mechanic of special moves they introduced in Smash 4, I know that they were banned in professional tournaments but from a semi-hardcore point of view, they added a lot of fun, I hope that they have a comeback of some sorts in the future or future entries.
When all is said and done, and every character is at your disposal, be prepared to have an incredible time, especially when playing with friends locally or online (forgetting some issues there mind you). Smash Bros has this amazing quality that it doesn't matter that you're not great in fighting games, you'll certainly find a character or a playstyle you'll like the most in here and when you have that moment after an 8 player battle where you are the last one standing, it's truly glorious. Smash Bros Ultimate is a must for every Nintendo Switch owner, period, even when I have problems with it, they feel so minimal in comparison to its positive things.
Initially, the gameplay feels incredible and more polished than ever, a lot of characters feel so different (except for the "echo" ones for obvious reasons) and in its massive roster, you'll mostly find at least one character that is suitable for your playstyle. Everything in this game is massive to the point that is overwhelming, you have a lot of stages, characters, music, options, etc. a lot of them are originally from past games but they're updated to the point that they feel fresh and new, also, the fact that they're adding a lot of content with the season pass it is just amazing. There are several game modes to play this game, there's a pseudo story mode which is serviceable but not as memorable like space emissary in Brawl, you can play classic modes and obviously multiplayer, also, an addition that I really like and I have spend hours on it, is that now you can set up the massive soundtrack to every stage of your liking, is not perfect but it's cool.
Although I'm certain that this is the best Smash game to this point, it has also things that keep it from being a masterpiece, the bigger one might be its online play, from matchmaking to playing with friends, is quite bothersome, in matchmaking often you'll fight with rules that you didn't apply, for example, I like to play in final destination only, zero items, stock, etc. but at least 2/6 fights I'll play on battlefield with items or timer, it doesn't sound like a big issue but trust me it really is, I'm not criticizing anyone's playstyle but what I'm trying to say is that nobody wins. Another issue on matchmaking is that if you find someone that you want to fight over and over, you're stuck with the character you choose, unlike in Smash 4 where you could switch between chars to make things more fun, it makes no sense. Its worth note that playing online with friends is also a hassle and it has its fair amount of issues but let's leave it at that.
There are several nitpicks that maybe I'm the only one in this, as I told you, the roster is massive but you literally start with the original roster of 8 characters, and you have to unlock every one of them, they're not that hard to unlock mind you, but it keeps you from playing your mains for at least some hours, if this wasn't an all-star game I wouldn't have a problem with this, but its kind of pointless and frustrating to wait at times. Finally, I know that I'm alone in this one, but I liked a lot the customization mechanic of special moves they introduced in Smash 4, I know that they were banned in professional tournaments but from a semi-hardcore point of view, they added a lot of fun, I hope that they have a comeback of some sorts in the future or future entries.
When all is said and done, and every character is at your disposal, be prepared to have an incredible time, especially when playing with friends locally or online (forgetting some issues there mind you). Smash Bros has this amazing quality that it doesn't matter that you're not great in fighting games, you'll certainly find a character or a playstyle you'll like the most in here and when you have that moment after an 8 player battle where you are the last one standing, it's truly glorious. Smash Bros Ultimate is a must for every Nintendo Switch owner, period, even when I have problems with it, they feel so minimal in comparison to its positive things.
«Just one more turn»
«Can’t stop playing»
Just put some Eurobeat in the background and you'll FEEL like you're drifting.
12.5 years of waiting
Valve still can make single-player games
One of the best VR games ever where all mechanics work like a charm (ok except ladder climbing)
But the main thing - development of HL story
Valve still can make single-player games
One of the best VR games ever where all mechanics work like a charm (ok except ladder climbing)
But the main thing - development of HL story
«Blew my mind»
«That ending!»
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Interesting start to the game. The half old school bits at the beginning were fun. At the beginning there is something about the style of the game I actually kind of liked right off the bat but didn’t really know why. After the opening ~2 hours my enjoyment fell off for about 3 hours when the game slowly transitions into a more traditional open world game. My enjoyment began to pick up again around hour 5 when I was able to roam around and complete quests, upgrade my character, experiment with different load outs, and just had a general better idea of how the game works.
The music in this game is shooting for super epic. It’s this large peaceful Japanese music at times. It’s a big epic piece next. It’s like a Japanese lord of the rings soundtrack. That’s what they are going for. They are going for a big fantasy sci fi feel. It fits and I like it. This game has been very peaceful to begin. It’s calming. At one point it’s just piano and this little girl singing “la la la la la” a bunch of times in nice ways. It was hilarious. I love this soundtrack it’s ridiculous. Especially in the robot village.
The graphics are not great. The environment is empty and the enemy variety is very minimal. So why do I still like the art style? I don’t really know why. I haven't played a ton of Japanese games so the weirdness and uniqueness was entertaining to begin. That’s probably why. This effect wore off pretty quick though. By about the 10 hour mark I wasn’t impressed with the art design or presentation.
The combat is quite good. I just played DMCV and I prefer this combat for sure. The weapon variety is reasonable. Mix and matching different pods, weapons and plug ins has been enjoyable. At around the 10 hour mark I’ve been a bit more bored with the combat simply because the enemies are all the same and it isn’t that difficult on normal, but I don’t really think the game is good enough to warrant upping the difficulty. It’s still not bad though.
The beginning of the game doesn’t do a good job explaining the rpg mechanics. It seems like it should be deep with different weapons, pods, chip upgrades etc. After devoting time to learning it on my own I liked the different systems but I think the game does a poor job of showing the player how things work. Also the upgrades don’t feel like they come often enough. I wish I had a better sense of what I got for completing quests. Maybe I didn’t pay enough attention to materials.
Not sure how I am going to feel about this story. Early on I got vibes this will be weird. And I was not wrong. The main character being a French maid robot with upskirts happening is unnecessary. The robots with personalities things they are doing seems super obvious a message about humans being evil is coming. There is a strong sense this game is Japanese. The writing almost always falls flat, but because they are robots it sort of works. Some of the side quests are comical, again, not really in a clever way but I don’t know why i don’t mind it. That scene when the robot head opens and this weird face ball pops out and starts talking to them. What the fuck was that!? Honestly this story is so dumb that it’s fun. But it’s more fun when you are stoned. I don’t understand why these types of games get good reviews. Like everybody is just in on some unspoken agreement that we ignore the fact the story is super dumb? The become as gods part was cool though. I liked that.
Side quests have been quite bad. Very uninteresting. Main quests have been better. I usually liked the different camera angle parts. I also liked doing the old school space shooter parts.
At this point I finished ending A. Everything above this paragraph is Route A thoughts. At ending A my score is a low B+. I am concerned this game is going to be very repetitive; the rpg elements have not been active enough so far.
The opening to the next route is good. I like the change up so far. I was concerned I’d have to do it all again but the new parts have been fun.
I’ve started to notice that my enjoyment of this game is greatly affected by whether I’m stoned or not. I’ve never really had that great a time playing sober. But I have had some good sessions when stoned.
I’m liking the story more so far. The Adam and eve stuff, the robot dress lady. Both good. I’ve been mostly skipping the side quests because 1 I don’t think they are good and 2 lots look like repeats. The challenge style ones at least continue so that’s nice.
At this point I finished Route B. I liked the Adam
And eve stuff and the robot background stuff in this route. I am more interested to see where the story goes but I am getting a bit bored with the gameplay. Game still sits at a low B+.
I was loving the start to Route C. Then I died twice and didnt get to my body because I forgot that was a thing since it had been many hours since I had died at all. I was super mad because my chips were so good. I tried to play without them but very quickly realized I’d never be able to do enjoy it. So I reloaded a file that I was lucky to have and had to replay 1 hour 10 mins. Not thrilled about that. But luckily it’s a fun part of the game. The opening to route c is probably my favourite part of this game so far. Hacked androids was great. Finally a small amount of enemy variety. It’s almost going to start rising in my ranks.
It’s growing on me a bit. I’m starting to see it now, just a little bit, about how it’s actually well done. Route C has been the best so far. I liked the switching between A2 and 9S sections.
I’m finally liking the rpg elements more. I feel like my character builds are awesome and these recent sections have been much more challenging so I have had to consider my strategy more which has been a positive improvement.
Pascals robot children committing suicide was pretty great. Route C continues to be the best. It’s taken like 22 hours for this game to start to click for me, which is way too long. I probably would have given up on the game early if I didn’t know that this game had a “great story”. But it is getting there.
Some great hacking games going on. Then that 9S memory bit was awesome. The scene where he stabs 2B. That’s a great scene.
Just finished Route C and it was hands down the best part of the game so far. I enjoyed it noticeably more than the previous 2.
Opening to Route D is the same and is boring. Way too much repartition here. They killed the momentum they had with Route C. To top it off during the city Goliath fight with the flight suits I got glitched into the ground and couldn’t move so I had to restart. Not thrilled about that especially since none of this portion is very fun.
After wasting like 3 hours of my time I tried google to see what is up with route D. Turns out it’s not a thing. I was supposed to just chapter select to redo the last fight but pick 9S??? Like what the fuck game. How the fuck am I supposed to know that’s what I need to do. What a sour taste. This game could have ended on a waaaay higher note. I had like 20 minutes left in the game. But wasted a boring 3 hours plus I didn’t have the recent events on my mind like I should have. Also the endings weren’t anything that great.
Route C was the best and was an enjoyable 5 or 6 ish hours but for a game I played for 30 hours I’m disappointed overall. I don’t agree with the critics. Game ends as a mid level B+.
Final Score: B+
Interesting start to the game. The half old school bits at the beginning were fun. At the beginning there is something about the style of the game I actually kind of liked right off the bat but didn’t really know why. After the opening ~2 hours my enjoyment fell off for about 3 hours when the game slowly transitions into a more traditional open world game. My enjoyment began to pick up again around hour 5 when I was able to roam around and complete quests, upgrade my character, experiment with different load outs, and just had a general better idea of how the game works.
The music in this game is shooting for super epic. It’s this large peaceful Japanese music at times. It’s a big epic piece next. It’s like a Japanese lord of the rings soundtrack. That’s what they are going for. They are going for a big fantasy sci fi feel. It fits and I like it. This game has been very peaceful to begin. It’s calming. At one point it’s just piano and this little girl singing “la la la la la” a bunch of times in nice ways. It was hilarious. I love this soundtrack it’s ridiculous. Especially in the robot village.
The graphics are not great. The environment is empty and the enemy variety is very minimal. So why do I still like the art style? I don’t really know why. I haven't played a ton of Japanese games so the weirdness and uniqueness was entertaining to begin. That’s probably why. This effect wore off pretty quick though. By about the 10 hour mark I wasn’t impressed with the art design or presentation.
The combat is quite good. I just played DMCV and I prefer this combat for sure. The weapon variety is reasonable. Mix and matching different pods, weapons and plug ins has been enjoyable. At around the 10 hour mark I’ve been a bit more bored with the combat simply because the enemies are all the same and it isn’t that difficult on normal, but I don’t really think the game is good enough to warrant upping the difficulty. It’s still not bad though.
The beginning of the game doesn’t do a good job explaining the rpg mechanics. It seems like it should be deep with different weapons, pods, chip upgrades etc. After devoting time to learning it on my own I liked the different systems but I think the game does a poor job of showing the player how things work. Also the upgrades don’t feel like they come often enough. I wish I had a better sense of what I got for completing quests. Maybe I didn’t pay enough attention to materials.
Not sure how I am going to feel about this story. Early on I got vibes this will be weird. And I was not wrong. The main character being a French maid robot with upskirts happening is unnecessary. The robots with personalities things they are doing seems super obvious a message about humans being evil is coming. There is a strong sense this game is Japanese. The writing almost always falls flat, but because they are robots it sort of works. Some of the side quests are comical, again, not really in a clever way but I don’t know why i don’t mind it. That scene when the robot head opens and this weird face ball pops out and starts talking to them. What the fuck was that!? Honestly this story is so dumb that it’s fun. But it’s more fun when you are stoned. I don’t understand why these types of games get good reviews. Like everybody is just in on some unspoken agreement that we ignore the fact the story is super dumb? The become as gods part was cool though. I liked that.
Side quests have been quite bad. Very uninteresting. Main quests have been better. I usually liked the different camera angle parts. I also liked doing the old school space shooter parts.
At this point I finished ending A. Everything above this paragraph is Route A thoughts. At ending A my score is a low B+. I am concerned this game is going to be very repetitive; the rpg elements have not been active enough so far.
The opening to the next route is good. I like the change up so far. I was concerned I’d have to do it all again but the new parts have been fun.
I’ve started to notice that my enjoyment of this game is greatly affected by whether I’m stoned or not. I’ve never really had that great a time playing sober. But I have had some good sessions when stoned.
I’m liking the story more so far. The Adam and eve stuff, the robot dress lady. Both good. I’ve been mostly skipping the side quests because 1 I don’t think they are good and 2 lots look like repeats. The challenge style ones at least continue so that’s nice.
At this point I finished Route B. I liked the Adam
And eve stuff and the robot background stuff in this route. I am more interested to see where the story goes but I am getting a bit bored with the gameplay. Game still sits at a low B+.
I was loving the start to Route C. Then I died twice and didnt get to my body because I forgot that was a thing since it had been many hours since I had died at all. I was super mad because my chips were so good. I tried to play without them but very quickly realized I’d never be able to do enjoy it. So I reloaded a file that I was lucky to have and had to replay 1 hour 10 mins. Not thrilled about that. But luckily it’s a fun part of the game. The opening to route c is probably my favourite part of this game so far. Hacked androids was great. Finally a small amount of enemy variety. It’s almost going to start rising in my ranks.
It’s growing on me a bit. I’m starting to see it now, just a little bit, about how it’s actually well done. Route C has been the best so far. I liked the switching between A2 and 9S sections.
I’m finally liking the rpg elements more. I feel like my character builds are awesome and these recent sections have been much more challenging so I have had to consider my strategy more which has been a positive improvement.
Pascals robot children committing suicide was pretty great. Route C continues to be the best. It’s taken like 22 hours for this game to start to click for me, which is way too long. I probably would have given up on the game early if I didn’t know that this game had a “great story”. But it is getting there.
Some great hacking games going on. Then that 9S memory bit was awesome. The scene where he stabs 2B. That’s a great scene.
Just finished Route C and it was hands down the best part of the game so far. I enjoyed it noticeably more than the previous 2.
Opening to Route D is the same and is boring. Way too much repartition here. They killed the momentum they had with Route C. To top it off during the city Goliath fight with the flight suits I got glitched into the ground and couldn’t move so I had to restart. Not thrilled about that especially since none of this portion is very fun.
After wasting like 3 hours of my time I tried google to see what is up with route D. Turns out it’s not a thing. I was supposed to just chapter select to redo the last fight but pick 9S??? Like what the fuck game. How the fuck am I supposed to know that’s what I need to do. What a sour taste. This game could have ended on a waaaay higher note. I had like 20 minutes left in the game. But wasted a boring 3 hours plus I didn’t have the recent events on my mind like I should have. Also the endings weren’t anything that great.
Route C was the best and was an enjoyable 5 or 6 ish hours but for a game I played for 30 hours I’m disappointed overall. I don’t agree with the critics. Game ends as a mid level B+.
Final Score: B+
It`s a very simple and maybe even primitve platformer. The game is also quite short, it took me about one and a half hours to complete it. It good for what it is and the price is just right, especially when it goes on sale. "Egg Returns Home" has occasinal humour and the art direction of the game is very clean. If you are into "Leo`s Fortune" this product is for you.
«Sit back and relax»
Solid Metroidvania with Soulslike bits and cool world/lore. I like it >:)
«Can’t stop playing»
A couple of years ago I would've rated this as "Exceptional" and while it is one of the better multiplayers out there, over time it gets less fun to play. I would often yell out loud over how stupid the other players were, making us lose the match. There are also some buffs and nerfs that seem to happen for the sake of it, and new lore, characters, and maps are released at a snail's pace. It's a good game but I recommend playing it sporadically so it remains fun for a long time.
I tried a lot but I just can't force myself anymore. There's promise but they could do so much more with the drinks mixing with the mechanics they built and the story is a pretty banal brogressive cyberpunk story. The setting is cute and all but they don't do enough and the story is too long and drawn out to make it worth it.
Many endings, a visual novel, ANIME! GET IT
«Blew my mind»
«Can’t stop playing»
Ju-On The Grudge isn't a good game. In fact, I'd argue it's one of the worst games on the Nintendo Wii. I can't deny though that's one of the most fun games you can play with friends. Whether that's at the game jank or from the many jumpscares this game includes. It's a very fun game that is also kinda bad?