Senaste recensioner av Player1-up

ok so i usually make short stupid jokey reviews but since this is a series im weirdly passionate about, i have more critical thoughts about it (also i really wanna see some patches cuz good GOD this game might need some)

first things first, the sonic gens port.
the inability to bind stuff to the dpad (like movement) is really friggin awkward. thankfully steam input exists, so that combined with the shocking optimization of the game (despite denuvo) makes the steam version the better version to play. the presence of gens on modern consoles is really nice too, i wont deny.

the game does feel way smoother, and runs nicer compared to the original pc port on more mid-to-low tier hardware thanks to some modern performance stuff. still really wish i could turn off the motion blur though. the addition of the drop dash is interesting. it benefits classic sonic more than modern, yet classic has to equip it as a 30-point skill and modern gets it for free. its occasionally a burden on modern if i forget to let go of jump and accidentally proc it. one thing i would appreciate seeing is the inclusion of the original game as part of the 70-dollar (canadian) purchase, as just an extra game added to your library similarly to how id handled their other games being bundled in with certain base game purchases. like how Quake 3 team arena got bundled with vanilla quake 3. not like im clawing or clamoring to play the original over this, as i would rather consider it a nice option to have for modding / easier comparisons to the original. oh, they also didnt fix classic's physics, as far as i can tell. i dont want them to be 1:1, i just want them to be good.

the chao are just an extra set of red rings to collect. kinda reminds me of the monkey collectables from madagascar 2 on ds. no im not joking thats the comparison im going with here. ok fine ill use a different comparison, they remind me of korok, just less satisfying to find.

speaking of an open world game, the shadow half.
its definitely shorter than the sonic half, and alot of the 2nd half of shadow's campaign feels rushed. like, no, seriously, why the ♥♥♥♥ was chaos island there? im not even just complaining due to the weird inclusion, but also because the level isnt fun, feeling like the base game's planet wisp (a frustrating, way-too-long flatout not fun level) hugely due to one gimmick introduced late into the dlc:

THE DOOM MORPH.

oh my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ god the doom morph.
this ♥♥♥♥ SUCKS. its not fun. at all. imagine a spike/lightning wisp thats awkward to use, can only exist on certain surfaces (its the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ squid button from splatoon btw) and its complete random chance on if one of its mechanics will even ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ work. ok, lemme break this down. to activate it, you have to touch / homing attack a purple orb (the "morph ball", as the game calls it. why can't shadow crawl?) which can sometimes be awkward to do in the first place. so once you're in the morph form, you can now latch onto other purple orbs to either swing on them or slingshot yourself through them. the swing works fairly well, i guess, but the slingshot. oh my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ god the slingshot.

first off, im pretty sure the game never tells you that you can do that. go ahead and call me slurs in the comments if im wrong about that. secondly, its complete LUCK on how effective the slingshot will even be. theres a challenge level for chaos island where you need to use it to grab a collectable and reach an alternate path WHICH I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO REACH AT ALL. ACROSS MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS I SWEAR THE SPRING ITS SUPPOSED TO REACH FROM THE SLINGSHOT. this happened again later where i managed to reach the path, but i flat-out clipped through the collectable. this also ends up being a slog to use during the final boss of all things, something that should just never happen during the peak of the story's climax.

tldr: the squid ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sucks. while im at it, the surfboard sucks too. its the most blue pikmin game feature ever. like cool i can touch water without dying now. thats it. it just kinda feels lame and doesnt control super well.

ok, now for the good: EVERYTHING ELSE. the level design is a genuine improvement over forces and frontiers. the 2d physics for shadow feel just right, feeling more like Rush than the sluggish 2d controls of modern sonic. like a cleaned up version of forces' 2d sections. the overall control feels (usually) nice, and mistakes often feel like my own fault. the story is unbelievably good. i wont spoil any of it, but just watch out for certain collectables in the hub world. they're so worth finding. the amount of sheer hype during most moments of the story and levels are very welcomed and have that raw energy that keeps me coming back to the series. this isnt quite "shadow the hedgehog 2," its a bit shorter than the main game and a bit less fantastical, but its a good addendum to shadow's character (much better than forces' episode shadow tbh but slightly comparable)

uh game good wait for a sale please fix the squid

some other dude called this game woke (fork found in kitchen) so im giving this game a 10/10 out of spite

that and also this game ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ rocks

you can grapple your own rockets.

how to get a free* antfarm:

step 1: host a multiplayer server on core keeper
step 2: invite a bunch of friends

huniepop if it was good

This is unironically my favourite VR game I've ever played so far.

Gun handling feels super natural and smooth, the framerate is (usually) decent even on an old computer, and exploration feels really fun and rewarding. My only issue isn't with the game itself but rather the circumstances I gotta play the game in; I wanna dunk several hours of this game at a time but my legs will usually hurt or my head will get sore from having an overheated brick taped to my face for long periods. But hey, at least this game's pretty good with pick-up-and-play since it has a quick-n-easy manual save feature, so I can always come back to it the next day and get another expedition done.

tbh i dont get the hate, this is kinda fun
while yes it doesnt quite hit the same highs as killing floor 2, it still works for what it needs to do and even runs surprisingly well (enough).

while yes i would like to see some improvements (better vr interactions with the weapons (eg: the option to insert clips/ shells with my off hand to reload, making the shotgun pump actually synced up with my off hand, et cetera), and graphical options to make the game run a lil better) but for what it is, yeah i enjoyed it

im gonna be real, this game is a cool concept and all but it really doesnt work in the state that its in.

first off: nearly 30 bucks???? this game's concept does NOT have 30 dollar longevity. i'd get more out of Stick Fight and that game was $5. once again, its a neat concept but its not THAT neat.

as for the actual game, i did the tutorial, everything went perfect, then the second i tried to play a game with friends it all fell apart. my friend from america wasnt able to join and only my nearby friend could actually connect to my match. when we actually got into the match it RAN TERRIBLY. FOR NO DISCERNIBLE REASON EITHER. this game has literally no graphics menu so its not even like i could fix the problem. (30 dollars btw) and even if we could play the game properly, my friend absolutely steamrolled me and i didnt even feel like i had a chance. projectiles i felt like i should have been able to block just didnt get blocked and instead damaged me (oh yeah i was the giant if you couldnt tell) and the match ended in less than a minute. he didnt even do the tutorial, i was just at an objective disadvantage.

i genuinely dont get why literally every review i see on this game is positive, calling it "the best game ever" and "so good i refunded it just to buy it again" so unless these are paid actors, i genuinely dont get the hype. once again, i love the concept and think it's really cool, but GOD IT NEEDS SO MUCH MORE WORK AND POLISH. IT DOES NOT FUNCTION IN THIS STATE. if you're gonna buy it, dont do it right now. PLEASE wait till its actually finished. (tbh that kinda feels like its on me for paying so much for an unfinished ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game, i feel like i got pranked.)

this game unironically went from being the laughingstock of the whole internet and generally being one of the most disappointing games ever made to actual peak

i mean it only took several years but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ was worth it

i usually dont like survival crafting games like this. this one hits different.

also i swear to god if thats gianni voicing the male player character im gonna scream