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kashell:
2. Reynatis

First platinum of the year! I'll write a review for this one at some point with a lot more information. Unsurprisingly, I actually liked it. But, that's on brand for me. I liked Lost Dimension. I liked Crymachina. I even liked Monark. So, me liking this isn't too surprising. I had two major issues. The first was when you were in Liberated Mode outside Another. It was a nuisance with the way you'd trend so quickly. It meant having to exit/re-enter the place I was exploring. The other issue was with the story. I still can't tell you half the stuff they were talking about. Marin wants to be the strongest. Sari wants to eradicate rubrum. Everything else that happened with the enemies, Legacies, etc? I have no clue. Oh well. Fun game. Fun characters. Eager to get a thorough review up for it.

marvelvscapcom2:
2. Donkey Kong Country [SNES] Completed Jan 3rd, 2025




Review - Pheww.... My oh my, the glorious Donkey Kong Country. I know to most, it's a dearly held friend on a cold stormy night. But to me it was a stranger introduced to me by my girlfriend. A new entry. I have no nostalgia. No history with it. Pure first time play. I love that. I began my DKC journey in 2024. Gave up, failed. And suffered.  The game is bluntly difficult. But in a way that you learn the methods to it's madness.

The game has a certain goofyness to the control scheme that can only be described as hilariously hard. The jump zones tend to be milimeters of difference between landing and dying. The enemy placement especially in water levels is almost mario maker level designed to anger you. A lot of the levels you can't one shot without learning the levels patterns. Cliches. And although its a true test of resiliance at times, it's the glory of a time since passed. When games were a sort of triumph to defeat. When you seen end credits roll, you just felt like you did something lol.  And I miss that. And I love love, LOVED visiting this game.


The score is glorious and probably the best part of the game. Cart levels are dark and ominous sounding. Water levels sound like a groovy 1990s submersible. The whole thing feels extremely tropical and wavey. The electro synth introductions by rareware seem to just pluck the soul strings like choirs of above.  The game is really well put together for a game of it's time.


The only flaws I can reach to come up with of the game are usually me being humbled by its difficulty lol.  Things like placing enemies in exits to levels (cruel. Basicslly the Asthon Kutcher punk'd of video games) overall. The game is one of super nintendos finest. The controls feel almost inflatable but somehow still float once you master them.

It was hard. I need a good nap lol. It's just really hard. But also a treat in every way. The pyramid design. The levels where you gotta keep pace to hit on and off switches to make rails.  It's all really rad and ahead of it's time.


Rating - 90.20/100

Time to beat - 7 hours. 30 minutes on the final boss alone lol. I suck at the game.

bizzgeburt:
01 - Cosmic Spacehead (Game Gear)

https://vgcollect.com/item/8545

I have this game in my collection for a few years now, and I remember having failed miserably in one of the early action sequences, so I gave it another try a few days ago...

Talking about gameplay, this one's a mixture of point and click pictures divided by small platforming sequences. The only point and click games I ever really played were Syberia and Syberia II which I kind of enjoyed I guess.
Having played a lot of Game Gear's PAL-library, I can tell that Cosmic Spacehead stands out for it's big colourful visuals. Having played many platformers in the past few years, some of the action sequences between locations were still a bit frustrating, but there's no fun without at least a bit of challenge. The point and click sequences were a bit brainbending to ME but I guess fans of this genre consider this game easy.
All in all this mixture of genre works well in this case and lacks a comparable counterpart on this platform and region.
I recommend it as one of the more playable/enjoyable titles of PAL Game Gear and as a short little game between longer lasting gaming projects.

PS.: don't consider this post a serious entry in this challenge. Most games I beat in one year was little over 30. But I'll submit as much as I can to give you guys my review of the games I finish this year. Nevertheless is this challenge a great way to keep on returning to my pile of shame  8)

bikingjahuty:
2. Virtua Fighter 4: Final Tuned (Arcade)

While I enjoyed Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution, it didn't wow me or make me want to necessarily go back and replay it over and over again. Doing some research online, everyone seemed to swear up and down that the final release of VF4, Final Tuned, was leagues better than Evolution despite the only major difference between the two versions being gameplay and balancing tweaks. I was skeptical enough to where I held off on trying to get this game working in a Naomi 2 emulator again, but I did and I am so, so happy I did!


It's amazing how much more enjoyable VF4: Final Tuned is to play compared to either Evolution or vanilla 4. Everything feels way more balanced in terms of difficulty, and in a rare fighting game feat, no character or two characters seem to be holding all the cards. On top of that, playing this game on an emulator without crappy composite cables or limitations of a home console to muddy up the visuals made this game pop in a way that VF4 Evolution on the PS2 just didn't. Audio wise, it's more or less the same, but it wasn't bad before by any means. I meant to play this game just for an hour or so, but ended up spending a considerable amount of today on and off playing Final Tuned between getting work done. My only gripe that has nothing to do with the game is the fact that emulating this game led to several glitches that made a few stages unplayable whenever I'd reach them. But even with about 2 stages unplayable, the rest of the game was an absolute dream to play for a fighting game. I'm so glad I decided to give this game a chance! (1/3/25) [38/50]

Cartagia:
I didn't originally plan on playing as much Vampire Survivors as I did.  It's just wildly addictive.  I ended up beating the base game and all the different DLCs and getting a ton of collectibles and achievements.

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