The first two Tak games are actually really good. Not on the same level as Jak or Banjo but you can do a lot worse for 3D platformers. Think the series could have lived if they stuck to that formula every two years instead of shaking things up every year. And the cartoon was abysmal. One of Nick's worst which is really saying something
Shame a game with Phil Hartman (RIP) turned out bad. But at least Ratchet and Clank is keeping both the gameplay idea and character idea (Qwark) alive so no huge loss here
Ripping off Sonic on The SNES/Genesis could always only end so well. Ripping him off on the PS1 though, that's a new level of sad. Also if you want a cartoon animal to be cool, don't have his name rhyme or this weird psuedo rhyme.
I really loved Croc as a kid but haven't played in years. Can't imagine it's aged that well but I'd like to replay it some day
The irony of trying to copy Sonic and distinguish itself by including an environmental message when Sonic was about as pro-environmental games got as the time. Hell I'd say few games today have done a pro-environmental message as well as Sonic CD.
Good list. Balan is my most wanted personally out of games I know are coming this year but I'll give Psychonauts and Mario a go as well. Also looking forward to the Mass Effect remaster, Halo, Resident Evil VIII, and Persona 5 Strikers.
Would be looking forward to Ratchet and Clank and Returnal if I had a PS5, but that thing needs more exclusives first.
I think PS4 will get perfectly fine multiplats for a year at least but the days of it getting exclusives are over. I haven't jumped on 9th gen yet but since PC and Switch are my primary platforms the upcoming games are all gonna be considered 9th gen to me.
I forgot how much fun Galaxy is, been really enjoying replaying that one though. Can only do it on the TV though, not a fan of the touch controls. Also wish we got Galaxy 2, but get the feeling this collection is a preview for N64, GC and Wii games on Switch and it'll be on there sooner rather than later. Sunshine hasn't been as much fun as I remember, it kind of feels like if early 2000s Sonic Team made a Mario game. Has a gimmick that never realizes its full potential, awkwardly voiced cutscenes, a lack of pollish compared to the 90s games in the series, and a structure that really pads it out. 64 I loved as a kid and has a good number of fantastic levels, but man it has not aged well. The Bowser levels, Tick Tock Clock and the carpet level feel borderline unplayable with how they show how aged the controls feel.
Couldn't get into FFXV because the combat felt overly complicated and too basic at the same time. Never played FF Type-0, Yakuza 0 or Sakura Wars, but I did like what I played of Yakuza Kiwami and am ready to play Like a Dragon when I finish Spider-Man Miles Morales. Fallout 4 I liked but I felt it was two steps back for everything it did right. The leveling especially felt unsatisfying but I still spent over 60 hours with the game and did a ton of stufff in it so there's that.
There's a few honorable mentions of my own like The Evil Within 2, Streets of Rage 4, Tearaway Unfolded (if I didn't play it on Vita first it would for sure have been on here), Marvel's Spider-Man, Ratchet and Clank, and Astro Bot VR Adventures.
Stage Select:
1. That I finally have money to travel and can't. Keeps me away from family and friends who are in other parts of the world
2. My pocket notebook, because it has information that would destroy my life if it wasn't on hand.
3. My three year old mind being blown at controlling what was on the TV. Yes I'm a simple person.
4. Boston by Boston- I have yet to meet anyone who doesn't like this band or album.
5. Cervesatron- I would turn into a Rolling Rock truck
6. About once every six months. I run a lot so they wear out quick.
Cage Match
Chrono Trigger. Even if the FF crew won, they wouldn't kill the Chrono Trigger crew and they would go back in time and redo the fight so they win this time.
