PixlBit

I just preferred the platformer to the GTA clone, so I agree. 

You may or may not like them. I actually vastly prefer 2 to 1 and they're pretty standard adventure games, mechanically. The story and production make them stand out, though I do think they're fun. 

The bar only gets lower from here. I really need to plan more for certain classes I'm teaching, so these nonsense vs. rounds are what's coming from my end if I'm gonna participate at all. lol 

I guarantee you it's not that I don't remember this, it's that I did not know of tthis mascot until now. Now that I know, I love the puns. 

Funny you say "Uncharted level platforming" cause I love Uncharted, but I do feel its platforming is fairly autopilot.

I still make the distinction between adventure games with RPG elements and turn-based combat RPGs in my mind. 

Technically, aren't I playing the role of anti-alien tank craft when playing Space Invaders? 

There's something I love about all this cutesy mixed with 'CLEAR STAGE WHEN ALL ENEMIES ARE DESTROYED."

It seems like everything he likes goes over my head. I like these stories too, but I have to not question them to enjoy them.

I was honestly thinking more along the lines of he didn't get more standalone games cause Americans weren't exactly keen on playing as a Russian hero. 

Could be either/or, I guess.

I just watched my Mavs beat the Hawks and I really wish I had a copy of NBA Jam now.

Mario Strikers is great too.