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Video game reviews for the Week of 4/15/2019

Hey All, back again for this week’s game reviews! There are a few less this time because both games I finished/was done with this week took a considerable amount of time, but hopefully I can make up for that in the next few weeks with two big games out of the way! Also before I forgot here is the grading scale I generally go by. Anyway without wasting anymore of your time lets jump in! DC Universe Online

DC comics have been a big part of my life since I was a child. I grew up during the time when they were putting out awesome cartoon after awesome cartoon, and those cemented a love for DC’s heroes in me. That being said, I was a bit shocked to find out that there was a DC MMO that I somehow never heard of. You’d think that if there was an mmo about the superhero universe of a big media company people would be talking about it. Well After playing the game for a bit I can honestly see why. The game is just kind of there. It's not bad but its not exactly good either. My favorite part was creating the character, which allows you to choose your character size, make a costume, and pick your movement and attack powers. This is a petty reason to be annoyed with the game but I didn’t like that my favorite character power (Lantern rings) were locked behind dlc. The overarching plot of the game is that Brainiac is invading earth and then kidnapped people and gave them powers for some reason. Going to go on a bit of a tangent here but I think it’s kind of weird that a lot of DC games go with brainiac invading as their big conflict. It just kinda feels old at this point honestly. The gameplay is a mix between actively fighting using the mouse buttons and then waiting for your ability bar to stop cooling down so you can kill things faster. I wasn’t a big fan of this personally; I personally feel that  if you’re going to have cool downs and such that you have to combo and time your character should auto attack in between like in other MMO’s. Props to DCUO for trying something different though. The combat also isn’t helped by how the encounter areas are set up. Most areas will just be swarming with enemies and you’ll just be slammed from all sides; which creates kind of a loop of dying and respawning until your mission is complete. Game is ok, it can be fun but at the same time is just kind of there. 5/10

Persona 5

I’ve been playing Persona 5 since I got out of the hospital 4 months ago, and I have to say that it has been a truly amazing experience. I’m big into JRPG’s but never actually touched a persona or a SMT game before this. If I’m being honest I probably never would have touched it at all if it wasn’t for the Main character, Joker, getting into smash. The game has truly been an unforgettable experience. The game is a nice mix between a turn based RPG and a near visual novel like high school sim. I loved all the characters and the personal stories you got for them by doing their confidant events. All the main Phantom thieves were really cool except for Morgana, and the side characters feel really strong and have their own awesome personal arcs that are really fun to go through. The turn based combat has some cool mechanics like knocking your opponent to the floor and being able to shake them down for money or just unleash a strong attack on them, catching new persona’s to strengthen yourself or fuse them, and the weaknesses system being based on the idea that whatever its weak against is also what its strong against. One semi hidden/unlockable mechanic that I really enjoyed was the ability to switch out party members mid battle This ability needs to be found but it honestly feels so good to use and I’d argue it should be a standard for most if not all RPG’s.. Each member of your party also felt like they served a role in combat and I really enjoyed that. another JRPG I’m playing through right now seems to have trouble balancing 5 party members to have completely different roles, so the fact that Persona 5 managed to make 8 characters all feel unique and have their own role on the team felt awesome gameplay wise. SThe story of Persona 5 is also absolutely amazing. I loved the premise of a bunch of regular people being able to go into some alternate mind universe and make people become better people in real life. Not going to say much more than that though, wouldn’t want to spoil anything else about this experience. Overall, play persona 5 if you like JRPG’s, it is an experience you shouldn’t miss. 10/10 

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Video game reviews for the Week of 4/8/2019

Hey All, First time really writing reviews. I wrote these and put em on another forum for games and was told I could probably get a better audience here; so here I am! I’ll be posting short reviews of games and comics here, generally whatever I finished within that week. So I hope you all enjoy! I’ll be posting Video game reviews every Monday and comics reviews every Friday. This post is just a repost of the original reviews I had done on another website for this week, just to have everything in one place. Also before I forgot here is the grading scale I generally go by. Anyway without wasting anymore of your time lets jump in!

Garfield Kart

Starting off strong with everyone's favorite kart racing meme, Garfield Kart. Honestly this game felt like the stuff I used to make in Unreal engine when I was in high school; meaning that its just not really fun to play. The driving overall just kinda sucks  and some important aspects like drifting either don't always work or sometimes it just inverts for no reason. Though I will say this could just be because I had to use the keyboard controls, since the game refused to acknowledge my controller at all, and they might not have been set up properly. The game also has you do a tutorial before you start actually playing it and it covered all the wrong things in my opinion. It teaches you that you can move forward, how to use items, etc. What it doesn't teach you about however is the bonus parts and such that you can put on your vehicle before starting races. Considering these help you do better I feel like that might have been slightly more important than knowing that the forward arrow key is what makes you move forward. Lastly, and this is mostly a nitpick, but the starting roster of characters is just Garfield and Jon. Like seriously who would want to play as Jon? As unfun as this game was for me, it gave my friends and I this review to laugh about so it can't be all bad. 2/10.

Power Rangers Battle For The Grid

I love fighting games, and generally I don't ask for much out of them. Just that they're fun, have a decent roster, and are 60 FPS constantly. Power Rangers manages to have surprisingly fun 3v3 gameplay that feels pretty fluid while also being pretty unique combo wise. The game seems to have taken heavy inspiration from previous 3v3 fighters such as MvC3, SKullgirls, and DBFZ in its systems and certain attacks; and while that is normally pretty good some things don't mess all too well. The giant robot hand attacks being a prime example of something that doesn't mess with the rest of the gameplay that well. Overall gameplay is great, the only thing holding it back is the roster. The game launched with 9 characters. In a 3v3 fighter that's almost nothing. While each character feels unique it doesn't exactly bring a lot to the table when you're seeing 1/3 of the roster every match. I will say that as of the time of me writing this the studio making the game have stated that they'll be adding in free characters alongside the season pass, so maybe in about 6 months to a year we'll have a lot better of a roster. Game runs at 60 FPS consistently and doesn't seem to have any frame drops from what I played of it. So that's solid at least. 5.5/10

Feather

Feather was a game I saw randomly on a post on r/nintendo about games coming out this month and honestly it was pretty fun. its a flight simulator where you play as a bird and explore this little island. There's no story and there's no real direction to it, you're just taught how to fly and told to explore. Its honestly really relaxing. The flying feels good and its cool finding new little hidden caves and such on the island. There's also glowing rings scattered about which I'm not quite sure what they do but I know that they way they're set up makes for some fun little flying challenges. The music is also pretty solid and relaxing as well. It also lets you fly with friends apparently if someone else you know picks it up. Overall its just a fun little relaxing flight sim. 7/10

Castle Crashers Remastered

The original is a game that I've gone back to numerous times since I got the game back in 2010, and Castle Crashers remastered is just more of the same. This isn't a bad thing though. My brother bought  it early last week to play with a few of his friends who had never bought the game before the remaster, and after he was done playing with them the two of us had a good time just playing through the game all over again. Some changes made are definitely nice, such as the Pink knight and Blacksmith being default characters to go along with the other knights. The art style seems to all be touched up and just generally smoother, which is fine by me since it keeps the game looking as good as I remember it being when I was 11. Bottom line on this one is, its Castle Crashers. If you liked it before you'll like it now; and if you've never played it before definitely check it out. 7.5/10 ~~please give us a sequel behemoth~~

Yoshi's Crafted World

Last game on the list for this week, and I will say its definitely a good one. I generally don't care about graphics all that much because for me fun > all else; but Yoshi's crafted World's aesthetic is just so damn cool. I love all the clever little crafts used in game to make up each part of the world, a lot of them feel and look like things you could make in real life and I just think that's really awesome. The gameplay for the most part is pretty solid as well. You can now free aim egg shots which is a great improvement over past yoshi games. Finding the flowers needed to unlock the next area is pretty easy for the most part as well. Speaking of, I like the semi freedom this game's map gives. You're able to to choose which area you want go after first after you finish the first island of the story. This is pretty cool because it let me go towards the areas I was most interested in like the Ice land and the ninja place before going to places I wasn't as excited for like the desert. The boss designs were all pretty solid and clever as well, with the final boss of the story being the best by far.  Coop play was a bit jank however, with it automatically making you piggyback on to the other player if you ran into them on accident. Other than this the only complaint that I had was that the music wasn't really that good. Overall solid 8/10 game.

Anyway that’s pretty much everything for this week, let me know what you all think and have a good night everyone!