Video game Journal

Did ya ever want to hear about some random dudes opinions on games on the internet? Well ive got news for you pal!

In this place, im gonna talk about platformers! and... other stuff

Honestly most of this is opinions so this stuff is quite subjective

ALSO SPOILERS! IF YOURE GONNA PLAY ONE OF THESE GAMES THEN STAY AWAY!

PSYCHONAUTS

I think initially the only reason that I played this game is that humble bundle had a sale where you got games free, and this was one of them. Which is great! because this game is cool. I like all the minds that you go into are unique and express the person’s thoughts n shit. I think the best one IMO is Edgars one with the bull that is annoying as hell, I just liked the whole vibe of that area, the whole cityscape gives me serotonin, and the endgame would be pretty good if I could fucking finish it, the spiral thing with the water is just impossible to complete... or maybe I’m just bad at games... either one - 5/5 would play again if I weren’t so unmotivated in general

Celeste

I think I bought this game because it was one of those “get killed every 2 seconds” kinda game because I was into that at that time and I gotta say, this game blew my expectation away. The theme of anxiety and shit is just *chefs kiss* EXCELLENT, like as somebody who has jack shit social skills because my unbearable anxiety, this really hits home. The constant self-doubt, the intrusive thoughts I just love how badiline is portrayed. Also, the gameplay, music just everything is excellent, I think this game was the first game that taught me to not rage at these sorts of games or give up - 5/5 s’pretty good, didn’t get all of the hearts though because I’m a pleb U_U

Hotline Miami

It is a pretty good game. The player sprites are uncanny but it doesn’t really take away from the value of the game. This was one of the games that (thankfully) I wasn’t spoiled on. I had a good time just playing it and letting the story unravel before me. the gameplay and the music is extremely good, the electronic music and the kickass, smooth gameplay go hand-in hand n shiet like that. honestly makes the gory gameplay more thrilling (jeez i sound like a psychopath) - 4/5

psychonauts 2

5/5 if this dosent get game of the year im beheading somebody

Echo (Visual Novel)

playing Echo was an absolutely decimating experience I am thoroughly astonished at how good the storytelling in this game is. the game graphics are kind of inconsistent but honestly, I don’t care. this game left a big hole in my heart, shit has fucked me up. At the point of writing this I’ve played all the routes except for Leos (honestly, he’s one of my least favourite characters in the group he’s not bad he’s just... meh) and all of them punched me in the gut in some way. In my first playthrough I played TJ's route and holy shit bro I don’t think I should’ve played that route first that was the heaviest out of the bunch and I felt like punching chase by the end of it HRRRGHHHH ITS SUCH A GOOD VISUAL NOVEL

Inscryption

My first thought when seeing this game was "oooh the guy that made pony island made this? i gotta play this man there’s probably some 3rd wall breaking shit in here" and yeah I was pretty much correct on that case .The first part of the game was pretty good, the game felt balanced and I really wanted to know what/who the stoat, stinkbug and the stunted wolf were (honestly at the beginning i thought they were the gamedevs that got sucked into the game somehow but I’m kinda glad i was wrong because that theory really sucked). The second part of the game really made me appreciate how balanced the first act was because HOLY SHIT I nearly rage quit at some of the bosses because holy fuck. If you don’t have good RNG for your deck you’re fucked and have to concede, in act 1 it was balanced because you always had the option of getting a squirrel from the squirrel pile, act 2 doesn’t have that shit and its soo so infuriating when you get cards that cost bones/sacrifices that you don’t have because it’s your first play and you have to ring the bell and get hit. Act 3 was... kind boring except for the boss fights which had awesome mechanics like magnificus's boss was so good I picked some rules that made it so that when a card got killed another card would appear on the board and it would endlessly loop for a very long time, shit was chaotic.. but also, kind of annoying. I was kind of disappointed that the other scribes weren’t cards in the game buut eh that’s kind of nitpicky.

The Hex

I initially played this game because I’ve heard that it had connections to inscription (something about gamefuna?). By the looks of the trailer, I didn’t really have huge expectations of this game it sounded like a murder mystery kind of thing which sounded kind of tedious and stressful. I’m glad that it was a totally different game that I was expecting, the characters were cool and really thought out, I especially liked Bryce and Lazarus I have no idea why I just like the vibes. I can’t blame em for (presumably) killing Lionel, he was an extreme cunt although in his defence did lionel know that his creations were sentient? if he knew would he have treated them better? I don’t get paid enough to think about games this hard.

Splatoon 3

Splatoon is a series that ive always wanted to play but ive never gotten the consoles for it, my family wasnt really into nintendo stuff. I used to be obsessed with the first one and honesty I'm still kinda bitter that i never got to play it. I cant really say anything on splatoon 3 except for the story mode since its the only segment of the game that you can play offline so this is just a reveiw for the storymode and nothing else.

The storymode is pretty good! There was alot of levels that were challenging and cool. The target levels were sooo hard especially the rail ones. Still havent completed the one with the tri stringer. I loved big mans level, the concept is really interesting although if you have a certian upgrade the boss is the easiest in the game since it just tells you which big man is the real one - but despite that i think its the most stressful out of the 3 because if you dont do shit quickly then the big men just get too much and splat you pretty easily since they're pretty good at inking the ground. one thing that i particuallary liked is the changes in the anatomy of the inklings and the octolings, they look more... well rounded? less uncanny, less bobbleheaded. The new hairstyles for the octolings are godlike and im super glad that clothes and hairstyles arent gender-locked anymore. from what ive played its super good, wish i could participate in big run but eh. it is what it is.