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I like how the pink time rift is floating in some place that seems to be literally frozen in time. Like you really get the sense that these time rifts have a some kind of glitchy effect on the world more than ever here. I wonder why that wasn't a thing with the other time rift locations (or maybe it...

I think Subcon Forest is made for getting you distracted and going on long scavenger hunts while avoiding your main objective. That's definitely how I played it. There's something really fun about hopping/grappling across the treetops, and staying on the high paths makes it easier to spot even more ...

It's time... :catcrime: Nyakuza Metro had me so captivated when I first played it. I couldn't help myself from stopping to take in all the smallest visual details and taking 100s of photos... Something about the bright neon aesthetic together with the lighting effects and the amazingly whimsical/sur...

Also, you technically don't have the excuse of "the camera won't camera" anymore, because the Camera Badge is now a thing that you have in your arsenal. It's an unrestricted photo mode where you can pause the game and zoom/look to your heart's content. It's an extremely useful tool when se...

I think the main reason for raocow missing things so much more often in 3D games than he does in 2D games is because 3D games require a slower-paced playstyle in order to be able to properly take in all of the visuals, whereas 2D games have you moving around constantly because moving around is the O...

I thought it was cool how Conductor and DJ Grooves have this duality of level themes going on. They both start out with a relaxed, exploration-focused level, and then they move onto a crazy intense high-octane platforming level within the same location. It's just their story themes that are wildly d...

The Hookshot Badge is important to have on when you're either in a new area or revisiting an area where you know that you need that ability. In any other case, it can be removed and replaced for another badge that you want to use. Fortunately this game's pause menu is very speedy and easy to navigat...

It doesn't help that oddyssey required waggle for some moves and I could never actually pull off the weird hat bounce no matter what I did despite everyone else in the world finding it simple.... I really think you should give that game another chance. It's WAY more fun when you make use of the ful...

Speaking of making the LP better, this isn't a spoiler, but just a little backseat-y request I have regarding things there are still to do/see in Mafia Town that aren't directly related to any time pieces. I think you should talk to more of the Mafia characters in the town when you get the chance. I...

That dog despawning glitch was unfortunate, but let's not forget the real mystery of this episode. What in the world could be causing that little "failure" jingle to keep happening whenever rao zooms past one of those pon bubbles? You'd almost think the game is sad about him ignoring a fun...

In terms of overall presentation/aesthetics, Subcon Forest is the point for me where this game went up a whole lot on my ranking scale of that factor. (and it never really comes down from that quality for the rest of the chapters either imo). I just love how the firey lantern-filled forest in the ba...

I wonder if it might be possible to ask, so I'll leave it to those with a better idea of how and if to go about it. I'm spoiler-tagging it just to be 100% on the safe side. Due to a Certain Feature, would it be possible to have the recording software running a little earlier today...? I don't want ...

The first 4 acts that you're made to do before the game opens up kinda feel like an extended tutorial, where it's just getting you acquainted with most of the basic game mechanics while generally just railroading you to the goal with very little standing in your way. It might feel weirdly paced comp...

i don't think hatty time is bad or anything but i don't think it's particularly great either. it's a very 7/10 kind of game tbh. raocow is sort of seeing one of the issues, in that there are these big open areas to explore but the spots of any actual relevance are miniscule in comparison. and there...

Regarding the question about if there's going to be any sort of checklist for the yarn ball collectibles, the answer is Nope, there is nothing in-game telling you how many there are in a chapter/act or whether you've gotten them all. Fortunately the game provides way more of them than you'll ever ne...

Any media with audio with spoken word that is observed with a device that has video or text display that doesn't have subtitles can go die in a fire. Fortunately there is not very much spoken dialog without speech bubbles in this game outside of that intro cutscene and HatKid's sassy little quips s...

Oh man... So this is actually one of my favorite 3D platformers of all time. I'm hella excited for this! Funny story, this game actually came out at almost the exact same time as Mario Odyssey, another hat-themed 3D platformer. I ended up playing both games within the same month, and even though Ody...

Modern Kirby games may have cool lore but the levels and gameplay themselves from my experience (in Triple Deluxe) are highly monotonous. It's not like in Kirby 64 where every level is its own unique area. ): I think all of the environments in Triple Deluxe are extremely gorgeous, especially in the...

I feel like this game has the same "vibe" as Dream Land 2 and 3 in a lot of ways. They're slower than most other Kirby games, and they have a smaller arsenal of abilities that is made up for by letting you combine abilities with animal buddies (in DL2+3) or with other abilities (in 64) whi...

Huh... I've always avoided this game cuz it looked awful, but you know what just from watching this it actually looks like it might actually be pretty fun once you get the hang of the awkwardness of being tethered to another dude. This might just be the first instance where ATS gets me to play somet...

I bought Yooka Laylee & The Impossible Lair, cuz I figured you can't go wrong with a DKC clone right? and raocow has kinda put me in the mood for more of that. Something about it just... doesn't impress me at all though. The level design is far more bland than even anything in DKC1, it has none ...

I honestly don't think people actually got to a point where they were like "woah that's too many characters", it's just a stupid outsider "common knowledge" thing. It certainly has little to do with why the bad games are bad. Well they did still make new characters for a quite a...

I have to disagree with this being the peak of the series just because Sonic Mania exists and its original/remixed content actually trumps S3&K pretty hard imo. There's like very little if anything I can point to that I can actually say S3&K did better than Mania. It's insane how good of a g...

It's why I think that for the GBA ports DKC2 is the clear winner of the two. The only major boon to the DKC3 port is that it added a whole new playable world, Pacifica . They must have spent all their effort (and cartridge space) on that one thing because it really shows that they cut a lot of corn...

critiques Yeah I've had mostly these same thoughts on this game for the duration of the LP. To me it seems like this is the kind of game that I might have enjoyed if I played it during a time where 2D platformer fangames were still very novel/interesting and I didn't have access/money to play the v...