Rhapsody Plays PJSK

10 years. 10. BLOODY. YEARS. Thats how long ive waited for this game and when it got announced in September 2022, I litterally screamed. This was my most anticipated game. Ive been playing Pikmin since 2013, ive replayed Pikmin 1, 2 and 3 countless times only for 4 to release and kill any remaining interest I have in the series. It was a good RTS game but an awful Pikmin game. Dispite it having a 4, it contridicts all the other games and yet it tries to reference them? Sometimes I dont know if 4 is a reboot, prequel to 3 or a retelling of 1. Also the game is way too easy. Bosses are pushovers with ultra spicy spray, which is easy to farm. It removes all intensive to backtrack because you can get Blue Pikmin before moving to the next area. And also Oatchi breaks the whole point of Pikmin with his jump ability, as due to a lack of jumping in the first 3 games, there was lots of unique puzzles. I would give this a 0, but the art style is very cute and the post-game stuff is quite interesting.

[ Played on Nintendo Switch ] Honestly I was originally gonna rank this between Sonic 3 & Knuckles and Sonic Mania as my second favourite 2D Sonic game, but then I got to Press Factory. Everything after was just so mediocre. The levels were fine (except Cyber Station), but the bosses were awful. Especially Golden Capital Act 2's boss. This would of been helped if like in Classic Sonic you can hit multiple times in a row, but they make you wait in between hits and it suuuuuuucks. Also the Music is inconsistent. Some sound straight out of Sonic Mania whilst others sound out of Sonic the Hedgehog 4. The games movesets are very fun to play though. Sonic has his drop-dash from Mania, Tails can fly, Knuckles can climb walls and glide and Amy has her hammer and double jump! Overall the game gets a 7/10, for if I recommend it im kinda iffy on it. It needs a bit of polishing but other than that and the later game it was honestly fun!