Agent Cliff (The Mediator)

If you haven’t played a Pokémon mystery dungeon game before then you’re in luck this is a remake of the first instalment! If you have played the others but nothing the rescue series then you’re gonna have a good time. Rescue Blue was my first PMD game, it got me back into the Pokémon series and got me excited for more. PMD DX is just such a great remake albeit has some easier parts than I remember... it also brings in new elements from the more recent Pokémon games in general! The story is still fantastic the extra content is warmly welcomed and the more emotive/new animations for the 3D models is a big step above Gates to Infinity and Super Mystery Dungeon. The graphics are beautiful reminiscent of the original PMD art with its picture book style, it’s actually one of the only reasons I kept my switch. Hopefully this means we will see more remakes for the explorer series and ports of the 3DS series or perhaps new releases. If you’re a Pokémon fan or a dungeon turn based crawler fan maybe even an RPG fan then you need to play this, get through the story and keep a box of tissues with you.

Certainly an experience I’ll never forget, this game is perfect discovery based story telling. Initially I was frustrated with the game as I hadn’t played discovery type games like this before but the fact it’s fuelled on curiosity and the ever changing solar system is just so special. If you played the game and put it down due to lack of understanding I recommend you go back, play with the ship log and be a little curious, the game gives you a sense of independence which is a nice change from being told where to go or do something super linear. The detail put into game is something to be appreciated and clever, the little things you can interact with the different uses for the tools you’re given, it’s all there for a reason. This is the kind of game that will make you glad you stopped and smelled the pine trees along the way.