Ricky Peepee

An amazing game being held back by a few flaws, doesn’t deserve MOST of the criticism it gets, having lots of fun.

I wish that this was one of my favorite games, but it’s not. It’s a good game, but it doesn’t even make my top 10. The best way to describe it is a knockoff Animal Crossing with a sprinkle of knockoff Binding of Isaac. BAD The dungeon crawling “rougelike” sections are mediocre at best. You just go into little rooms killing the same few monsters over and over again. New worlds unlock new enemies, but they still get stale really fast. There are so little actual RNG elements that don’t even matter that much (unless you get a dagger late game, that’s a run ender). My Normal mode playthrough was a breeze, the only boss that gave me trouble was Heket and I took no damage the second time I fought her. Also, the final fight is anticlimatic. Also also, I’ve heard the game barely works on console, so buy it on Steam. GOOD The only reason I didn’t take my refund was because of the town building aspect. It’s actually kind of fun to build your own little town with cute villagers while doing side quests for various NPCs. There really isn’t much else to say about it. It was a disappointment, but I have no regrets.

Super Smash Brothers Ultimate is both one of my favorite games and one of my most hated games. The offline modes are fun and all, had a blast with the story mode and had a great time at some parties with Smash mode. But the glaring issue with this video game has to be the online. Nintendo Online is already pretty infamous for being the worst way to spend $4 a month, but Ultimate’s online takes it to another level. The biggest issue (in my opinion) is the terrible balancing, not only with the characters but with the competitiveness as well. Nintendo has made it clear since Brawl that they don’t want Smash Bros to be played competitively, but they want it to stay a stupid baby game made for babies. That is why characters like Samus, who can be the smallest character in the game, fast, have enormous hitboxes, spammable projectiles, and still be a hard to kill exist. And also why characters like Ganondorf, Little Mac, Doctor Mario who have been bottom-tiers since launch exist (there are pros who have somehow made these three viable, but the fact that a toddler could get to their level online is comical). The balancing is completely coming from casual babies (note: I’m a filthy casual myself). It’s gotten to the point where an aborted fetus could flop onto a Nintendo Switch controller, happen to press the ‘A’ button on Pyra/Mythra and get Elite Smash within a few minutes, which brings me to my next point. Contrast to what I said earlier, Nintendo decided to make Ultimate more “competitive” than previous titles. With this came the introduction to the GSP system, which ranks you worldwide to other players. If you reach a certain amount of GSP, you get Elite Smash (which just changes your title card for the online mode and occasionally matches you up with a skilled player). This system rewards babies for picking good characters. That’s all I have to say, goodbye. TLDR; offline good, online is for babies