The Video Game/Movie Review Blog

So, an explanation on why I'm picking this up again instead of continuing Switch Adventures. Switch Adventures is merely on hiatus and I wanted to do something different for a change, and so I am reviewing more of the Star Trek franchise for your enjoyment. Today, I have three episodes to discuss, so I hope this ends up being a fun read for you! The first episode I watched was my personal favorite of the three, which is called A Piece of the Action. The idea behind this episode is Kirk, Spock, and McCoy travel to a planet that hadn't been visited by anyone from the Federation for 100 years. When they arrive, they find it to be basically the set of an old style gangster movie, except literally the entire planet is 1920s-style gangsters constantly taking hits out on each other. The two main bosses, Bela Oxmyx and Jojo Krako, try to get the Enterprise crew to supply their gangs with futuristic weapons to be able to take full control of the planet. Well, this leads to a lot of hila...

This was...certainly a real game I played. I mean, I went into this knowing people didn't like it, and that it has a customizable avatar who is one of the playable characters in the game. After playing this, well, I do have a couple thoughts. The story was really confusing, and I wasn't really able to follow it at times. I guess Dr. Eggman took over the world with the help of an edgelord jackal named Infinite, and they use that ruby from Sonic Mania to defeat Sonic. So, that's where the customizable avatar comes into play, as a rookie who help rescue Sonic from Eggman's clutched. Also, I guess Classic Sonic is also part of the game as well because reasons. It just felt like there were very surface level plot points, and looking at what the initial trailers promised with a darker and deeper story, well, it obviously didn't deliver. The gameplay was also a mixed bag. You play as Modern Sonic, Classic Sonic, and your custom avatar character. Easily the worst of these c...

This was...definitely a game. I know that when I say things like this, that means I'm about to go negative, and in this case, that's not really true. I do have complicated feelings on this game, but at the same time, it was an enjoyable experience, so hopefully you get something out of this review. The story isn't anything to write home about. I mean, it's a Mario game. Mario has to save Peach from Bowser's newest scheme, which in this case is marrying her, which I think many Mario fans were wondering why he didn't think of this as a plan earlier. I mean, even The Super Mario Bros Movie had it as a plot point so it was kind of obvious motivation for him. Regardless of my random rambling there, the gameplay is where this game really shines, as can be expected from a Mario game. It plays like a modernized version of Super Mario 64 and Sunshine (more on those in later reviews), where your goal is to traverse a world and collect plot coupons, in this case, Power Moo...

First things first, this game has the honor of being the first Sonic game I have ever finished, so that's a milestone for me (despite having not played much Sonic in my lifetime.) Now, onto the review itself. This game, first off, blew me away with its retro visuals, looking like the classic Sonic games from the 90s, but a little bit more cleaned up and with smoother animations. I know visuals are only a small part of the presentation, but I felt I should acknowledge the amount of work that went into this looking as faithful to the original games as possible. The story isn't much to write home about. From what I gather, it's something about Dr. Eggman getting a strange ruby that makes his robots stronger and gives Sonic fans a 'best of' tour of the classic Sonic levels as well as a couple new ones thrown in for good measure. Regardless, it's serviceable in getting you from point A to point B. As for the gameplay itself, this is, once again, a Classic 2D Sonic ga...

Hello again after an extended hiatus. I have finally decided to return to the world of reviewing for a new series, obviously, this series is called Switch Adventures. The idea behind this is that I will be reviewing games that are playable on the Switch, regardless of if they were originally for the console or not. And what better game to review first than the critically acclaimed launch title, Breath of the Wild? So, first off, is the story, which, compared to other previous Zelda games, is pretty open ended and a little shallow compared to the previous games. Now, that isn't to say it's bad, it's just a unique way to tell a story, where you start out waking up without any memories and have to explore the world of Hyrule to find out what happened and what you need to do to save the world from the evils of the Calamity Ganon. I enjoyed this way of storytelling in that it allowed me to explore the world at my own pace and didn't interfere with that exploration too much. ...