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They changed it from the first game so that it no longer really resembles the AKI wrestling games and that makes it a bit hard for me to get into it. Still seems potentially cool, if I can figure out how to actually play it. Which I might get around to... later.
Turns out I think fighting games are not all that fun if you have no idea what the hell you're doing. So I didn't mess around with this one long.
dddddddd Combat takes too long, happens too frequently, and is a bit more complicated than it perhaps should be as a result of a bunch of different systems and mechanics which muddles things, while simultaneously being kinda too simple to really feel like it's all that strategic. Everything else is pretty good. It's pretty. The story seems cool. The Oregon Trail esque parts are brutal.
dddddddd Spacechem is the Super Meat Boy of puzzle games. I love it even as I accept that I suck at it. However unlike Meat Boy it comes wit the added benefit of making me feel fucking stupid.
I keep messing with this on my phone on occasion and it's pretty neat but I doubt I'll ever actually finish it at this point.
dddddddd Played some of the pc version, but it ran chuggy as hell on my laptop. Now I'm playing through the story mode on the 360 version. Here's a fighting game I actually sorta know how to play. Least well enough to fight (or occasionally cheese) my way through the story mode on normal. The story mode is, as promised, a very well implemented fighting game story mode.
Gets off to a really, really, REALLY slow start. Didn't make much progress as a result.
My nephew and I play games together sometimes when I'm watching him. But the problem is he'll find a game he enjoys and then wants to play the game over and over and over. Currently the game is Black Ops 2, which is driving me a bit crazy. A couple years ago we made it through all of Reach together, so I got this thinking he might like to play it as well. I like it, but unlike reach, odst has has some moments where there's a bit of downtime between the grandiose Halo style missions, and we kinda lose steam during those parts. Though I think maybe there's a horde mode type thing in this game and that's something I should give a shot. It might be a nice way for us to have some fun with this. he likes horde type modes a lot.
dddddddd I find myself to be a bit less into this than I was with 3D Land. I mostly attribute this to the fact that 3D land was on the handheld and I could pick it up and play a level at any point as soon as I felt like it no matter where I was. I could almost kinda do that with the Wii U gamepad screen but I'd rather play the game in HD on a tv because it looks so good! However I only occasionally actually sit down and play it. Also played a little of this co-op with my nephew. We tend to end up getting in each others way or he'll run way ahead while I'm trying to find secrets and stuff. It's not the ideal way to play the game but it's fun in occasional short bursts.
+++++++++++ The Wii U's save states are helping alleviate some of the old ass rpg tediousness that might be there without them, for example it's nice being able to reload and fight a boss again immediately after you die rather than having to wake up at the hospital or just reloading your save and fighting all the random enemies as you work your way back to it. But minus those somewhat minor issues which the consequence of antiquated design choices (which are entirely forgivable because this game is in fact a 90s console jrpg after all) this game still seems pretty damn fresh and genuinely special for someone playing it for the first time in 2015. I fucking love it. The mechanics are simple, but they aren't tedious and have a few fun quirks. That's really what makes the game as a whole great, it's got quirk and charm and is really like nothing else.