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@nessisonett Only major complaint so far is that the final boss is… like… nothing. Total anti-climax.

Oh, and Cold Hard Crash can eat me. The all-boxes gem in that level is the only one I have left, and it's massively harder than any other challenge in the game. It's silly how much harder it is. I went and grinded lives on the bee level, and I'm just gonna muscle my way through it, but god, it sucks!

But yeah, overall, probably an 8 out of 10 game for me at minimum. I still like the Spyro trilogy more, but this is a really solid platformer.

I didn't like Warped when I played it on PS1 a few years back. We'll see if my feelings have changed at all.

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@Ralizah Bosses in 3D platformers often aren’t all that great. The Sonic Adventure 2 bosses are really hit and miss and that’s still probably my favourite non-Mario 3D platformer. Even Mario bosses aren’t great, although I’d say Galaxy’s were at least polished to the point of the 1 hit stars being obtainable.

@nessisonett I'd say Mario Odyssey has strong boss fights overall. Some really, really imaginative encounters in that game. And plenty of variety, even if you do end up fighting a LOT of those stupid rabbit people also.

Actually, Crash 2's other bosses are pretty good as well. Just challenging enough to be fun, but not misery-inducing. I just don't understand why the final boss is the world's most underwhelming jetpack chase lol. Although I suppose it beats the first game's Cortex fight making me want to hurl my Steam Deck out of a window.

Actually just completed the game (all gems/crystals, anyway; the speedruns aren't implemented properly). Kinda disappointed all you get is a 30 second video of you using a laser to shoot Cortex's space station out of orbit.

Still, though, the fact that I actively wanted to do everything is proof enough that this was a rather strong experience. I can see why it's widely regarded as the best of the original trilogy.

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Started playing Binary Domain on Series X. Very interesting game made by the Like a Dragon developer. It plays just like Gears of War but it has a larger emphasis on the story than a typical GoW game, kinda like the Like a Dragon titles. It's a very fun game and as there aren't many (good) GoW clones, I'm really enjoying this one. It's also nice to play it with frame-rate boost on the Series X. Can't wait to play more of it soon.

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I picked up The Thaumaturge. This seemed like my jam when it was first announced, but I did not enjoy the demo at all and I figured I might hold off on this, as this year is already stacked and my backlog grows by the day.

However, to my surprise, it released to pretty good reviews, and given it was a budget title, I