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Lonely_Dolphin on 04 April 2018
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AlfredoTurkey said:
Lonely_Dolphin said:

That's the point of the game, very beatable n enjoyable by anyone of any skill level, from 3 year olds to soccer moms to grandpas. If you want a challenging platformer there are plenty of games with that intent out there, but Kirby is ment to be very easy. Star Allies score should only be docked for difficulty if they made it challenging while still claiming it's a standard Kirby game. Anything else and you're just knocking the game for it's genre.

See, that's where I take issue. How can it be enjoyable by anyone of any skill level when some people have a lot of skills and thus, breeze through it in a few hours? These things are sixty dollars. If all I'm going to get is a relaxing, three hour experience where I die like three times, then I'm going to spend my money elsewhere and I'm NOT going to have an enjoyable experience. 

I love the aesthetic of Kirby games. It's very charming and whimsical but much like Odyssey, it's too easy for me. Nintendo has been gradually making most of their games (if not all) just too easy for people like me and I really wish reviewers would dock points for it so people would know before buying. 

How can something be enjoyable? Because it's fun, duh! Just because a person is skilled at games doesn't mean they can only enjoy challenging games. A few hours is a bit of an exaggeration, the previous few Kirby games take 12-15 hours to 100% while being very replayable, and only Star Allies is $60. Majority of the series is $30-$40 on handhelds. But going back to Star Allies specifically, content is the biggest issue with the game no doubt. Even as a Kirby fan I don't feel Star Allies is worth $60 as it has less content than it's recent predecessors yet cost significantly more. Still even as one who has plenty of skill, I have had a lot of fun with the game and have put in over 50 hours so far, but again I'm a fan. As this thread points out the score is lower than other Kirby games highlighting this issue (being lack of content, not difficulty, as everyone already knows Nintendo games generally run on the easier side).