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GoOnKid on 27 September 2016

Expectations, dude. Everyone told you how much fun Yoshi games are and so you went in with that in mind. Of course you are gonna be dissatisfied. And what kind of story did you expect, seriously? This game doesn't need one at all. Oh, spoilers ahead: DKCTF has no story either. And spoiler no. 2: Yoshi games have never been hard, that has never been their purpose. But you expected it to be, for whatever reason.

Now I will stop bashing. Sorry if that came too harsh. It's great that you have put a lot of thoughts into that review. Unfotunately, you didn't mention the soundtrack, which is fantastic. I still have some of the themes stuck in my head occasionally. Playing this with a partner really is crazy fun, I finished it twice with my gf. But even when playing alone, I would never call it boring. Anyway, keep it up!



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curl-6 on 27 September 2016
hershel_layton said:

 I loved Country Returns, and will probably download tropical freeze whenever I possibly can

If you loved DKC Returns, you'll almost certainly love Tropical Freeze. It's pretty much more of the same gameplay, but with better graphics and music.



Lonely_Dolphin on 27 September 2016

I can't agree with the thinking that being intentionally easy (if you don't go for 100%) and slow paced are negatives. You're basically criticising the game because of it's genre, knocking off points for what it set out to do.



Player2 on 27 September 2016
RolStoppable said:
Wow. What a hater.

That review is basically written from the point of view that Yoshi's Island is not a Mario game despite being called Super Mario World 2. Indeed, it's less about challenging platforming than it is about collecting things (although collecting everything requires challenging platforming). If all you do is finish the levels without going out of your way, it's going to be boring. The special levels are a different story, but you won't unlock them if you don't collect stuff. Likewise, the difficulty of the boss battles isn't about surviving, it's about getting the job done without getting hit at all; there's also a boss challenge after you've beaten the game where the bosses move at twice the speed and you start with low health.

People seem to be fine with all that in a 3D platformer like Mario Galaxy, but in a 2D Yoshi it doesn't get a free pass.

EDIT - Just wait for Yooka Laylee to get high scores from everybody despite the easy platforming, easy enemies, bosses and being more about collecting things and exploration than actual platforming.



zippy on 27 September 2016

8/10 for me, its a wonderful game.



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Mbolibombo on 27 September 2016

Yeah I think you are hard on the game for sure, the extra levels are quite challenging as well. I though the game became better the longer I came.

Solid 8 for me.



Goodnightmoon on 27 September 2016

I fully disagree, it delivers exactly what we wanted it, I have played through it 3 times and never felt bored. 8/10



Cloudman on 27 September 2016

Dang, even if I can see where you had some issues with it, I wouldn't go as far to say it's a pass. I really enjoyed it myself, although I only played it with a friend, and I really appreciated the variety in many of the stages. I think some of the challenge comes from finding everything in all the stages. If you pass on that, some of the challenge is lost. And the extra levels are quite fun and challenging. I think that's what my friend and I looked forward to in each world. We really laughed and cried on those parts. So very frustrating...

But yeah, I can see how it can be a lil boring, but I wouldn't say pass on this.



 

              

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Lonely_Dolphin on 27 September 2016
cycycychris said:
GoOnKid said:

Expectations, dude. Everyone told you how much fun Yoshi games are and so you went in with that in mind. Of course you are gonna be dissatisfied. And what kind of story did you expect, seriously? This game doesn't need one at all. Oh, spoilers ahead: DKCTF has no story either. And spoiler no. 2: Yoshi games have never been hard, that has never been their purpose. But you expected it to be, for whatever reason.

Now I will stop bashing. Sorry if that came too harsh. It's great that you have put a lot of thoughts into that review. Unfotunately, you didn't mention the soundtrack, which is fantastic. I still have some of the themes stuck in my head occasionally. Playing this with a partner really is crazy fun, I finished it twice with my gf. But even when playing alone, I would never call it boring. Anyway, keep it up!

I actually had no expectations, pre-order it blind since I liked the yarn yoshi bundle... Never really got the chance to be talked up upon. For the story, I'm just saying it would be nice if they'd put some more effort into, I didn't take points off for it, I even said the gameplay is truely what matters. But it would be nice if nintendo tried to take one of the 2D games to the next level and incorporate it with a story.

For music, it had its hits, but it also had its issues with some song really not fitting into the theme of the level. But it's no where close to the music in games like Dk: TP or Rayman Legends.

Einsam_Delphin said:
I can't agree with the thinking that being intentionally easy (if you don't go for 100%) and slow paced are negatives. You're basically criticising the game because of it's genre, knocking off points for what it set out to do.

I've enjoyed slow paced 2D platformer before, I couldn't find this one to be interesting. The slow pace for a mediocre(my opinion) game just made it worse.

 

You couldn't find it interesting because... it's slow paced and easy? I mean those are the only negatives points in your review, yet now you're implying that even without those points the game is still mediocre.



mountaindewslave on 27 September 2016

bear in mind a lot of Yoshi fans somewhat ENJOY a slower pace that's just a relaxing whimsical experience.

No offense  but if you went into a newer Yoshi game expecting something in the same exact vain of Mario or Donkey Kong platforming then you went in ready for disappointment