The Wonderful 101: Remastered

Quite possibly my favorite game of all time. I'm 31 years old and first played this back when it release on the WiiU when I was graduating high school. I started on the lowest difficulty because I had never played a game like this before, and was still really unconfident in my skills back then. I fell in love with the game and worked my way up to playing almost all of the difficulties. The highest I just couldn't do. I put an untold number of hours into it and it got me hooked on Platinum as a developer. I supported the kickstarter and own a Switch copy in a lenticular case that I still haven't opened. Bless them for handing out free steam keys when those got delayed. You can imagine that I'm a bit biased towards this game, but I can't recommend it enough. The sheer depth of combat and amount of replayability is insane. Throughout your playthrough you'll see a bunch of things that you can't interact with using your current abilities. Going back to those levels on a higher difficulty to find all of the upgrades and collect all of the wonderful ones is a real treat. There is no NG+ here. You just replay the level on whatever difficulty you want. The highest two levels have completely different enemy spawn setups, with harder enemies showing up much earlier. Don't worry though, enemies in this can be taken down in so many different ways. Attacks can be dealt with by absorbing, reflecting, parrying, dodging, catching, shooting, time stop, using a whip to restrain the enemy, and many more that I'm forgetting. Your first playthrough is a little rough because you don't have tools to do all of these things, but going back and getting higher ratings when you're fully decked out is so rewarding. Enemies that you struggled with at first become a walk in the park, but that's where the rating system comes in. Ratings are based on time, combo, and damage taken. You have to defeat enemies fast enough to meet the time threshold for a good time rating, but while getting a good enough combo rating AND taking little to no damage. This balance is where the real challenge lies. This may seem daunting at first, but every encounter has it's own thresholds for these ratings, and it's worth it when you finally see that pure platinum trophy at the end of a level. I'm not going to say too much about the story. It's just the right mix of self away and seriousness that you can get invested in the world and its characters while enjoying their goofiness. The whole thing is very campy and fun, but still has one of the most climactic final bosses of any game I've ever played. They endear you to these weirdos so well that the buildup to the final encounter feels earned. I still get goosebumps listening to the music. All in all, should you play this game? Well it changed my life, and I think you should give it a chance to change yours.

The story is fun and cheesey the voice acting is pretty good. The story is the highlight the gameplay is clunky and can be made worse by using the bonus codes in the menu since it unlocks abilities early before they are introduced. It took a majority of the game to get used to the combat but when it started to feel good the game was over. Still would say play the game just be aware that the game does have a learning curve to make the combat feel smooth.

Easily the best 3D action game I have played. By having a fixed camera angle, it removes the worst part of these games (fighting the camera) and replaces it with an Okami-esque drawing mechanic, which is able to be used in real time unlike in Okami. The combat is easy to get into due to weapons having small movesets but the skill ceiling is high due to there being many different weapons allowing for complex and creative combos. I would recommend it to anyone that enjoyed Devil May Cry, Bayonetta or Okami.

[h1] THE BEST GAME OF ALL TIME [/h1]

Another over the top action packed platinumgames button masher. Massive bosses, almost too many weapons, and a unique way to control your loadouts. It gets a little frustrating sometimes trying to change weapons sometimes (And screw you operatin 7A), but I've been really enjoying it. It's literally pikmin meets bayonetta. Good times.

Really solid character action game! I like the drawing to get different weapons (even if it can feel a touch inconsistent sometimes) and I really enjoyed the character moments and the writing; this game made me chuckle quite a number of times. The difficulty can be a bit high at times (I did swap to Easy about halfway through which made this better) owing to how getting hit just once can feel a little more punishing than I'd like, but when you get into the rhythm it can feel really satisfying and pretty creative! It definitely has flaws but this is definitely worth a play especially if you like Platinum's other work. The ending sequence especially feels really epic and well done!

terrible port

白金味儿很浓

wonderful game

“If you think there might be something fun in it for you, I'd like you to trust your own curiosity, and just jump right into the game. It's a once in a lifetime game, I think. There are a lot of games that I'm glad I played, and I know that this game will be one of them for you.” (Hideki Kamiya)