Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse

An easy platformer for the genesis

Game no: 344
Genre: Platformer
Platform: Genesis
Release Date: 1990

What is it about? 
Mickey needs to rescue Minnie inside the castle of illusion

What I liked? 
Easy controls. It’s a simple platformer where you jump and avoid obstacles

What I didn’t liked? 
Controls are floaty. Not that precise

Status: Finish the game on easy. It turns out medium and hard gave you extra stages

Fun Factor: Played once, it’s not memorable

The Mandalorian Season 1

This is the best Star Wars series ever

Episodes: 8

What is it about?
The Mandalore is a creed of bounty hunters and this show follows the adventure of one of them

What did I liked?
The story is simple enough to understand.
Movie special effects budget on a tv scale. The results are amazing
Some episodes has very little dialogue and it based more on actions
The *redacted* is so freaking cute

What I didn't liked?
It's too short
The end sets up for season 2. It's a long wait

Character development 
Since this is a story about the Mandalorian. He gets a lot of backstory

Verdict: If you are a Star Wars fan you own it to yourself to watch it 

GRIS

This game is so relaxing and beautiful

Game no: 343
Genre: Platformer
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Release Date: 2018





Gameplay
Jumping
Swimming
Breaking blocks
Puzzle solving

What I liked?
How beautiful this game is. Playing it is very calming. The water colour theme works well with the aesthetic
Each ability you get helps you progress further into the game
There are no waypoints or markers but you won't get lost even if you try. Which helps a lot
Short and sweet. You can't really die in this game.

What I didn't liked?
You need to figure out what to do on your own. It's mostly trial and error
The slow paced of the game. Even the running speed is slow in this game
Not sure how to get the rest of the colour but I don't see myself visiting the game again

Status: Finish the game until the end credits

Fun Factor: A very relaxing and slow game. I liked it

Control

I'm starting something new this year is that I am trying to play the best 12 games (there are probably more) of 2019. Let's start with this one which is on most people game of the year list.

Game no: 342

Genre: Action (3rd person action adventure) 

Platform: PC

Release Date: 2019

Gameplay

Shooting

Puzzle Solving

Platforming

Exploration

Backtracking

What I liked?

The story line grips you the moment you start the game. There are many questions that you want answers but they give you a small amount of it for every chapter you complete. 

Your gun never runs of of bullets. But you can only pick 2 out of the 5 different combinations

Buff that you find during the game will help you make your character stronger 

Elemental powers such as telekinesis and flight

Combat is fast paced and you need to be constantly moving in order to survive 

The last chapter is very peculiar

Ashtray Maze... That is very trippy

What I didn't liked?

The Map. It looks flat but its not since each floor is a 3D space. Your map rarely tells you where you are and eventually you'll spend time getting lost in the area

Upgrading your health doesn't make a dent since most of the enemies has the ability to kill you in a couple of hits. 

Every time you die you'll end up back at the checkpoint. Some of the checkpoints 3 minutes away from the boss battles which after dying. It becomes frustrating 

The bosses are cheap since they rely on multiple enemies bombarding you at the same time 

There is no final boss but a frustrating challenge where you constantly will die in one wrong move

The lack of no new game +

In the end the story doesn't grip you more that you wanted. A lot of things are answers but not so much. I can see this game being its on franchise in the future

Status: Finish the game with the end credits 

Fun Factor: I can see why this made everyone Game of the year (GOTY) list due to a perfectly built game. It's a great game to play. But It didn't make me wanted to play it more.   

The Witcher Season 1

Toss a coin to a Witcher, oh valley of plenty



Episodes: 8

What is it about?
Ok, this is based on a 30 year old book. It has been made into a kick ass video game (which I planned to play in the future). This story is a collection of short stories from one of the books

What I liked?
The story is very interesting. A bit slow to start but eventually it gets there
Henry Cavill perfectly portrayal of the Witcher
There are not many monster but when there is action it does a good job.
The songs... The main song you'll hear in the second episodes is an earworm

What I didn't liked?
This story is confusing. It turns out there is it out of order for a reason. They jump forward and backwards in time and you as the viewer are left figuring it out yourself
You need to know who are the characters in the series by hand. Most of them don't have any explanation on why they are like that. But they give you small glimpses of what is coming
The main bad guy is still a mysstery.

Character Development
The Witcher and the main characters all get their own stand alone episodes to shine.

Verdict: Its a must watch and it just going to get better over time.

Contra III The Alien Wars

First game of the new decade as well as the new year

Game no: 341

Genre: Shooter

Platform: SNES

Release Date: 1992

Gameplay
Shooting
Platforming
Climbing

What I liked? 
The shooting is fast paced
The stages are awesome. They are more than 4 to 5 Bosses per stage
Mode 7 graphics where you need to navigate a section of the map is cool
The power ups help you a lot. Scatter gun is not the strongest gun in the game

What I didn’t liked? 
The bosses are hard as nails. One wrong move and then you’re dead
You need to jump and shoot and navigate obstacles at the same time

Status: Finish the game until the final boss

Fun Factor: One of the great SNES games. Worth to be played 

6 Underground

The first post of the year and is one for the senses



What is it about?
A group of people who are declared dead go around and save the world from bad stuff

The Good
If you like Micheal Bay. You are going to love this movie. If you want gauge how crazy this movie is. Just watch the first 25 mins.
Ryan Reynolds pratically carries this movie. The rest of the characters are good enough but you are not rooting for them that much
It's very gruesome. There are a lot of locations

The Bad
The plot line is all over the place. There is nothing cohesive. One minute you are in the present and the next you're in the past and then the present again... I really don't pay attention to this stuff
There are no stakes. The bad guy is really unmemorable. Even the heroes are as well

The Ugly
Well... The story is good enough to be on Nexflix. Somewhat kind of a guilty pleasure/

After Credits: No

Verdict: If you want a mindless action movie. This is the one for you. A good watch if you have nothing else to watch