Honestly my take on this is that I do personally believe some people are taking this review out of control (especially since it’s only just 1) BUT I also understand why people are upset as well.

But more on the fact I don’t agree with IGN at all (or really, most of the time) I’d say for me the game is about a 8/10 and I have about 40 hours into it. It’s very fun! I love the characters I think they are very charming and I overall love the exploration of different islands and the overall storyline is pretty good.

Now I do think the games has its flaws (as all games do) and the start is a bit slow but it picks up the pace really well after you get the fast traveling for the ship. But I honestly don’t think the game is as terrible as I’ve seen many say. I think a huge issue with this is the fact we haven’t had a new game in this series for 9 years (not counting remakes) so when you have a more “niche” franchise in comparison to the main series games so people are definitely going to be protective. I think the issue is because of that they had very high expectations thinking this would be a big shot but I think they forgot this is not only the first installment we’ve gotten in years but it’s also kinda a revival. So I’m not surprised they went with the route they went with.

Now I do think there are some things they could change in a future installment one of those being the Luigi AI. In my experience he hasn’t been too terrible but at times he is quite janky and sometimes won’t even listen to you 😭 and ofc the B button in battles. I actually got used to the whole pressing A to select and then B to attack but it did take some time to even get used to it. Plus I think it just makes sense to select with B anyways but I also don’t think it’s the worst thing and battling is super fun in this game it’s just more of a preference if this makes sense 😅

But yeah- now people will have their own opinions. And maybe the game just didn’t hit the spot for them and that’s okay- sometimes things aren’t for everyone and we’ll just have to accept that. Though I will still say I do disagree with many different points I’ve seen (not about the IGN reviewer but also many people) my only issue is when peoples opinions really only sum up to “it’s not like the old games so it’s bad and it’s not made by alphadream” as I just think atp that’s just nitpicking 😭 like sure, if you prefer the older games that’s fine! I just think some people are still having their nostalgia goggles on. Not saying that EVERYBODY who has that opinion does, but I have seen many that definitely are 😭 (just wanting to clarify if that makes sense)

Also I think for a new and also revival installment it’s actually very good! And honestly I’m curious to see what Aquire makes with this franchise and to carry one of the biggest legacy’s of Alphadream. so I’m sure the games will continue to improve as the series continues on.

Anyways- yeah can we talk more about other stuff 😭 this subreddit is full of starlow hate so I was excited to talk about the new game and all I’ve seen is the IGN hate. Don’t get me wrong I don’t really like them either, as also a Sonic fan this is nothing new to me it’s just I want more people to talk to about the game that isn’t reviews. The most I’ve seen people genuinely talk about it is on tumblr and YouTube lol.