prfsnl_gmr wrote:I don’t want to scare you off it. I just want to set expectations. It took me two attempts to get into it, but I ended up sinking a ton of time into it (I just had to do everything), and I consider it both one of my favorite games and one of the best games ever made.
I also spent a ton of time playing Okami when it was released (I finished it with something like 90 hours clocked in the game). I don't know that I like it quite as much as you do, prfsnl, but it was definitely an experience. I feel like some sections of the game start to drag a bit in the middle, but when I got to
this place, I was in awe. It was a pretty rad game, for the time. There's nothing like the power of Shodo to dispatch Yayoi/Yamato-period demons.
I've still never played Okamiden, though.
I spent some time on Sonic 3 & Knuckles over the last couple days, and finished it with Sonic and Tails. I had to manipulate the hell out of Tails while fighting the egg robot at the end of Sonic & Knuckles. I died so many times to Tails hitting the Master Emerald laser before me, and falling straight into the pit at the edge of the screen. It's a whole lot easier with just Sonic, but I actually had some fun using Tails to my advantage at different points, like against Knuckles in the Hidden Palace Zone. I only managed to get one of the Super Emeralds, because the second group of Blue Sphere stages are a lot more challenging, and I'm not that good at Blue Sphere to begin with. Also, I don't really remember where many of the large rings are in Sonic & Knuckles. I was surprised to find out that Doomsday Zone is still unlocked with just the seven chaos emeralds, though. I did not realize that.
I'll probably be starting Klonoa 2 sometime soon. I played the first Klonoa a couple years ago, and remember how difficult the platforming got in the last few stages. I used to know someone who said that Klonoa 2 was some serious hotness, but that was a long time ago, and I've never really heard anyone talk about it otherwise. I'm interested in seeing if it really is the hotness, or not.