Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope

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They also changed how the gameplay works and it's way less interesting now.
But it sure does follow all of the funny trends the video game industry has picked up 🙂

Tricky

toast lmao, thanks ubisoft

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Ubisoft execs said
Tactics: no.
RPG: yes.

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OH NO THEY MADE IT UBISOFT
THERE'S A QUEST LOG NOW
OH GOD WHYYYYY

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The dialogue is not in line with the gameplay.
They say "oh if you buy two Xs right now I'll give you a Y for free".
So I buy two Xs... and get no Ys. No comment made either.
Also it's literally just an RPG now, no joke. This is at an item shop.
To use mid-combat.
Consumable-only.

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The goombas can be killed in one dash for free despite there being 3 goombas per group.
However, when you shoot or overwatch them, they get killed individually.
They literally made an enemy type to nerf overwatch, because it's too tactic-y I guess.

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The game has levels and stats and shows you the level of a given thing before you have to jump in and do the fight...
So you'd expect a higher level fight to give you more xp, right?
Hahaha nope, you get the same amount of xp.
t. someone who just did a level 10 fight as a level 1 party (xp is shared across all party members)

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The loading times are AWFUL.
They're not THAT long, but even the smallest action will cause one.
Upgrade a skill? LOADING...

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They figured out their fights aren't fun, so you can now "stealth" around enemies!
Because, you know, you wouldn't want to participate in the main gameplay loop.
Given it's not fun.

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In order to save, you have to go into start menu -> options.
This also means that to get to the settings, you have to do that, and then navigate away from save.
MENU DESIGN IS MY PASSION.

Anyway yeah I'm done with this game.
It has not a hint of the original.
It's not even really a tactics game anymore.
It's just... corporate blandness.

SolidSanek

I loved the first one. But now you're convincing me to not play the second one.

As if intentionally not adding Rosalina wasn't already bad...

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SolidSanek Yeah no it's pretty garbage.
I absolutely loved the first one, but the second one is no good at all, sadly.