It’s so satisfying when you get good at knocking out other racers. I remember as a teenager I would set my top speed to high and whittle down half of the other racers on my way to the front of the pack.
It’s easy to get in the top ten when you drop the racers count down fifteen places.
God City Trial was so much fun. Kinda wish Smash kept that mode that Smash DS had that was very similar to City Trial.
The top down racing mini-game was also slept on.
Super is so good. The sound design makes everything gel together into a smooth slurry.
But, like good.
Metroid Prime is a masterpiece. The artifact hunt is a bit padding-y, but you’ll be backtracking to get the power-ups anyway.
My favorite is (IIRC) Charlotte on the phone with Jonathan, she offhandidly tells Angelica “I love you.” and you hear Jonathan say “What?!” on the other line.
“Oh Jonathan, I was talking to Angelica, I don’t tell my employees I love them (walking out of scene) atleast not after Anita Hill…”
I don’t 100% remember if it was Anita Hill, but she namedroped a sexual harassment case. On Rugrats.
(What happened to Hill wasn’t funny, but the set-up and shock of the joke was well done)
I brought an adventurer into an established world. A Human Herbalist Swordsman. After taking a few weeks to get my bearings I made a beeline towards my newest fortress to read the slabs and maybe steal some equipment.
I stumbled upon a Goblin nest, a weak goblin wielding a silver spear got a lucky hit on my exhausted Swordsman, breaking his foot, before slowly beating him to death with the spear.
Learned two things. Watch your fatigue. Silver is an awful material for slashing and piercing weapons.
That story mode was unhinged difficult. Don’t think I got much further than that.
It was such a cool level. I remember that was the only story level I beat in first couple tries~