Expi Feliton's Corner

  NOTE: This review contains spoilers for a heavily story-driven game. If you have not completed this game and are interested, I strongly advise you to play through it first before reading this review.  *last time on Expi Feliton’s Corner* “It’s 2023 now, and there’s a lot of project ideas I want to tackle this year - largely pertaining to my webcomic and art, but there are a few blog ideas I have in mind. I recently did a Twitter poll on games that I was thinking of reviewing - and which one my followers were most interested in me doing out of them - and the most voted one, the one I’m most likely going to write about next… Well, I won’t spoil it, but don’t forget, I’m with you in the dark.” Ever since I created this blog in 2020, I’ve made it no secret that Undertale is my favorite game of all time. In fact, considering I wrote a lengthy review literally titled “why Undertale is my favorite game of all time” and then a subsequent analysis of why Alphys is my favorite charac...

  NOTE: This review is part of a retrospective of the Sonic franchise. Feel free to read the other Sonic reviews I’ve done here - https://expithecat.blogspot.com/search/label/sonic%20retrospective In addition, this review also contains spoilers for a recently released game Looks like my retrospective hasn’t quite ended yet. PART 1: Development, Background, Pre-Launch It’s safe to say that when Sonic Forces released in 2017, it… didn’t exactly have the brightest reception. While it didn’t get as scathing of a reception as Sonic 06 or Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, especially as I have seen some people come out and talk about enjoying it recently (including myself who did an 18 page review of it just a few months ago), it wasn’t exactly the success the franchise needed. Even while the game has its fans, it definitely has its share of vocal detractors as well, especially among the part of the fanbase who grew up with the darker, more serious storytelling of the 2000’s games who became di...