This game is an instant classic
I've had no desire to post in this thread since the game launched, because why would I be on the Internet when I could be blasting away at treacherous enemy forces?
Anything I could possibly say will just echo dozens of other sentiments in this thread, but who cares. This game deserves the lavish praise. I've already logged 18 hours into it, and it is #1 on my Activity Log in the average time played category (an hour and forty minutes per session!)
This game fires on every single cylinder. Excellent graphics, wonderful use of 3D, AMAZING music, engaging and delightful story, hundreds of ways to customize your play experience (through weapons and intensity levels), an obscene amount of unlockable content, a crazy fun multiplayer mode, and everything in between. Even the controls become both excellent and necessary when playing later levels at higher intensity levels. Will your hand cramp at times? It sure will! But is it worth the pain? Oh god, yes. Yes it is.
This game is the unholy spawn of StarFox 64, flawless mastery of gameplay design, Sin & Punishment, OCD exploitation, and probably a mixture of cocaine and LSD.
I'm really struggling to find even a single notable flaw in this game. Every chapter has been excellent so far, to the point where I'm only at chapter
because I keep going back and replaying old chapters at higher intensities. It's all about good loot drops for ingredients to fuse badass weapons!
Also, I might add, every single boss battle has been awesome. Did all of you without the game read that? EVERY. SINGLE. BOSS BATTLE. For a game with a boss at the end of EVERY level, that is a near impossible feat to pull off. But every boss has such a fun and fleshed out personality, reflected in their fighting style, that it is always satisfying to see what you are going up against and even more satisfying to ultimately take it down.
I just want to run away and change my name and live out the rest of my days mastering Kid Icarus: Uprising. It is really that good.