No it's basically fireaxis's XCOM reboot. Turn based strategy that is reportedly quite deep and very challenging even if the bright Nintendo aesthetics would fool you otherwise. Honestly it looks awesome
However it's sadly not a kids game, it's meant to be challenging for adults so not sure appropriate for your 5 year old.
Yeah, unfortunately this is true. Both me and my daughter were really looking forward to it, as they're two of our favorite franchises rolled into one. I downloaded mine first night, but after playing it for a little while, I can already tell that I think my daughter's probably not going to get into the RPG side of this game so well. (She's not had chance to try it yet since I got it, so I'll let you know if I turn out to be wrong). However, the cutscenes are awesome though, and I think she'll get a huge kick out of those.
I haven't played it enough to be able to form my own opinion of the actual game part yet, but I have to say on first play, I do feel a little underwhelmed compared to how good I thought this was going to be. (I'm hoping I'm gonna get more into it the more I play it) I'm loving the overworld Mario map side of things so far, but the RPG element of it that is most of the game is the part that I'm not sure I'm that into yet, so I really hope that part does grow on me, as I had high hopes for this game, and it would really bum me out if I turn out not like it.
One game that did surprise me though in the opposite way to what I expected, the new "Minecraft Story Mode" game looked a little crappy on the demos we saw on steam. (at first it seemed like this was less of a game, and more of a *partially* interactive movie that you spent more time watching than actually the interactive parts where you actually play anything) Basically the demo spent more time on the cut-scenes, and what they showed didn't even look that entertaining of a story. Most of what we saw on that looked like dead footage of nothing much really happening, attempts at jokes that really weren't at all funny, and cheesy characters that weren't at all endearing). However, playing the game was a totally different experience. My daughter had been following it on youtube, and got to see way more of it than we saw on that demo, and begged me to get for her Switch. Now that she has it, she's absolutely loving it, and is playing this alot. Turns out there is alot more to do than the demo made out, the story does get more interesting, and the jokes are alot funnier. (so looks like steam just chose the wrong parts to showcase on the demo, so whoever put that together ought to be fired). Don't get me wrong, I still prefer playing the original minecraft on switch compared to playing the story mode version personally, but the story mode version is still way better than I thought, and has quickly become one of my daughter's favorites.
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HOW GOOD IS SONIC MANIA?! It's very good. I've reached the end with only 5 chaos emeralds and half of those sphere levels finished. It's great. I love it!
PS: Thanks to all the heads up everybody on Sonic Mania. Downloaded this myself aswell on all your recommendations, and really getting a kick out of that so far. (even just the music in certain zones is worth it for the nostalgia alone, but the game itself is alot of fun, and just how I remember it from back in the day). Probably my favorite of the three new Switch games I've played this month. Ironic that it was actually the cheapest.
