19th February 2019, 12:20 AM
Yeah, I still haven't played some of the stuff in the Splatoon games because you need the Amiibos to play it and I don't have those... if it was just regular DLC it'd be much easier to get. Toys-to-life is an exploitative field, which costs far more than a regular game without giving you far more content for your increased expenditure, but some of the stuff is kind of neat anyway.
Skylanders - The games are actually mostly good. I expected nothing from this series but the good gameplay is what convinced me to buy some figures for it. It reminds me a bit of a Gauntlet-ish game, but newer and for a younger audience. I guess the series is dead now, though unlike the next two below it hasn't been officially discontinued, but as far as gameplay goes I do think it's the best one. Maybe they'll bring it back sometime.
Disney Infinity - Not as good as Skylanders in gameplay, Disney Infinity's a decent series with alright exploration and action, but its more third person action/platformer design isn't as fun as Skylanders' beat 'em up action is. Also the toys are annoyingly restricted because of Disney; you can only use toys from a franchise in that franchise's campaign, which is pretty dumb.
Lego Dimensions - This game has the best toys, since Legos are great, but the worst gameplay. I've never been much of a fan of TT Games' Lego series, I find them pretty average, and this one is unfortunately no exception. How much are some neat Legos worth, when you don't get much in the way of great gameplay for the money? Well, something I guess since I have some stuff for the game, but not enough to make me want all of it, that's for sure.
Starlink - Starlink is s a completely different kind of game from the above three, but is definitely good and has fewer toys than the others, even just looking at their first games. Also, unlike previous Toys to Life games, Starlink actually lets you buy all of the toys as digital DLC, and the DLC versions are pretty cheap compared to buying the plastic toys! So yeah, if you do like Starlink and want to use more of the ships ingame -- and it's a good idea, since as in the other games they act like lives, and having varied weapons is also important -- buying them digitally is a good idea which saves space and money. I've gone with the physical ones since the toys look nice and are often on sale, but digital is a good option for this game.
Amiibo - The only thing here that is actually successful enough to continue getting releases, Amiibo is ironically the one I have the fewest of. Sure, they are nice Nintendo toys, but I'm not a toy collector so I wouldn't buy them just for that. And as videogame accessories, most Amiibos are minimally useful. I have a few of the Smash ones, and I've used them in the game ... uh, a couple of times each? Having those Splatoon ones for the modes and costumes they unlock would be great, and the same goes for the Metroid one that unlocks a mode in Metroid: Samus Returns, but most Amiibos just don't do enough to really make me want to buy them for the games... Smash ones definitely don't, at least, and they are the most common ones.
Skylanders - The games are actually mostly good. I expected nothing from this series but the good gameplay is what convinced me to buy some figures for it. It reminds me a bit of a Gauntlet-ish game, but newer and for a younger audience. I guess the series is dead now, though unlike the next two below it hasn't been officially discontinued, but as far as gameplay goes I do think it's the best one. Maybe they'll bring it back sometime.
Disney Infinity - Not as good as Skylanders in gameplay, Disney Infinity's a decent series with alright exploration and action, but its more third person action/platformer design isn't as fun as Skylanders' beat 'em up action is. Also the toys are annoyingly restricted because of Disney; you can only use toys from a franchise in that franchise's campaign, which is pretty dumb.
Lego Dimensions - This game has the best toys, since Legos are great, but the worst gameplay. I've never been much of a fan of TT Games' Lego series, I find them pretty average, and this one is unfortunately no exception. How much are some neat Legos worth, when you don't get much in the way of great gameplay for the money? Well, something I guess since I have some stuff for the game, but not enough to make me want all of it, that's for sure.
Starlink - Starlink is s a completely different kind of game from the above three, but is definitely good and has fewer toys than the others, even just looking at their first games. Also, unlike previous Toys to Life games, Starlink actually lets you buy all of the toys as digital DLC, and the DLC versions are pretty cheap compared to buying the plastic toys! So yeah, if you do like Starlink and want to use more of the ships ingame -- and it's a good idea, since as in the other games they act like lives, and having varied weapons is also important -- buying them digitally is a good idea which saves space and money. I've gone with the physical ones since the toys look nice and are often on sale, but digital is a good option for this game.
Amiibo - The only thing here that is actually successful enough to continue getting releases, Amiibo is ironically the one I have the fewest of. Sure, they are nice Nintendo toys, but I'm not a toy collector so I wouldn't buy them just for that. And as videogame accessories, most Amiibos are minimally useful. I have a few of the Smash ones, and I've used them in the game ... uh, a couple of times each? Having those Splatoon ones for the modes and costumes they unlock would be great, and the same goes for the Metroid one that unlocks a mode in Metroid: Samus Returns, but most Amiibos just don't do enough to really make me want to buy them for the games... Smash ones definitely don't, at least, and they are the most common ones.