Motorslice hate
So some things to mention before I start is that I have just finished the game on Xbox game pass and not heard anything about this game other than a gameplay clip of someone fighting the first boss.
But after completing the game and collecting 101 orb throughout my first playthrough I had genuinely enjoyed the game and im contemplating 100% it, I had looked online for any news for a blc or 2nd game and found a large majority had found the game "gooner bait" or lazy (Because of the gooner stuff) and honestly after finding the developers YouTube I kinda see what they are saying.
BUT after completing the game the gooner stuff is kinda a small amount of the game, like 5/20 of the overall cutscenes (ballparking it). Majority of the cutscenes are either 1. A cute girl doing cute things (not gooner shit) 2. Heavy lore implementations, and one thing I noticed throughout the game is the gooner stuff significantly drops after stage 2 (other than the stage 7 scene) and even the cutscenes are completely avoidable and a very small part of the game.
And an honorable mention is that I think the cute girl doing cute things and even maybe the gooner shit provides a good rest point to let your brain relax without breaking immersion but that's just a side point
Another thing people criticized was the drop in quality over time . . .
Witch I find hilarious because the game was seriously a 10/10 all the way though. The mechanics were easy to understand and smooth very forgiving without being too easy. And I never felt the reason I kept dying was not because of the game but myself. Also the level design was immaculate witch kept me immersed the entire time, they were also unique and different each stage they also never felt repetitive or over done. It seriously was a very well thought out game and a lot of passion and heart poured into it
Witch brings me to the idea that alot of the people that criticized the game either didn't play or are judging it off the developers yt (witch yeah I get it) and it makes me sad to see since this one of my new favorite game.
But I do understand the position they are taking because fan service can ruin a game, but I find that the fan service in motorslice is very satirical or downroght funny (almost like how people goon to OG lora croft) like come on guys shes 4 pixel with 2 polygons