Yeah the three games you mentioned are definitely some of the better titles in this batch. I took a survey from PlayDate recently and they asked how much I'd be willing to pay for a season 2. If they ever did one, I hope it doesn't cost too much!
The LEGO Movie video game is pretty standard LEGO stuff. The movie is fantastic, though. Pixar quality in my opinion.
The movie sequel wasn't near as good, but at least they tried something different with that game.
http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2019/03/22/the-lego-movie-2-video-game-ps4-switch-xbox-one-pc/
I think the reason why we don't see any Prof. Layton games anymore is that Level 5, the makers of those games, is just as concerned about marketability as well as making good games. Have you noticed their last few projects have had anime cartoon tie ins? Their most successful one in recent memory was Yokai Watch.
I don't know what Warren Spector is doing now, but I bet it's not making video games after the failure of Epic Mickey 2. He also wanted to make a DuckTales game but Capcom made DuckTales Remastered about that same time so I bet that's why he didn't do that. Too bad he couldn't make a DuckTales game based on the reboot.
One frustrating thing for me during the roundtable is that everyone else wanted to ask hiim about Deus Ex, another game he made, and not Epic Mickey 2. At least I got to squeeze in a couple of questions about the game we were supposed to be there for.
Those are two of the better games in this batch.
Last night I watched a documentary on the history of Erector sets and LEGO.
Wow I don't remember all the games I played in 2010!
I reviewed that Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces game. It was made by the same folks who did the Ace Combat titles. The anime wasn't very good, though.
http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2010/01/12/game-review-the-sky-crawlers-innocent-aces-wii/
I didn't play the main Dark Void game, but I did play Dark Void Zero. It was pretty good and felt like a long lost NES game. But like a NES game, it also got too hard!
http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2010/01/30/dark-void-zero-dsiware/
Loved the Data East Classics Collection. Had a lot of titles you just can't play anywhere else, especially since Data East is long gone.
http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2010/02/24/are-you-a-bad-enough-dude-to-play-data-east-arcade-classics/
I reviewed Split Second, but I don't remember much about it. Brother Jeff named it one of his favorite racing games in one of our podcasts.
http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2010/05/26/game-review-splitsecond-pc-ps3-360/
Plants vs. Zombies was a fun little game. I kind of want to play the first person Garden Warfare shooters based on that franchise.
I played the first Prof. Layton game but didn't like it because of all the math word story problems. I hate math! But I did play and beat Prof. Layton vs. Phoenix Wright!
The Namco Museum Remix and Megamix games on the Wii are kind of weird. Especially how they slapped Pac-Man in each and every one of the remix games.
Epic Mickey wasn't perfect, but I still liked it and its sequel. I'm glad they put Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in them because he's one of my favorite Disney characters and yes I did know about him way before those games. One time at PAX I got to participate in a roundtable discussion with Warren Spector on Epic Mickey 2. That is one of my feathers in my game reviewing cap!
I will check out the video later. Nothing wrong with a little bit of self promotion. I do it all the time. By the way, make sure to read my game reviews and listen to my podcast. :)
Glad you gave LEGO City Undercover a chance. It really is one of the better LEGO games out there.
Stage Select:
I have a lot of games I would recommend, but to keep it short, I'll just pick one: Klonoa! Really good game series and you can play both of the main ones on PSOne and PS2 on the Klonoa Fantasy Reverie collection they released earlier this year.
Cage Match:
I've never played that Cyberpunk game but my brothers rented Superman 64 once and it was awful. Should such an awful game win the cage match? Sure, why not?
By the way, I have a new podcast up myself if you'd like to listen. Top Five Favorite 2-D Platformers is the topic.
https://anchor.fm/pizza-pixel-podcast/episodes/Episode-13---Top-5-Favorite-2D-Platformers-e1qimq9
Restless Soul is kind of interesting, but since most of what you do is just talk to people, it drags after a while.
