A Half-Baked Half-Genie Adventure | Shantae and the Seven Sirens Review 

pirate's curse is the best in the series you should try that one

Half Genie Hero

Yeah Pirate’s Curse is phenomenal

Pirate's curse

I totally get that! Even if the writing doesn't appeal to me, I can appreciate that it's a deliberate choice, and certainly others will enjoy it.

@@CloudConnection To bad you didn't enjoy Shantae. It is actually one of my favorite game series.

I'm willing to try out another Shantae game! Seven Sirens may not have appealed that much to me but I'm still likely to try out either Pirate's Curse or Half-Genie Hero at some point.

@@CloudConnection Half Genie Hero wasn't that good either IMO. Felt halfbaked with loads of backtracking.

"deep" "like steven universe" hahahaha! "or rick & morty" HAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Yeah, I completely get that. I'm definitely down to try out other Shantae games; Pirate's Curse and Half-Genie Hero are still on my radar.

Right James always great videos

Thanks!

It needed more polish for sure. Definitely not worth full price. From what I've heard, Pirate's Curse and Half-Genie Hero are the better Shantae games - but I haven't played either of them, so don't take my word for it.

@@CloudConnection Pirate's Curse is the best Shantae game out there, and that's a fact!! Half-Genie Hero is good, and has HD graphics, but it has a slightly linear "level" format rather than a interconnected format. Normally, Shantae games provide the player with the ability to traverse the whole map with the ability to see how to biomes change in between. A good example of this would be the first Shantae game for GBC, as you could walk around the entirety of the map without any cutscenes and transitional scenes. It made the world all feel connected rather than isolated sections/levels that you have to visit. Although Pirate's Curse has isolated islands, it works because those islands have interconnected maps of their own. The other things Pirate's Curse has going for it is the soundtrack, the more mature storyline, and the item system. All equipment can be used instantaneously (similar to the transformations in Seven Sirens), making for a Shantae with a lot of traversal versatility. All in all, you should definitely give it a try. :) That is the peak Shantae experience. Though, keep in mind that Pirate's Curse continues the story that was built up in the first 2 games, while Half-Genie Hero is a reboot.

The next game needs to do something new, the 2d side-scroller has been saturating gaming for over a decade. I thought Seven Sirens was fun, but too easy and short; Half Genie Hero has better content despite being slow, Pirate's Curse is just the better metroidvania.

@@millabasset1710 Well, if you think the reason why the game is bad is that it's a 2D side-scroller...than I could not disagree more. A 3D Shantae would be a terrible idea. Games being 2D is not a bad thing in itself. Look at Hollow Knight or Ori or Megaman 11. The next game doesn't really have to do anything new. Just give us the same abilitys (or similar abilitys) as Seven Sirens and good level design like Pirates Curse with great visual design like Half Genie Hero...than we as fans would be happy.