dude mr bones fucking rocked. i will admit, yes, there were some rough points. almost all of the levels in disc 2 were kinda whatever, and some levels (namely icy lake and shadow monster) were pretty unintuitive and frustrating, but like... just because a game has some bad levels doesnt make it completely worthless.the music here is phenomenal, and i really like the psychedelic theming they go for in a lot of the visuals. the fact that pretty much everything except your player character is prerendered makes for an undeniably unique and striking look that i simply can't get enough of. i genuinely love how the environments here look, theyre really good. and like... damn dude, glass shards and bigbones are my favorite levels in the game. glass shards is this really challenging platforming stage thath as this super chill psych rock song in it, and the narration in this song just makes me feel some kinda way. bigbones is another level with immaculate vibes, i really love the visual of it zooming out whenever you get another piece of your body, that shit is so raw.

i found it interesting how this game handled its levels. going into it, you expect it to just be another shitty 2D platformer from the 90s, but it doesn't really focus on that for more than a few levels. after the bat levels, the only platforming focused level is glass shards, and after that its all unique stuff. is all of that unique stuff good? not exactly, but its still interesting to see, and like... i dunno, it was a little more tolerable for me. maybe that's just cuz i'm more resilient when it comes to games like this, but it was definitely not as bad as a lot of people make it out to be. and like, i think the bonetism mechanic is kinda cool, or at the very least it's unique.

enough about the gameplay though. i feel like a lot of people just focus entirely on that and forget to talk about all the charm this game has in its other aspects. i genuinely love the way mr. bones' voice actor talks, he's so chill and cool, you KNOW he'd be an awesome guy to hang out with. i also find all of the cutscenes in the game to be fun and entertaining, and even in some cases kinda beautiful. (namely, the one after bigbones)

man. i think something a lot of people dont get is that you can like a bad game. it's okay to like bad games, you dont need to say you like it for ironic reasons or "its so bad its good" just say you like it. thats okay. my point is mr bones is one of my favorite games ive played this year