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If we're talking about improvement mods: literally almost every Sonic game lol. And SM64, nice to be able the best 3D platformer of all all time without having bunking into walls.
If not, then I'll be talking about then Newer Super Mario Bros. Wii is more fun experience than the vanilla game imo.

I guess most mods really are an improvement. Just like Parallel World or the PT moveset where Wario becomes op asf.

I was meaning more for story and characters. I just found Ribbit much more enjoyable than the OG Chapter 1 of Deltarune because the whole thing was just absurd.

Quirky and Depressing Mother inspired games don't really vibe with me. I still want the weird, the funny, and even the dark comedy, but I hate when it gets super serious and down to earth.

I wanna play a game to escape from that crap.

This might be the hardest agree I ever dropped lol! I totally don't vibe with this type of game either. I do enjoy Undertale and Deltarune a bit but that's more due to the gameplay being a bit fun rather than the theming or story tbh. Things like Omori, Celeste, etc. I really am not interested in at all. Not because I don't relate to it but on the contrary, because I don't like dramatizing and romanticizing my struggles. Like sure, you can some metal illness, neurodivergency themes in it, but when it's too central of a theme.

This is especially true because most developer who are making games like this do struggle with those issues but haven't exactly figured them out correctly, so sometimes I feel like the depiction of mental illness etc. in those media are more dangerous than anything. And I know some of those games have disclaimer to not play if you are dealing with things like depression (e.g. Omori) but let's be honest here, those people are the exact demographic for the game.

I yapped a bit there lol, but this is just something I wanted to talk about for a long time I didn't see where it could fit.