This game is very good, and one of my new favorite Mario titles, but I do unfortunately have some complaints. Some of the levels were just a bit too demanding for the hardware, and required incredibly precise platforming with kind of iffy physics sometimes. I also hate when any platformer removes your progress, and if you take over you lose ALL YOUR COINS!! Sure, it's way quicker to regain them but still tedious and lots of extra work. Overall, I loved the power ups and new platforming elements introduced, and Im sad to see that I've never seen most of them before, which probably means not a lot of them survived into the next games. Even with my problems, the game is still amazing.

God of War 2005 is a marvel of a game. I've never really seen a game like this successfully pull off so many different genres. It's a puzzle game, 3-D platformer, and hack and slash all at once. And it does really good on all fronts. And specifically I loved the temple of Pandora. Even though it took up like half of my playtime, it was so fun, so challenging, and really made me think "How did they even come up with this??" Unfortunately, I do think the game shows it's age just a bit in its combat mechanics. I had some trouble with the blocking and rolling mechanics actually working/inputting fast enough. I also couldn't animation cancel my attacks which, even if it was intentional and not due to the games age or technical limits, was still annoying and got me killed a few times. Overall tho, the experience was amazing and I'm definitely gonna replay to try and get the platinum trophy.

Game was pretty good. Only real complaint is that some levels have a STARK difficulty curve compared to the levels adjacent to them. Like sometimes a level will be super easy, followed by the hardest level I've played in the game, followed by a medium-difficulty level. It was jarring. Also, controlling a 3-D platformer with a D-pad was MISERABLE!! I know it's a product of it's time, but it still sucked. Also, saving the game was miserable too. You can't save and quit whenever you want, you have to beat a bonus stage.