My umpteenth abandoned attempt to get through this and at this point I think I have to admit to myself that I just do not like this game, and didn't even back when it was groundbreaking. I just am not super interested in the semi-open-ended level design of the big console 3D Marios (Odyssey is as close as I've gotten to genuinely loving one of them), and I would say that I simply prefer 2D Mario to 3D Mario except that I finally played 3D Land a couple years ago, and that game sure blows 64, Sunshine, Galaxy, and Odyssey clean out of the water. (Haven't played 3D World yet, never had a Wii U.) 64 in particular has aged pretty badly, between the horrendously awful camera and Mario's wonky, uber-slippery movement. I'll always have a lot of respect for it, but...yeah. Not for me.

Reviewed on Oct 25, 2020


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