For me, Mario Party 4 can be summed up like this: Middle of the road boards, but fantastic mini game lineup. The boards are extremely mid. Not even that bad but they're so boring and there's only one of them I consider good. With the mini games tho, outside of Super Mario Party, this might be the best lineup of mini games in the series. However, the item system is a massive downgrade from MP3. Not only are there not nearly as many, but the game's whole gimmick is shoving the same two items down your throat 70% of the time. It gets old. Probably the most "okay" Mario Party I've played to date