This game is more than fun and enjoyable enough to make you overlook its many design flaws, and will give a quality 15-20 hours of playtime to anyone who enjoyed Odyssey/Galaxy and wants to see where they came from.
Issues holding the game back include: the blue coin system that becomes more tedious than satisfting; a weird mix of difficulty where everything is either extremely easy or extremely difficult thanks to FLUDD; linear progression through the different worlds despite obstensibly being a sandbox game.
That said, I love the level design and how "lived-in" the worlds feel. Plus Mario is just so fun to control here thanks to Fludd, and the "secret" Fludd-less levels provide the platforming challenge that more seasoned Mario players might be looking for.
Issues holding the game back include: the blue coin system that becomes more tedious than satisfting; a weird mix of difficulty where everything is either extremely easy or extremely difficult thanks to FLUDD; linear progression through the different worlds despite obstensibly being a sandbox game.
That said, I love the level design and how "lived-in" the worlds feel. Plus Mario is just so fun to control here thanks to Fludd, and the "secret" Fludd-less levels provide the platforming challenge that more seasoned Mario players might be looking for.