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This game finally made me use my computer, thanks developers! First ever rom hack and a very interesting one to start with considering I am not one of the people who finds Mario 64 creepy or liminal and all that. That being said this rom hack definitely nailed the feeling. Something about beta Mario 64 is so... unsettling to me, and a rom hack made with the intention of using that to develop horror on purpose is awesome. But I can't in good conscience give it higher than this because of the extremely confusing navigation and castle design and softlocks. Softlocks you can fix, but the navigation system is so confusing with so many rooms and entrances to those rooms and some rooms are the same as other rooms but the doors lead to the same room or a different room or a room that will hit you with a spooky moment. It's a mess, a purposeful mess, and I appreciate and understand the intention but it's a little too much sometimes. Seriously, I was lucky that I stumbled into the final boss entrance before I even had enough stars to beat the game, if I hadn't I might've gotten stuck for like 10 hours solely trying to find it

Reviewed on Feb 12, 2024


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