I always heard that this game is bad, that is one of the worst sequels of all time, and I though "it's a Mario game, it can't be that bad". Unfortunately I was wrong.
First, I will talk about the positives:
You can choose to play both with Mario and Luigi. Mario plays exactly as the first game, and Luigi for the first time jumps higher and walks more slippery.
The poison mushrooom is a cool idea. Unfortunately that's all the positives.
Now, let's talk about the flaws:
The graphics are exactly the same as the first game, there are little to no new things. The physics stays the same, without any enhancement.
The game only has one new enemy (If you don't count the poison mushroom and recolors of other enimies), and it is a flying Blooper, that acts exactly the same as the first game, but this time on the air, and is pretty anoying.
So, it looks like the first game, plays like the first game, and why it is so much worse than the first game?
The level desing is just horrible, they wanted to creat a more difficult experience but it isn't well done. Don't metter how good you are on the first game, you will suffer to complete The Lost Levels, you can't predict what the game will do next, it can give you a warp zone that send you back to a previous world. It can put a invisible block to make you fall and get a less points on the flag at the end of the level, and force you to make jumps that you can't see where you are going.
There are a lot of moments where you make jumps using springs, but the physicis of these springs are terrible.
They increase the number of levels that trap you into a loop until you eventually find the exit, even placing levels like this outside of the castles. (it was the worst part of Super Mario Bros. 1)
Finally, the lack of news, the cheap difficult make this game feels like a bad hack rom of the first game, i don't recommend it.
First, I will talk about the positives:
You can choose to play both with Mario and Luigi. Mario plays exactly as the first game, and Luigi for the first time jumps higher and walks more slippery.
The poison mushrooom is a cool idea. Unfortunately that's all the positives.
Now, let's talk about the flaws:
The graphics are exactly the same as the first game, there are little to no new things. The physics stays the same, without any enhancement.
The game only has one new enemy (If you don't count the poison mushroom and recolors of other enimies), and it is a flying Blooper, that acts exactly the same as the first game, but this time on the air, and is pretty anoying.
So, it looks like the first game, plays like the first game, and why it is so much worse than the first game?
The level desing is just horrible, they wanted to creat a more difficult experience but it isn't well done. Don't metter how good you are on the first game, you will suffer to complete The Lost Levels, you can't predict what the game will do next, it can give you a warp zone that send you back to a previous world. It can put a invisible block to make you fall and get a less points on the flag at the end of the level, and force you to make jumps that you can't see where you are going.
There are a lot of moments where you make jumps using springs, but the physicis of these springs are terrible.
They increase the number of levels that trap you into a loop until you eventually find the exit, even placing levels like this outside of the castles. (it was the worst part of Super Mario Bros. 1)
Finally, the lack of news, the cheap difficult make this game feels like a bad hack rom of the first game, i don't recommend it.