This was okay. Always thought about playing it since watching flash animations an listening to that one song as a kid. Fun to finally get some context.
I was enjoying it for about half the time. Game feels weirdly paced and uncanny. Action commands are nice but do not feel intuitive a lot of the time. I think the art has its charm but is mostly ugly. For all the hype I heard about Geno, that guy just kinda shows up with a mission and tags along doing nothing important. Hiding stuff away in invisible blocks is really lame. I hated every bit of isometric platforming and the shallow mini games you have to play. I know it's not particularly fair to say, but I found myself wanting to play any other Mario RPG that released after this.
I wouldn't say it's bad. I can imagine a world where I played this at age 15 instead of Earthbound or something and loved it like a lot people do. Didn't quite do it for me in 2023 though.
I was enjoying it for about half the time. Game feels weirdly paced and uncanny. Action commands are nice but do not feel intuitive a lot of the time. I think the art has its charm but is mostly ugly. For all the hype I heard about Geno, that guy just kinda shows up with a mission and tags along doing nothing important. Hiding stuff away in invisible blocks is really lame. I hated every bit of isometric platforming and the shallow mini games you have to play. I know it's not particularly fair to say, but I found myself wanting to play any other Mario RPG that released after this.
I wouldn't say it's bad. I can imagine a world where I played this at age 15 instead of Earthbound or something and loved it like a lot people do. Didn't quite do it for me in 2023 though.