This review contains spoilers
This is the best Mario game so far, in general. Jumping around and collecting random shit has never felt any better than this.
This game succeeds in everything it sets up to do.
- No janky controls or poorly thought level design like in 64.
- Better collectable system and feeling of movement than in Sunshine.
- WAY better flow of gameplay and sense of freedom than ANY of the Galaxy games.
- Absolutely 0 of the blandness and restrtictions from the "3D" games and the 2D platformers.
- You can play as Bowser in this one.
I just don't know why it took them this long to make a game like this after Sunshine had laid the foundation. This game actually lets you roam free with barely any restrictions or hand holding and allows you to beat it however you want.
The moons are a very welcome evolution from the stars and the shine sprites, especially considering how awfully long it was to just get a single star in the Galaxy games. Here, there are moons fucking everywhere, some of them you can just walk to and simply grab them.
Some people complain about this, saying moons are meaningless then...Those people are weak. I do not care if certain moons are easy to get, I will get every single one of these bastards no matter what, so to me, it really does not matter.
And sure, more moons means more work...But to me, part of the fun in this game, is to try and beat it as fast as possible while still trying to collect as much as you can. And this is because the game actually incentivizes me to think this way.
I can see why people like to speedrun Mario 64 or Sunshine. I would not think in a million years to speedrun any of the Galaxy games...But this? Mario's moveset in this game is so varied, so fun and dynamic, it allows you to do so much crazy shit that it if you are just playing the game like it is 3D World...You are playing this shit wrong.
You gotta jump and spin and throw that shit and dive into the mud and get your hands dirty and then do a sideflip and groundpound into a jump, into a cappy throw, into a cap jump into a wall jump to an upper throw to a last minute capture so you can...fucking....
I LOVE THIS GAME! I HAVEN'T EVEN MENTIONED THAT RESCUING PEACH ACTUALLY FEELS EXCITING IN THIS ONE! THEY ARE GONNA GET MARRIED?! ON THE MOON?!!! WHAT THE FUCK?!!!!
I don't know, I don't even know anymore. I don't know what this review turned into. I pretty much love EVERYTHING about this game...There is too much for me to say and I don't want to write an entire book about it here.
880/5. Pauline shows up and she is the best part of the game..............................................................................................After capturing Bowser- YOU RESCUE PEACH AS BOWSER DUDE!!!
This game succeeds in everything it sets up to do.
- No janky controls or poorly thought level design like in 64.
- Better collectable system and feeling of movement than in Sunshine.
- WAY better flow of gameplay and sense of freedom than ANY of the Galaxy games.
- Absolutely 0 of the blandness and restrtictions from the "3D" games and the 2D platformers.
- You can play as Bowser in this one.
I just don't know why it took them this long to make a game like this after Sunshine had laid the foundation. This game actually lets you roam free with barely any restrictions or hand holding and allows you to beat it however you want.
The moons are a very welcome evolution from the stars and the shine sprites, especially considering how awfully long it was to just get a single star in the Galaxy games. Here, there are moons fucking everywhere, some of them you can just walk to and simply grab them.
Some people complain about this, saying moons are meaningless then...Those people are weak. I do not care if certain moons are easy to get, I will get every single one of these bastards no matter what, so to me, it really does not matter.
And sure, more moons means more work...But to me, part of the fun in this game, is to try and beat it as fast as possible while still trying to collect as much as you can. And this is because the game actually incentivizes me to think this way.
I can see why people like to speedrun Mario 64 or Sunshine. I would not think in a million years to speedrun any of the Galaxy games...But this? Mario's moveset in this game is so varied, so fun and dynamic, it allows you to do so much crazy shit that it if you are just playing the game like it is 3D World...You are playing this shit wrong.
You gotta jump and spin and throw that shit and dive into the mud and get your hands dirty and then do a sideflip and groundpound into a jump, into a cappy throw, into a cap jump into a wall jump to an upper throw to a last minute capture so you can...fucking....
I LOVE THIS GAME! I HAVEN'T EVEN MENTIONED THAT RESCUING PEACH ACTUALLY FEELS EXCITING IN THIS ONE! THEY ARE GONNA GET MARRIED?! ON THE MOON?!!! WHAT THE FUCK?!!!!
I don't know, I don't even know anymore. I don't know what this review turned into. I pretty much love EVERYTHING about this game...There is too much for me to say and I don't want to write an entire book about it here.
880/5. Pauline shows up and she is the best part of the game..............................................................................................After capturing Bowser- YOU RESCUE PEACH AS BOWSER DUDE!!!