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Super Mario 3D World | Review Thread
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ShockingAlberto
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No, a mainline 3D Mario game by a proven developers is usually welcomed favorably by many from the very beginning.
Camera angle/art design must have played a bad trick somehow ...
Kacho
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Those reviews are craaaaazy good. So much praise. So delicious. Despite getting an Xbox One on Friday, I'll be grabbing this as well. It seems too good to put on the back burner.
Anyway, this thread is all over the place. Spieler continues to be a supreme negative nancy and it's good to see people call him out on his bullshit. Maybe he'll learn he can enjoy things without feeling pain. Also, this is literally the most perfect gif that will no doubt get a ton of use around here.
One last thing:
What in the actual fuck is this?
Anyway, this thread is all over the place. Spieler continues to be a supreme negative nancy and it's good to see people call him out on his bullshit. Maybe he'll learn he can enjoy things without feeling pain. Also, this is literally the most perfect gif that will no doubt get a ton of use around here.
One last thing:
What in the actual fuck is this?
It's likely people that don't have a Wii U and don't want one, but want good games.
I'll admit it, the fact that this game got good reviews irks me slightly because I'm missing out on it. But I'm not pissed or upset, just like, "aww man"
I thought the writer of the SM3DW review was considerate in not spelling out things that seem to be from later in the game.
Also, rex seems unable to appreciate that a lot of the things we have seen in recent trailers have been simple sight gags (like the bomb dude being made cylindrical, or goombas in water with float-rings). A lot of the fun in Mario games is the silly sense of humour.
For curiosity sake, exactly how has the New Super Mario Bros. series been able to move that branch of the Mario series forward? (Outside from the challenge mode in NSMBU & the co-operative mode in NSMBWii?)
gamergirly
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Why does Mario Sunshine never come up in Mario threads then? Even right now, it seems like the only 3D Mario platformers being discussed are Mario 64 and Galaxy
We'll never know since no other developer is even in the same creative plane as EAD.
what does this even mean?
gamergirly
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If all of the nostalgia was taken out of the game, you'd be playing something like Super Mario Knack. It wouldn't be Mario as we know it. The whole point of talking about Mario is that WE identify what a Mario game actually consists of....
Interceptor
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Same as they are right now. The two best games of the last generation and the best game of the current gen so far. And yet there are some people to call mario games shallow...
Mario is still the king.
Did you just go.. aside from two major new features.. how did it change the formula?
have you ever played a Mario game?
because nostalgia has nothing to do with them. They just happen to be some of the best games ever made, regardless of the main character and setting
Super Mario Bros. on NES was pretty well reviewed I guess.
Did you just go.. aside from two major new features.. how did it change the formula?
A lot of people see the multiplayer as a pointless addition .
"The antagonist is some turtle named Bowser 4/10"
I have played almost all Mario games and find them to be pretty good.
NSMB is a problem though
I wasn't planning to play it right now, because I still have to finish Galaxy and Galaxy 2.
But these reviews...oh God...why are you so amazing, EAD?
I already have a big backlog to complete. I don't want to buy more games, but Nintendo is forcing me to do so
Zelda and Mario in the same day...my wallet cries
But these reviews...oh God...why are you so amazing, EAD?
I already have a big backlog to complete. I don't want to buy more games, but Nintendo is forcing me to do so
Zelda and Mario in the same day...my wallet cries
Yep, this is the final stretch now. Luckily I have work to do this week so it shouldn't be too agonising a wait
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Man, why do so any people hate the nsmb games so much? They are loads of fun.
Hobbestetrician
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These reviews are getting me so hard...er, hyped.
Interceptor
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Some relaxed music to enjoy this thread even more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0aIHWhkd40&list=SPz5gUls4mkX_A1TnwyJKqRY2yQVKfMmYF
Pointless or not (and I adore it with friends.. future enemies), it is still a major shake-up to the franchise.
Challenge mode less so.
Nostalgia from the Donkey Kong arcade game, duh.
JetBlackPanda
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Holy Order Sol
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There is no valid reason to take out nostalgia though.
good, so you know that nostalgia isn't really a factor when judging those games
affection and familiarity maybe? Well of course. Mario is cute, Luigi is cute and Toad is cute. We know them, we been playing them for 25 years
Kacho
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I like them too, but they're definitely a bit stale and tired at this point. At least in my eyes.
"The clouds and shrubs are the same object, lazy design. Also, why are there coins in bricks?"
I wonder if there is any difference between the people who like/hate the NSMB games and when they started playing. If they grew up on 2D Mario, maybe some people are happy to not have to wait 15 years between entries. If they grew up in the PSX era, maybe there is an inbuilt reluctance towards 2D games in general?
If it is what it usually is, it's a desperate and misguided attempt to discredit the continuing tradition of incredibly high quality Mario games.
It gets squirted out a lot and it's always stupid.
I'm...pretty sure this is the same game as seen in the reveal.
So basically, Good Game Design: The Game.
Holy Order Sol
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You probably love the idea that whoever disagrees is blinded by nostalgia while you have that discerning eye and refined taste and shit.
I guess we're getting nowhere then.
I've been unimpressed by what I've seen from the game. Reviews are starting to gush over the fresh new ideas in it. I picked one review, and made it clear that it was the only review I read. The examples of creativity it pointed to I thought were either different, but not necessarily worse, than Galaxy, or they were just outright strange examples.
It reminds me of the IGN video posted last week. They said beat blocks (introduced in Galaxy of course), and two other seemingly nondescript levels were evidence of the game's never ending ingenuity.
I think there's a big gap between how creative some sites say the game is, and the examples those sites are using to back up that statement, especially when you compare how easily one of those same sites was able to point to examples of genuinely creative level design in Galaxy 2.
Here's the IGN review:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/11/19/super-mario-3d-world-review
The examples they used are a little more comprehensible than Eurogamer, but still pretty underwhelming.
That is the laziest way to discredit anything ever tho.
"oh people like these things? Must be dat nostalgia".
Sure that familiarity is a part of what keep people coming back and being hype for the next but.....maybe just maybe they also keep coming back and being hype because...oh I don't know, the games are great and they enjoy them?
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Psh, people only like[TEAM NAME] because they liked them when they were younger! when are the NFL going to create some new teams?
People without friends?
Kacho
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It's an incredibly lazy way to dismiss someones feelings about something.
Mario games would review just as well without nostalgia. If you want proof, look at how well Mario games go over with kids who have no nostalgia in the first place. No matter where they start in the series, they stick with it, and stick with gaming, in general. Mario games have enduring appeal not because of associated sentiment but because they're fundamentally FUN at a core mechanical level. The simple action of running and jumping just feels right, and the expertly crafted levels have deft pacing and variety to flex those mechanics with increasing layers of complexity. EAD's take on the franchise is particularly inspired, full of playful inventiveness that is nothing to take for granted in an industry full of "me too" titles.
Then you need to wait and see for yourself then because right now you a trying to hard.
Reviews say it's creative
You: But how creative are they really?
Reviews: Examples
You: well this one review of Galaxy from a different guy used these examples....obviously this means this game isn't creative at all.
At this point, you just need to play for yourself because nothing said will change your preconceptions.
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