Story mode is single-player only and you can't even choose anyone other than Mario. Hell, couch coop requires you to download the level ahead of time.
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Super Mario Maker 2 | Review Thread (UPDATE: accolades trailer, see threadmark)
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Story mode is single-player only and you can't even choose anyone other than Mario. Hell, couch coop requires you to download the level ahead of time.
Probably a "true Fire Emblem fans don't like Fire Emblem" kind of situation. André has spent an ungodly number lf hours in SMM1, and some of the regressions might just be more immediately off-putting as a result.
Looking forward to what this may eventually evolve into with coming patches and the Giant Bomb content. Having Jeff and potentially Dan race in levels made by other people will be great!
The single most defining moment of Mario Maker 1 is still Jeffs Xzibit Goomba.
The single most defining moment of Mario Maker 1 is still Jeffs Xzibit Goomba.
There's a lot of Amiibo costume levels that probably wont be ported over by players at least.
What the actual fuck?
Seems overcomplicated. I was really looking forward to play some random courses with my gf. Sigh~ Guess I'll be playing alone looking for courses to download while she keeps playing good old "Mario cars".
CDkeys had digital for £42.99 the other day I believe. Might be worth a look, I'm getting digital as I can see myself playing the shit out of this!
There's no foolproof way, but you would think they would at least prioritize the multiplayer tagged stages as you mentioned. That doesn't even seem to be the case for some reason though.
Also, don't forget Nintendo's own Digital Vouchers. Brings the game to £42.
Costume unlocks are enjoyable to earn(over 150 I think). Also, many courses are cleverly built around their use for thematic purposes, none of which will be in the sequel.
GameSpot put up a "Review in Progress" with a current score of 8, with the only "con" being that it doesn't have online multiplayer with friends at launch.
https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/super-mario-maker-2-review-in-progress-parts-and-c/1900-6417189/
https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/super-mario-maker-2-review-in-progress-parts-and-c/1900-6417189/
Feeling a lot of dissonance between
"3D World style is really cool, fun to play, and unique!" And "why can't I skin this to be the other styles?"
"3D World style is really cool, fun to play, and unique!" And "why can't I skin this to be the other styles?"
Fire Emblem games usually score good, I bet it'll be around the same.
Patrick, as usual, deserves a lot of praise for really thinking ahead. From those I've seen so far, his review is the only one that really feels particularly relevant to the way I play these games and what I want from them, and is the only one that feels like was written with the dedicated habitual play style in mind. All the questions he raises are not only valid but important and demonstrate how the game seems to be failing to solve some of the issues that dogged the first game, and that many players not as familiar with the game may not even be aware of.
For instance, Nintendo Life's review mentions that you can't edit courses you download any more, which will be a major detriment to the collaborative learning nature of the game. If you see something and wonder how they did it, you can't go in to figure it out, you're going to have to brute force experiment which will make it way harder to understand some of the most complicated contraptions. And that's a new issue that didn't exist in the first game since previously you could download a level, edit it to your liking, but couldn't ever upload it unless you were to recreate it block by block, which of course you can do even without viewing it in edit mode.
For instance, Nintendo Life's review mentions that you can't edit courses you download any more, which will be a major detriment to the collaborative learning nature of the game. If you see something and wonder how they did it, you can't go in to figure it out, you're going to have to brute force experiment which will make it way harder to understand some of the most complicated contraptions. And that's a new issue that didn't exist in the first game since previously you could download a level, edit it to your liking, but couldn't ever upload it unless you were to recreate it block by block, which of course you can do even without viewing it in edit mode.
In Mario Maker 1 it was 120 levels which sounds like it could be ok but filled up quickly if you felt a need to download and tinker with rather than simply play levels in courseworld. I don't think we know yet how many levels you can save in Mario Maker 2.
It will definitely score lower, but I think it'll sell quite a bit better than the 3DS iterations.
I think FE3H will be a top-tier Fire Emblem game, so I expect it to do 90+ in terms of reviews. As such, I expect it to be higher than SMM2.
Around the same ball park I feel.
Awakening and Fates scored pretty high
Just goes to show you that you can't put too much stock in the actual number on metacritic.
I think this will get low to mid 80s due to it not being a big advancement over SMM1, missing some key features, and having some strange design choices (such as SMW3D essentially being a separate mode). That said I think this will be a game that is better than the scores indicate, and would have been worthy of low 90s if it were the first Mario Maker game.
forgot about this. Hopefully they last long enough for me to use the second one on Animal Crossing
For long term use on ipad (assuming switch is similar), I preferred the slight 'mesh' style tips to the usual more rubberised stylii. Not sure what the Nintendo one is though.
RE The GameXplain review
The review gives a really poor impression as to the games overall quality. A (very) good game should have a (very) good review. A review which leans heavily on the negatives indicates a game lacking in quality when this is anything but.
It doesn't surprise me though as Andre loves to focus on the negatives of anything at the expense of the positives, even when the positives far outweigh the negatives as is the case with this game.
You should watch the Captain Toad Wii U review for a major example of this.
The review gives a really poor impression as to the games overall quality. A (very) good game should have a (very) good review. A review which leans heavily on the negatives indicates a game lacking in quality when this is anything but.
It doesn't surprise me though as Andre loves to focus on the negatives of anything at the expense of the positives, even when the positives far outweigh the negatives as is the case with this game.
You should watch the Captain Toad Wii U review for a major example of this.
Thanks y'all it makes sense to play the stuff that won't cone over I had not thought about that !
Wait, what? Why would they take that option away? That makes zero sense
Wait, can you actually pick your character in multiplayer now?
I saw some complaints on Reddit a few weeks ago suggesting that each character was locked to the order of players that join a couch multiplayer game, which is a massive limitation and outlandishly dumb. In other words:
Player 1 always has to be Mario
Player 2 always has to be Luigi
Player 3 always has to be Blue Toad
Player 4 always has to be Toadette.
Which is fucking insane. I assumed it was a mistake until I heard heard Gamexplain suggest it in their Q&A. I brought it up on Era but no one responded.
I hope this was either a misunderstanding or something that was fixed for the final release?
I mean FE awakening has a 92 on MC and Persona 5 is at around the same.
