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Super Mario Odyssey Review Thread
- Thread starter FernandoRocker
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Mario Odyssey is really tempting me to buy a Switch, though its relatively high price and me not wanting to spend money irresponsably kind of counteracts that temptation. Fortunately, I live in Japan, and unless I'm actively searching for it the thing is impossible to buy, so thanks Nintendo, I guess.
Wow, those glowing reviews.
Best Zelda, and now best Mario? I'm feeling giddy for the Switch's future. I can't wait to dive into this game, fully nude with nothing but a mustache and red cap.
Best Zelda, and now best Mario? I'm feeling giddy for the Switch's future. I can't wait to dive into this game, fully nude with nothing but a mustache and red cap.
For those RPG fans hesitating to buy a Switch: Aside from Mario, there's still the excellent Zelda and, soon enough, Xenoblade as well. The Switch library is already quite good, especially for its first year on the market!
I reached Mexico this morning before going to work. It looked magnificent with the Marseille gaming cable, except for the 2D areas, which lose the pixel art style: the cable obviously applies AA there too!
There is also Octopath Traveler with its stellar demo ;)
It is a Switch exclusivity coming in 2018 and it looks so promising !
Forgot about that. Yeah, the game looks really nice. And the music is godlike.
My wife is probably getting me a Switch for the holidays. The question really is which one would you play first between Mario and Zelda? They are both pretty big games.
Which one of the greatest games of all time I should be playing first?
That's a good problem to have
It really depends on what you want to play the most:
Play Mario if...
- you want to experience the pinnacle of platforming gameplay
- you like to collect a lot of things in open areas
- you want to explore many different levels with unique enemies, gameplay, and visuals
Play Zelda if...
- you want to get totally absorbed in a huge and atmospheric world
- you like games that induce wanderlust and encourage freedom of exploration
- you want a feeling of sense of progression
...hmmm. I don't know guys...reviews seem all over the place. Might have to wait and see on this one....
30 years later.. Mario and Zelda are still the crown jewels of gaming.
These scores are ridciulous.
These scores are ridciulous.
I heard it was Damiani yes, but they only got their copy last night so, despite Damiani's speedrunning skills, it may be a while before we get the review.
Damn that sounds amazing to me. Wishing I had a Switch right now.
And Skyrim if you missed it (like I did) plus Project Octopath which looks like pure old school FF
Lol people are lame
Its fake but being spread about as *real*.
Its fake but being spread about as *real*.
It's weird considering that Jimquisition doesn't do review anymore. That should have been a dead giveaway.
Also it's a very bad "immitation", considering it looks like it was written by a 12 year old console wars kid.
I really don't get how people can be so worked up over scores too much. It's just a number. Many 10/10 games have shortcomings that can mean different things for different people.
Eurogamer showed how effective the Recommended and Avoid system can be, which helps ease the pressure of them giving big games high scores.
As for the game itself, the first thing I did just minites after booting up the game is test all of Mario's abilites and movements. I feel like this game will be a speedrunner's dream. Still a bit bummed about how Daisy's completely MIA...
Eurogamer showed how effective the Recommended and Avoid system can be, which helps ease the pressure of them giving big games high scores.
As for the game itself, the first thing I did just minites after booting up the game is test all of Mario's abilites and movements. I feel like this game will be a speedrunner's dream. Still a bit bummed about how Daisy's completely MIA...
I think he does reviews on his blog, I remember his review on BOTW showed up on Metacritic.
Or did he stop doing reviews sometime after that? I don't know, don't follow him
He stopped doing them recently as he doesn't consider them a good use of his resources. He rather wants to do more video stuff.
That reads literally nothing like something he'd write. You'd think they'd at least do some research.
Oh ok, thanks! Makes sense, he reaches more people through his videos anyway
He kind-of does do reviews, but he doesn't give a score and hasn't reviewed the game yet.
Yeah, at this point you're coming off like a crazy person and being incredibly rude just because I disagree with your opinion on the controls in a Super Mario game. I already stated that I think the controls better in Odyssey than in 64. I'm sorry you don't have your dive move. I don't personally care about it. He is more fun to control in Odyssey.
I won't be arguing with you any further. Learn how to argue without being childish and rude in the future.
What a weird situation with Jim not even reviewing the game...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5EzAh7ZkZI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5EzAh7ZkZI
apologies if i missed it, but you know there is a dive in odyssey, right? it doesn't function exactly the same as 64/sunshine in that you don't slide on the ground, but you now dive into a roll, which is a lot faster and imo a better evolution of the move. it also provides a higher bounce on cappy
So like most gaming posts then? :P
In all seriousness, even if it was a real review, no one be getting worked up about it. It doesn't bring down your enjoyment of the game so I personally never understood why people get so bent out of shape about them. Then again, some get upset over games they don't really like getting good scores so...
I could see it being a long term bundled game for sure. Look how long 3D World was in Wii U bundles either by itself or with Nintendoland.
(sen't you a PM to make sure you see this, as i don't want us to end like that)
I'll do my best at explaining what went down. I will need to recap a bit. But i promise that i'm doing my best for us to be on the same page.
The conversation starterd because, when some of us mentioned 64's controls, you expresed the sentiment that mario felt better to control in the more modern games compared to 64, which was released in 1996.
Various users (myslef inluded) explained that with "controls" we weren't simply refering to how it "felt" to move mario, but also included his moveset (his different movement options) in that description.
Then, i explained on multiple ocassions that, because odyssey went back to 64's open level design, it could have brought back 64's dive.
You insisted in repeating that odyssey felt better to control than 64 (why would a game released in 2017 not feel better to control than one released in 1996?).
You were missing the point. The fact that odyssey feels better to control, doesn't mean that there wasn't an argument to be made for 64's dive to come back (as the result of the open level design coming back).
It was as if you thought that the dive and how mario felt to control, weren't two separate things. The dive was just a move. You can update how it feels to control mario (which nintendo has been doing over the years), but still have the dive.
I was simply trying you to acknoledge, that there was an argument to be made for 64's dive to make a return in odyssey. I wasn't trying to convince you of anything.
I, understandably, ended up being pissed, because, in spite of all my efforts, you didn't seem to want to understand what i was saying, as you seemed to only be reading the replys i made directly to you.
And i didn't care that we disagreed on the controls in a Super Mario game. That was never the point, the point was that, even thought mario feels better to control in odyssey, there was merit to the idea of bringing back 64's dive, as it seemed appropiate for the level desing.
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It's insane right? Nintendo slayed this year.