Raging Justice, it sounds like you were having a lot of fun with this game but became burnt out. Perhaps take a break and come back to it.
I beat only a couple of the special stages so far. Yes, they can be very frustrating. I have to be in the mood for them, so I'm taking a break from it right now.
When I think back to how I use to play video games as a kid, a game like this I would be playing for weeks or months before I beat it. Perhaps years before I completed 100% of it. Now these days, I'll beat a game like this in a week and 100% it in under a month. It's easy to get burnt out when playing like this. And I find that it doesn't leave a lasting positive impression as much as a game did back in the day when I played it over several months or years.
I wouldn't even attempt to compare Wonder to World. But as far as getting pissed off at a game... When I was younger, I would often get frustrated with games. Super Mario World probably made me extremely mad many times. I just can't specifically remember how, but I know that it did. When I play a game like this as an adult, I get annoyed if I don't beat a a level on my first go. Or 100% a level on the first go. But when I played Super Mario World for the first time, I had to play most levels DOZENS of times before I could beat them. It's funny how as a kid you're more willing to fall off the bike. Adults aren't as willing to keep trying after failing at something. The special world stages in Super Mario World, I had to play them many, many times before I could beat them. I probably rage quite many times, but I kept coming back to it anyway.
opa wrote:I've made it to world 2 (cloud land) and I'm not really feeling it. Do the later stages get better?
I feel like if you don't like it by now, you never will. You do get more caps that will give you different abilities. And you definitely haven't seen all that the game has to offer. But as far as the core gameplay, you've already experienced it.