prfsnl_gmr wrote:
I also would not descibe Super Mario Galaxy as a collectathon. I would describe is as the best 3D platformer, however, and I highly, highly recommend it. (Seriously...IMO, it is the best 3D platformer. No other 3D platformer, other than Super Mario Galaxy 2, compares to it.)
DISCLAIMER: I have played Super Mario 3D Land, but not Super Mario 3D World.
Having played both Super Mario 3D World and Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2, I would give the nod to the Super Mario Galaxy Series. World is a lot of fun, but the multi-player really clogs up the gameplay. My wife and I played through it together and it is so easy to lose track of your character amidst the chaos, other players making the camera move out and in all the time.
Playing by yourself, it is a great 3D platformer, but it is not perfect. There are certain aspects of control that I find frustrating like how the cat suit reacts to walls. Sometimes they lock onto it and crawl up when that was not my intention.
Ack wrote:I don't know, chief, the haunting feeling of lust I feel whenever I look at your avatar makes me think it's real.
-I am the idiot that likes to have fun and be happy.
Super Mario Galaxy was a great game, I enjoyed it quite a bit, and I would not consider it a collect-a-thon by any means. Sure, you can go all OCD and collect all the stars or whatever, but it's hardly required just to beat the game.
That said, I enjoyed Super Mario 3D Land even more than Galaxy.
BoneSnapDeez wrote:Nicely done, Soapy. I had never heard of Empire of Steel so I had to look it up. Looks like it was called Steel Empire over here in the States. And there's a GBA port too apparently. Nice......
Dude, the first thing I said was "Also know as Steel Empire".
dunpeal2064 wrote:Neither of them are a touch on DKCR though.
You seem like a nice modern gentleman, but I disagree.
DKCR looks good, sounds good, but controls badly with wonky physics and has shit tier level design. Plus the co-op is a broken mess thanks to the camera-drag-kills and whoops-grabbed-ya-dropped-ya bullshit.
Violent By Design wrote:I didn't think Galaxy was that good. Galaxy 2 was better, and I thought 3D Land was better too from what I played of it (3 or 4 worlds).
I'm pretty sure Mario 64 is better than Galaxy too.
If the Sly Cooper games count, I might put them over Galaxy 1 as well.
Mostly agree. I finished Mario Galaxy with all stars aside from a few of the Garden galaxy stars, and it was a grueling experience from start to finish. Very little of it felt even the least bit fun to me. The power-ups are mostly crap, also: Bee Mario and Spring Mario suck. Outside of presentation, I really don't see anything remarkable about Galaxy. So, yeah; The original Sly Cooper mops the floor with Galaxy, in my opinion. The only Mario game that I feel even contends with the likes of Sly Cooper is Sunshine. I haven't played Galaxy 2, or 3D World on the 3DS at all, though. (Doubtful that they would make me feel any differently.)
1. Hotline Miami (PS3)
2. Boulder Dash XL 3D (3DS)
3. Mirror's Edge (PS3)
4. Orcs & Elves (DS)
5. 3D Dot Game Heroes (PS3)
6. Justice League Heroes: The Flash (GBA)
7. Metal Gear (MSX/PS2)
8. Wario Land: Shake It! (Wii)
9. LittleBigPlanet: Game of the Year Edition (PS3)
10. Drill Dozer (GBA) 11. LittleBigPlanet 2: Special Edition (PS3)
12. South Park: The Stick of Truth (PS3)
After playing through the extensive bonus content in both Wario Land: Shake It! (Wii) and LittleBigPlanet: Game of the Year Edition - which is excellent, BTW - I moved on to LittleBigPlanet 2: Special Edition. It is, IMO, vastly superior to LittleBigPlanet. The controls are tighter; the graphics are more detailed; and the levels are more varied. Unlike the original LittleBigPlanet, I enjoyed and respected the game's mechanics as much as its art direction. It is also one of the few "family-friendly" games in my PS3 collection, and I enjoyed playing the game with my children. (As before, my daughter would hide everytime Sack Girl was in danger, and she would flinch everytime Sack Girl made a difficult jump. She was very invested in our character's fate, and it was very cute.)
Despite LittleBigPlanet 2's improvements on LittleBigPlanet, the Special Edition version of LittleBigPlanet 2 has significantly less content that the Game of the Year version of LittleBigPlanet. LittleBigPlanet: Game of the Year Edition provided me with two bonus content packs, the Metal Gear Solid pack, and approximately 20 of the best user-created levels. LittleBigPlanet 2: Special Edition, in contrast, provided me with only the Toy Story pack and the PlayStation Move pack (which I could not use because, like eveyone else in the entire world, I do not have a PlayStation Move). The bonus content in LittleBigPlanet: Game of the Year Edition took hours to complete; the bonus content in LittleBigPlanet 2: Special Edition took an hour to complete. Accordingly, if you are choosing between LittleBigPlanet 2 and LittleBigPlanet 2: Special Edition, you are are probably better off with the original version if it is substantially less expensive.
I also just polished off South Park: The Stick of Truth. I spent way longer with this game than necessary. (I finished all of the side quests and collected all 30 Chinpokomon!) Other members have written about it extensively; so, I will not do so here. I will just say that: (1) it is awesome; (2) it is easily the funniest video game I have ever played; (3) it captures the show perfectly; (4) it has some glaring technical issues that should be, but might not be, patched; (5) the combat is engaging; (6) the RPG mechanics are way, way too complex for the actual gameplay (which might be intentional given some of the other ways that the game lampoons the genre); (7) I hope that it receives an expansion; (8) I loved it; and (9) fans of the show should not miss it.
