TT454
Since: May, 2014
02/28/2015 00:00:00
Is this a review of the Wii version? If so, I agree. I recently started playing it and was very disappointed. Not the worst game ever, but very boring and just not worth the time. And the 3-D switching isn't very impressive, yet the game seems to think it is. I got sick of it and quickly changed over to Batman: Arkham City. Now that's a great game!
astrokitty
Since: May, 2014
04/08/2015 00:00:00
Well, at least the game isn't Sticker Star...
Somebody once told me the world was macaroni, I took a bite out of a tree
GarnetRebeller96
Since: Nov, 2015
01/24/2016 00:00:00
How could the story get in the way of Gameplay, it's an RPG. Story always have more emphasis.
And how is it in anyway pretentious? Sounds like a word to just dismiss it of it's quality.
And while the game might have backtracking it still nowhere near as bad as the previous.
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The Definition of Average
If you need any real definition of a really, truly average game, Super Paper Mario is your best bet. Good Points? Yep. Bad Points. Oh yes.
People gush about it's story, and for Mario standards it's actually pretty good. The world is built up, and there are plenty of memorable characters. In fact, I would probably say the story is the reason why this game is still even worth talking about. The only bad thing I can say about the story is that it really gets in the way of the gameplay. The gameplay is stale enough, but it's constantly interrupted with dialogue. The story and gameplay don't mesh together properly. When you're not playing, you're reading. It's a major pacebreaker and just makes the game worse.
Super Paper Mario is not a bad game, but at it's design core it represents everything I don't like about video games. Lavish presentation and bells and whistles covering up for shallow gameplay mediocrity and padded out with lots of filler. The level design isn't very clever or smart (hey, let's rip verbatim from levels 1-1, 1-2 and 2-1 in Mario 1 because nostalgia). Whatever puzzles the game has are either too simple and are there just to get in the way, or so convoluted (block puzzle in 5-1, Rubee chapter 2-3) that you'll spend a long time on it, so they come off as artificial padding and filler. You'll spend a lot of time with Super Paper Mario, not because the game is actually good or addicting, it's stuffed to the brim with pointless filler. Not only that, the backtracking and fetch quests from Thousand Year Door are back with a vengeance, especially in Chapter 5.
Overall, because of its obtuse design and pretentious overemphasis on it's story, Super Paper Mario instead of being a good game, is just average and not very fun. The game is worth a look for it's silly meta-humor and fun characters. Just don't expect a classic game.