(11-06-2017 05:33 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  

(11-06-2017 03:27 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(10-30-2017 06:55 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  

(10-30-2017 02:27 PM)BearcatMan Wrote:  I don't know how I feel about Mario Odyssey. On one hand, it's a very good game and very entertaining...but I can't help but think if you remove the "Mario" from the game, it wouldn't be getting to 10/10's it has been throughout the last week. As I said to a buddy, much like Zelda, it's a solid 8-8.5/10 getting a 1-2 point bump due to the name on the box and everyone's attachment to it. Don't get me wrong, both are great games, but I certainly don't think they belong anywhere near the top of the list for greatest games...hell neither comes close to my Witcher 3 test.

I'm not quite on the 10 bandwagon with the game yet. Then again, I am only 2/3 through the game so far so.... If all the kingdoms so far had been as in-depth as New Donk City I could get there....

Just got through New Donk City and outside of the little stopover level beforehand, that has been the most underwhelming of all the kingdoms IMO. I thought it was going to be the whole city from what you said, but it ended up being maybe 3 square blocks with a few doors to walk into...

Its not a full "city" in that sense IMO. But there is lots to find and do there. Also, once you beat a level, more stuff opens up in the level when you go back to it. Also, after you beat the game you get A LOT more stuff to do in each level and some really cool moon count based unlocks.

I'd say that right now...

Woodland
Toasterina
New Donk
Bowser ( for just having such a bad ass look to it)

Are my T4.

The Moon is cool in its own way and Seaside are both pretty good.

I'm in the low 400s on moons right now.

I don't know...I just feel like everything is being over sold because of the brand of the game. Don't get me wrong, I am really enjoying the game...but I just don't see a 9-10 game here.

It's entertaining, but does not allow you to play the game without motion controls, which is really stupid considering the console itself is handheld, it doesn't look particularly breathtaking...for a Mario game it looks nice, but the worlds don't match up to what Horizon or Assassins Creed LOOK like. I mean, I think Horizon has the best world/map design in gaming IMO from a diversity of landscape, look, and feel, and Mario is nowhere close to that. To best describe it, I think the fact that there hasn't been a kingdom yet that I'm unhappy about leaving or that I really want to go back to says something. I have enjoyed every one of them, but I don't find myself really ever wanting to rehash them once I'm done.

The levels have variety, but they're not too especially large, and the enemies have no variance in how they're defeated; it's always some version of throw hat at enemies and jump on head OR throw hat at other enemy that can jump on the bigger enemy's head.

There is a lot to collect, but how many of these damn moons are just "walk to point and ground pound" or just "jump here...congrats!" And don't even get me started on the fact that you can only collect about 2/3rds of them without using motion controls, which I think is a crock anyways given my previous statement about how impossible it is to do that if you're playing the console as it was designed to be played.

I just do not see a 10 here...if it were some random start up without an iconic plumber helming it, it would be an 8-8.5...that's the honest to goodness truth. I enjoy this game quite a bit, but it is in no way better looking, more in-depth, or developed better than countless other games this year. It is a clear example of icon bias, and that's perfectly fine...I just think it's funny to see people (not any of you to be clear) trash other games for the exact same things that this one is doing, but they refuse to see anything wrong at all here.