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Farmageddon on 04 June 2010
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DirtyP2002 said:

I stopped playing Mario for the same reasons she mentioned.

I think since Mario 64, which was a great game, the Mario-platformers (except NSMB Wii) were more or less the same.

Mario 64,
Mario Sunshine,
Mario Galaxy,
Mario Galaxy 2

all high quality games, but I think if oyu have played one, there is little reason to play the next.

Somebody mentioned Uncharted, Killzone, Halo or Gears series were always the same as well and I have to disagree. First these series push the technical possibilities for their consoles and I am happy that they do that.
Second they have a different story. Every game tells you a story and for Halo, it is really epic. There are 5 Halo-novels out there and all tell you a great story. I haven't played a Mario since Mario64 (expcet for some gaming sessions with friends), but is he still trying to rescue the princess?

The story, atmosphere and Multiplayer is very important to me and Mario can't deliver one of those three categories.

 

I am not hating on Mario, if you are into this kiddy (sorry) kind of game and you want to be entertained for some hours I say go for it, pick it up and have fun. It is just not my type of game anymore. Really no flaming here.

So, you haven't played Mario since 64 and yet you say the others are the same?

I don't know, but I think, when talking about gameplay, that most people would disagree. Sure, the basic formula is the same, but there are some pretty big differences between them. Also, of course the story doesn't change. You're missing the point here. Mario is not about the story, never was. If you go into it expecting a new, amazing story, you're the one to blame, the thing's just there to connect things. It's actually a PRO, in this case, that there's so little story, the game just has another focus.

And that focus is gameplay, and that has had steady changes, much more than most franchises out there. The cosmetical difference is not as big as in those other tittles, but the actual, fundamental differences in the mechanics are actually bigger, sometimes much bigger.

So yeah, sure you may not feel the same and you may have different priorities on what they want in games, but criticising the game itself for that is the same as saying a racer is a bad game when you simply don't like racers: it's not like it's the developers' fault, it's not like they did anything wrong or should have made things different. They didn't miss the point, you did.