| l33t_haxx0r said: Thanks for welcome :D that's two for mario, how enjoyable are mario games for someone who has never played one? For me demon / dark souls / blood borne are the perfect games, so going from a dark evil world to cute and cuddly makes me think its going to be a hard transaction haha. |
It depends. Why do you like Dark Souls? If it's because it's dark and gloomy, then maybe this game isn't for you. If it's because it has good mechanics, then the transition to SM3DW shouldn't last long. Collect all three stars in each level (they aren't collectables, they're a difficulty setting), and you should see why people love Mario games.
As someone who loves Souls games, they really can't touch SM3DW when it comes to being "perfect games," but it is more "Tetris" perfect than "ALttP" perfect. It's perfect because it literally has no objective flaws. It's mechanically perfect. The fact that it has fantastic presentation is why it's held above games like Tetris, transitioning from technically perfect to borderline masterpiece, with the only caveats being subjective.
The thing that may bore you is that Mario games are objective based platformers; you play to beat a level and that's it. You play Mario because it's a fun challenge, not because you have to save a princess. You play Mario for the same reason people play Sudoku, to complete a fun little challenge and move on. If that kind of play isn't satisfying or meaningful to you, nothing can get you to enjoy SM3DW, no matter how good its presentation is. Playing Mario is like solving a rubix cube animated by Walt Disney and orchestrated by John Williams. As great as it looks, and as great as it sounds, none of that matters if you don't like solving rubix cubes.
