Player2 on 27 September 2016
| RolStoppable said: Wow. What a hater. That review is basically written from the point of view that Yoshi's Island is not a Mario game despite being called Super Mario World 2. Indeed, it's less about challenging platforming than it is about collecting things (although collecting everything requires challenging platforming). If all you do is finish the levels without going out of your way, it's going to be boring. The special levels are a different story, but you won't unlock them if you don't collect stuff. Likewise, the difficulty of the boss battles isn't about surviving, it's about getting the job done without getting hit at all; there's also a boss challenge after you've beaten the game where the bosses move at twice the speed and you start with low health. |
People seem to be fine with all that in a 3D platformer like Mario Galaxy, but in a 2D Yoshi it doesn't get a free pass.
EDIT - Just wait for Yooka Laylee to get high scores from everybody despite the easy platforming, easy enemies, bosses and being more about collecting things and exploration than actual platforming.
