So, was 3D World better than Odyssey? S-P-O-I-L-E-R-S

[benji232]

I already expressed my opinion in other threads on this forum regarding this subject but yes, I do agree that odyssey falls way short of any of the previous 3D Mario games in terms of longevity and creativity ( In my opinion and as someone who has 100% the game and every other 3d Mario game).

The lack of creativity comes from the lack of innovation in terms of level design. Throughout your initial play through of the game, each kingdom will feel unique. However, when you go back to each kingdoms to go for 100% and collect every moon, you quickly realise that each kingdom are designed so similarly in terms of moons placement and challenges which makes the game an incredible grind to go for 100% compared to other 3d Mario games.

Also, the fact that probably over 50-60% or MORE of the moons in this game feel completely pointless and feel like the devs just said " Well shit, let's just put that moon there for the sake of it!" makes actual meaningful moons actually feel meaningless because you collect so many moons so easily that feel incredibly pointless. To word it better, the "pointless" moons that were put in just to boost the total count of moons in the game take away the sense of achievement of collecting the actual "challenging" moons that you will find in doors and whatnot. Also, doors to become incredibly predictable "SPOILER ALERT" as they all contain 2 moons and most of them feel just way too short.

All that told, I rank odyssey as probably the weakest 2nd weakest 3D Mario game behind 3D land on 3DS and I'd say that the galaxy games are by far the best in the series with 64 coming in 2nd and 3D world as a close 3rd.

Odyssey is a great game. Just not a great 3D Mario game in my opinion. If this was an entirely new series aside from the 3D platforming games, then I would be pleased with it. But this doesn't really meet the standards that were set by previous games in terms of innovative level designs and platforming goodness.