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Lonely_Dolphin on 15 October 2018
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JWeinCom said:
Lonely_Dolphin said:
You don't think the Star Pipe is OP? Basically a guaranteed Star if you have enough coins for it, which is pretty much all the time, and since there's a measly 4 or 5 different items it's far from rare. Also best minigame line-up? I suppose you enjoy using motion controls even when they're forced and not doing anything a non-motion control scheme couldn't, but to each their own! I do think the game is a step in the right direction, but I can't use pretty good to describe it.

The star pipe basically means you have to pay double for the star.  It also adds some strategy in deciding whether to go for a star if someone else is closer, or to go in the shops in hopes they'll have it.  It's definitely a bit too powerful, but not enough to majorly detract from the game. 

As for motion controls, I do enjoy them a lot.  There's really nothing you can do with any one control scheme that you couldn't do with another, so I'm not sure what point you're making there.  I mean, they've actually made Bayonetta playable with only touch controls and Rayman Raving Rabbids playable on a 360 controller.  Is a game forcing button controls on me if they don't have a motion control setting?

There's never any strict need for a developer to use one particular controller style.  It's just a matter of which playstyle developer think work best for a particular game.  In this game, they felt motion controls work better for a lot of games, which they do.  

20 coins used to be the price of stars anyway, and again the abundance of coins makes paying double a non-issue, not to mention when you get them for free. You may not feel it detracts and that's fine, but I think it oversimplifies the game.

It's more that it's not using the best control option for the game. I also complain when shooters don't use gyro aiming, that's the only area where motion controls are objectively better than standard.

mZuzek said:

Honestly, as much as I understand motion control complaints, I don't think applying them to this game is fair. If I'm playing Mario Party, let's be real, I wanna look stupid and do stupid stuff, it's the nature of the game. I find it a little silly to complain about that in a game where you're doing high fives with oars handled by a mole, a plumber, a monkey and a turtle monster. By that point, you should just accept everything you're doing is silly.

lol no, a game should not get a free pass just because it's silly.