It's crazy to think we're already in the "spooky" month (i.e. October). In honor of this haunted season, I say it's time we address an elephant in the room: Luigi's Mansion 4. Everyone's always talking about the next 3D Mario and Smash Bros, but I never hear discussion around LM4 despite being of somewhat comparable popularity.
Each entry does things vastly different from the other. The OG focuses on a small handful of gameplay mechanics over a modest, 6-10hr playtime. Dark Moon gets a little more creative in its gameplay mechanics, yet manages this by enforcing a more missions-based structure. The third entry then goes overboard with new ideas, refining many of the ideas from Dark Moon, abandoning the missions-based structure though not fully returning to the structure of the OG (which felt a bit more open-ended IMO).
All that being said... What do you want from Luigi's Manions 4? Would you simply be pleased by a spooky atmosphere closer that of the OG? Are you wanting something bigger, i.e. a bit less arcade-y? Would you want a more open-ended experience, or do you prefer to have your hand held through a 10-hour linear romp?
