Mario vs. Donkey Kong Reviews: 77 Metacritic / 78 Opencritic

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KLXVER on 19 February 2024

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Solid game, reviews seem fair. I'm on world 5 and would give it a 7/10. Overpriced for sure, seems like a $20 or at most $30. Very short and small. Fun enough game but shows it's age a bit.

Nah, this isn't some indie trash. The puzzles are fun instead of obnoxious and the amount of content is sufficient for $50. There aren't many cutscenes here, so the ratio of actual gameplay to total gametime is very high, plus there's no filler whatsoever.

Yeah, the game is bigger than I thought initially. Still think it should be like 40 bucks, but its fine for what it is.

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Chrkeller on 19 February 2024

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Solid game, reviews seem fair. I'm on world 5 and would give it a 7/10. Overpriced for sure, seems like a $20 or at most $30. Very short and small. Fun enough game but shows it's age a bit.

Nah, this isn't some indie trash. The puzzles are fun instead of obnoxious and the amount of content is sufficient for $50. There aren't many cutscenes here, so the ratio of actual gameplay to total gametime is very high, plus there's no filler whatsoever.

Maybe. I feel $40 is a bit high for a game that can be beaten in a handful of hours with effectively no replay value.

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Nah, this isn't some indie trash. The puzzles are fun instead of obnoxious and the amount of content is sufficient for $50. There aren't many cutscenes here, so the ratio of actual gameplay to total gametime is very high, plus there's no filler whatsoever.

Maybe. I feel $40 is a bit high for a game that can be beaten in a handful of hours with effectively no replay value.

If you think that this game can be completed in five hours or less, then you have no idea how much there is left.

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Maybe. I feel $40 is a bit high for a game that can be beaten in a handful of hours with effectively no replay value.

If you think that this game can be completed in five hours or less, then you have no idea how much there is left.

You sure? Because I'm on world 5 of 8. And according to How Long to Beat, I should be expecting 5 to 7 hours. My experience so far, being half way done, aligns.

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If you think that this game can be completed in five hours or less, then you have no idea how much there is left.

You sure? Because I'm on world 5 of 8. And according to How Long to Beat, I should be expecting 5 to 7 hours. My experience so far, being half way done, aligns.

There are ten worlds, then there are the plus-worlds and 16 pro levels for a total of at least 130 unique levels. World 5 is level 33 to 40.

There's no good reason why you should stop after only world 10. Now whether or not you want to go for gold stars (finish the levels with all three gifts) or gold medals (win in time attack) is a bit of a different question, but skipping the plus-worlds makes no sense.

The faster How Long to Beat times in each category are almost certainly done by someone who had already played the original game, because the levels get a bit longer and more difficult towards world 10.

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You sure? Because I'm on world 5 of 8. And according to How Long to Beat, I should be expecting 5 to 7 hours. My experience so far, being half way done, aligns.

There are ten worlds, then there are the plus-worlds and 16 pro levels for a total of at least 130 unique levels. World 5 is level 33 to 40.

There's no good reason why you should stop after only world 10. Now whether or not you want to go for gold stars (finish the levels with all three gifts) or gold medals (win in time attack) is a bit of a different question, but skipping the plus-worlds makes no sense.

The faster How Long to Beat times in each category are almost certainly done by someone who had already played the original game, because the levels get a bit longer and more difficult towards world 10.

8 worlds

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Chrkeller on 19 February 2024

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You sure? Because I'm on world 5 of 8. And according to How Long to Beat, I should be expecting 5 to 7 hours. My experience so far, being half way done, aligns.

There are ten worlds, then there are the plus-worlds and 16 pro levels for a total of at least 130 unique levels. World 5 is level 33 to 40.

There's no good reason why you should stop after only world 10. Now whether or not you want to go for gold stars (finish the levels with all three gifts) or gold medals (win in time attack) is a bit of a different question, but skipping the plus-worlds makes no sense.

The faster How Long to Beat times in each category are almost certainly done by someone who had already played the original game, because the levels get a bit longer and more difficult towards world 10.

Fair enough. Sounds bigger than the originally seems. Right now it seems to be small. For some reason I thought it was 8 worlds. Glad to hear that isn't true.