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thekitchensink on 23 June 2008

SPM is definitely more of a platformer. But the problem is it's not an 'excellent' platformer, and it's also far too wordy to just pick up and play.

I'm looking forward to Wario Land--rennaisance of 2D platforming on consoles FTW!



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blunty51 on 23 June 2008

I would agree they are all good but they really did have a fine line between platforming and rpg. Personally I really liked TYD and thought SPM would kinda be sucky and lose what made the series great in the first place, but it still panned out fine. IMHO, ie.



Garcian Smith on 23 June 2008

I thought SPM was the best in the series. For me, the continuum goes:

SPM > PM >>>> PM2:TTYD.

SPM nailed the "platformer with RPG elements" shindig, and the "flipping" mechanic was excellent, if a bit overused. If anything, the game's biggest flaw is that it kept the wrong RPG elements from the first two PM games - they should have done away completely with inventory items (which were clunky and unnecessary to use in the real-time) and cut down a lot on dialog, while maintaining character customization in the form of badges or something else.



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__XBrawlX__ on 23 June 2008
Garcian Smith said:
I thought SPM was the best in the series. For me, the continuum goes:

SPM < PM <<<< PM2:TTYD.

SPM nailed the "platformer with RPG elements" shindig, and the "flipping" mechanic was excellent, if a bit overused. If anything, the game's biggest flaw is that it kept the wrong RPG elements from the first two PM games - they should have done away completely with inventory items (which were clunky and unnecessary to use in the real-time) and cut down a lot on dialog, while maintaining character customization in the form of badges or something else.

 

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aiden.cronus on 23 June 2008

haha totally agree wih you
i stopped playing cuz there was so many
words--only really good rpg's can get away
with stuff like that

any word on a new one?
E3??



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pichu_pichu on 23 June 2008

Your not alone



dawve24 on 23 June 2008

I really enjoyed SPM. Although they did talk quite a bit.



  

pichu_pichu on 23 June 2008

^ yeah, that's one of the reasons I gave up on it



windbane on 23 June 2008

I thought the flipping concept was awesome and the humor was good, but the 2nd half of the game was pretty bad level design. I thought the game could have been a lot shorter.



tehsage on 23 June 2008

Am I the only one here who got really bored of TTYD and couldn't finish it?

PM > SPM > PM2:TTYD