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New previews of Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
- Thread starter LordKano
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From reports and impressions I really can't see this game reviewing badly. Maybe a few nitpicks here and there but I suspect we're easily looking at an 8+/10 game.
DigitalScrap
Member
Generally it seems like it is around noon EST the day of release.
I love that picture of the POW in water oh God
Not sure how Switch handles it but on 3DS and Wii U first party games were always at midnight and sometimes third party games weren't until 12pm EST the day of release.
If this is a Ubisoft published game, it might not be up at midnight.
The à¹ÛBronx
Member
I'm actually waiting for confirmation on game length rather than score.
Review scores are not something reliable now since they will just score it 8/10 across the board praising the game with a few dumb flaws.
I heard about the challenge stuff, the difficulty of combat and exploration. Now what's left is game length. Just wondering if this is a game that I can put 50 hours in.
Since my other option will be Yakuza Kiwami, which I already knew how great and content packed it is at half the price.
50 hours? That seems excessive for a game like this. Probably closer to 30 or so if you want to master it
When does the review embargo lift? Running out of time to preorder on Amazon.
The look of shame on it's face.
The look of shame on it's face.
This. I'm expecting s 15 hour story mode and another 15 or so hours to 100% the game.
The strategy element of the game is legit. Regular difficulty ramps up nicely towards the end of world one and from then on you can't just carelessly attack and still get gold trophies. Had a few courses where I've lost a couple of characters and had to restart.
I'm mid way through world 2 and there's a good mix of enemy types and really enjoying how different I've been able to make my team. Peach rabbid focus on healing, Mario manoeuvrability, Luigi buffing/sniping, and Luigi rabbid debuff/vampire dps.
I'm mid way through world 2 and there's a good mix of enemy types and really enjoying how different I've been able to make my team. Peach rabbid focus on healing, Mario manoeuvrability, Luigi buffing/sniping, and Luigi rabbid debuff/vampire dps.
50 as in 100% including co-op and challenge.
30 hours is pretty* short for a strategy game, I mean to perfect it.
TheExecutive
Member
I have found that the length of a game is irrelevant if I don't enjoy it. It's one of the reasons I don't finish many games. The games are too long and the systems the games are built around can't support it so they get boring to me.
I will say however that I can afford any game I want whenever I want it so that definitely plays into the mindset above. When I was a kid I played the hell out of whatever game I had so length did matter.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Maybe I missed something , but it appears you can't use peach and Luigi at the same time ?
Hero-of-Time
Member
Yeah, I'm assuming it's because they want you to use at least one Rabbid, rather than having a full Mario team.
The à¹ÛBronx
Member
People that have it, how would you rate the difficulty/challenge behind it so far relative to other Mario titles?
Your team must have Mario and one Rabbid. I understand why they would limit it like that, but it's a bit of a shame that you can't fully customise your squad.
Hero-of-Time
Member
The ๖ۜBronx;247098256 said:
It's hard to compare because the games are completely different genres.
The platform Mario games are made in a way that are fun, easy ( okay, maybe not the NES ones ) and so that anyone can finish them. It's not until you start doing the post game stages where the difficulty cranks up a notch.
With this game it does a good job of easing you in but the difficulty quickly starts to ramp up early on. The main game will offer a decent challenge to most players and that's without even attempting to finish the challenges or trying to get a perfect ranking.
The ๖ۜBronx;247098256 said:
As long as you don't mind passing with just a good rating instead of getting perfect all the time, then the game hasn't been THAT difficult so far (two worlds in), that's not to say it's a piece of cake, but I think anyone with some gaming skill, which I'm sure we all have, shouldn't find themselves in too much trouble. You still have to think about what you're doing though, you can't be clumsy. The game does an excellent job of easing you into new systems and enemy types so it never seems too overwhelming or complicated.
If you want to make the game more difficult for yourself, then you can replay each battle to try get a perfect rating, and each world has challenge missions once you've completed that world, I imagine they'll be difficult later on.
I haven't started world 3 yet so for all I know the difficulty could really ramp up yet.
JustSomeone
Member
How are people already playing the game?
i thought it will be released only in 2 days
i thought it will be released only in 2 days
My copy was dispatched from Amazon on Friday and it arrived on Saturday morning.
Just to be clear (and answer an earlier point) I am not an Amazon Prime customer
Ubisoft Store. Dispatched Friday from 100km away from me ,)
JustAnotherOtaku
Member
In terms of length, I've played for around 5 hours and am halfway through world 2, with there apparently being
in total. At this point it's looking like a 15 hour game, not taking into consideration retrying battles, finding collectibles, replaying stages etc.
4 worlds
Europe stores shipped early. I know stores in LA that break street date got it on Wednesday. I would have gone to get it but I am saving this game for my trip to Spain in a few weeks.
everytime I thought I'd finished it I would think to myself, well that wasn't so bad, but then the sod would repsawn again!
It's a bank holiday in the UK tomorrow so most online places shipped it on Friday so it would still arrive for release day. This meant most UK people got it yesterday, however. Happened for all Tuesday releases like Everybody's Golf and Yakuza too.
Still go MK8D by a margin, but this game looks very nice.
MK8 still the most beautiful
Hero-of-Time
Member
Wow. The 3rd boss fight....absolutely brilliant!
Methinks I'll head back to the second world and doing a bit of mopping of the chests and challenges, before moving on to the 4th world.
Its the Phantom from the trailer they released earlier this month. The opera in the trailer is only the second verse. They kept the far better first verse a secret and it's brilliant.
Methinks I'll head back to the second world and doing a bit of mopping of the chests and challenges, before moving on to the 4th world.
What was the midboss of World 3?
Hero-of-Time
Member
It was a boss in a coffin who shields himself with the top of the coffin and carries Rabbid Yoshi around with him.
Personally I'd say it is. Even better than what we've seen of odyssey so far.
I just love how everything pops.
This is not fair I want to keep playing, why do I have to have plans all day with the family 😭
Snowdrop x Mario is the real showstopper here.
Just got Amazon to overnight the game to me, I thought all pre-ordered games were supposed to be delivered on delivery day? My order said it would be shipped on release day and be to my house on the 31st. Not good enough, I complained and now will at least get it on the 30th.
CharminUltra
Member
I ended up cancelling my Amazon pre-order b/c of that. I'll just pick it up at a local store on the day of. It's looking like the game will be worth the full price.
Every game has its street date broken somewhere.
I don't actually remember the last time I had to wait for the actual release day, unless it's digital, lol
Also Rabbid Mario is a monster
Cymbal Head
Banned
So do you ever get the ability to bring more than 3 characters into a battle? Seems pretty limiting.
It's not that important since you can swap anytime except in actual battle. It's even a good idea if one of your character hp is extra low
I'm more annoyed by the fact that I can't remove Mario, ever.
That sucks, I'll try playing co-op and just have him watch me play the single player stuff.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Done world 2 100%, was a complete breeze.
My party setup:
Mario/Luigi with bounce weapons.
Rabbit peach with push weapon.
Mario has a M-power focused build, Luigi has a Steely Stare build and R.Peach a Mega Heal build.
The combo
M-Power -> Steely stare -> Use weapons to proc steely stare,
is a tad strong.....
My party setup:
Mario/Luigi with bounce weapons.
Rabbit peach with push weapon.
Mario has a M-power focused build, Luigi has a Steely Stare build and R.Peach a Mega Heal build.
The combo
M-Power -> Steely stare -> Use weapons to proc steely stare,
is a tad strong.....
Hero-of-Time
Member
Haha! That's my exact set up, as well.
I'm not too keen on the honey/sticky weapons. With the push and bounce powers there's always a chance of enemies falling off the edge for extra damage.