Martinski43
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Who do you think will be the media GOTY darling this year? Has to be between Mario and Zelda but which one of the two?
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Super Mario Odyssey - Review Thread
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dripdripsplash
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Time to get a swiiiitch
Yeah, it looks like Nintendo has been releasing previous switch games for all of the US (regional release) at East Coast's midnight.
Its available to me an hour before midnight if I go digital, but I get off from work at 22:30, have lunch with my fiance until 23:30 (she works until 02:30) and by the time I get home and have it downloaded it'll be the same as going to a retail store midnight release, minus the fun fanfare. Maybe I'll go to Best Buy and score a poster.
Friend of Sonic
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Hot damn so if it's midnight EST I can fire this bitch up at 9? Fuck yeah west coast let's go
Astral Dog
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I think Mario deserves it successful return to the 64 formula
Gamer @ Heart
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Honestly, it will be pretty tied I think.
Mario will be fresher on people's mind, but Zelda legit shook everyone with it's brilliance.
Goty usually comes down to the best game the most people played, not necessarily the "best" one and in that regard I think Mario and Zelda will be tied.
KingJ2002
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What I've seen so far the level design is way better and different. Sunshine levels aren't mario like and boring. Also the endboss is the worst one from all mario games. It's hard to believe it's madw by ead themselves.
I can say i like the gameplay, but thats all.
Greatest Ever
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Lol uh huh buddy.
Living the Dream
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I'm in the same boat though. I have a Wii U so Zelda was on there. I'm not buying a Switch just for Mario.
Dee Dah Dave
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Seems some of the only criticisms are that it's a bit easy. Which was always my biggest fear
Django.Mango
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Nintendo is killing it this year, jesus.
Seems some of the only criticisms are that it's a bit easy. Which was always my biggest fear
Maybe they add a master mode like they did with Zelda
visiblemode
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Exactly why I got one last week.
Ive gotta say, loving replaying MK8 on the format and Stardew Valley is amazing. Odyssey, though, sold me the machine.
Danjin44
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Seems some of the only criticisms are that it's a bit easy. Which was always my biggest fear
I could be wrong about this but isn't always the case with recent Mario? The main levels are easy but the true challenges are in special stages.
Chill Penguin
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This is Nintendo on top of its game like we haven't seen since the N64 era. Speechless they were able to put out two 97 meta games in one year, especially considering how much stricter reviewers are nowadays.
Manny Calavera
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I still think it will go to Zelda slightly and it's still the game with most full point reviews. Of course Mario might still change that but Breath of the Wild was long 98 before dropping to 97 after couple less favorable reviews game after.
Seems some of the only criticisms are that it's a bit easy. Which was always my biggest fear
I'm trying to think of a recent Mario game that was actually difficult. The only exceptions are some of the bonus levels in Galaxy 2, 3D Land/World. The games are never difficult.
Even if, according to the reviews, this is shaping up to be a GOAT?
Super Stardust
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Seems like Nintendo has goty on lock this year with Zelda and Mario, cant wait to see how xenoblade reviews.
Danjin44
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Well Im buying one for SMT V and I was going to wait till the games comes out but Mario Odyssey Hype got me.
Dark Cloud
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Some will do Co-GOTY.
Dee Dah Dave
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Yes I know and that's always been my one issue with them. They ramp up the difficulty for like the final ~20% of the game to get the full completion. I have always wished the Mario games had more challenge earlier on in the game. Nothing too crazy or anything but I don't think they quite get the mix right for the 'core gamer'. Not for me anyway!
Smiles and Cries
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I wonder what it is like to be that one reviewer that feels the game is meh, when everyone else is praising the hell out of it?
ajanke
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I wasn't a huge fan of BOTW. But I didn't shit on it or anything. I just felt like It wasn't for me unfortunately. I really wanted to like it. That would probably be hard for me to review it. I think lol.
Living the Dream
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I don't buy a system just for one game.
Django.Mango
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Same here. I think at christmas its over. Must resist! Loddar mercy!
Don't forget PUBG, the big wildcard.
GOAT is so overused on this forum that its meaningless. And really, are you telling me BotW wasnt in the same situation? One of the major review outlets went on and on about how BotW was a game wed still be talking about in 30 years.
At this point its a toss up.
Razzorn34
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Don't games have to be officially released? PUBG is still an early access game. The release is perpetually pushed back.
Pro Jared's review(8/10) pretty much solidified a lot of my fears. Enjoyable, but a lot of bloat. Simple moon objectives that overwhelm the scant few that are actually praiseworthy and stand up to the most memorable challenges of other 3D Mario games. (Rare used to get a lot of guff for doing this, though he never makes the comparison)
Seems there is a lot to love regardless, but those of us that have cut our teeth on Mario our entire lives won't have as much to appreciate on the whole as we hoped. Can imagine by the weekend a lot of hardcore fans ending up feeling the same once they reach that 100% as well.
Seems there is a lot to love regardless, but those of us that have cut our teeth on Mario our entire lives won't have as much to appreciate on the whole as we hoped. Can imagine by the weekend a lot of hardcore fans ending up feeling the same once they reach that 100% as well.
Shifty1897
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GOTY time is going to be weird. For the first time ever, it feels like there are a bunch of correct answers.
Manny Calavera
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There were also some reviews calling Zelda best game of all time, haven't seen such yet for Mario and it seems to me that many full point reviews are finding more faults in Mario than Zelda, mainly the too easy difficult level and at a times problematic camera angels. On the other hand Mario might be a bit more accessible to a wider audience.
Happy Console Gamer and Vic both are saying they prefer Zelda.
Is this true of the late-game experience though? It seems like they tried to make things accessible this time, at least to a point ... but I wouldn't be surprised if the post-game is tougher.
Zelda isn't super straightforward for new gamers to grab and play, whereas Mario definitely seems like it has a broad demographic.
He brings it up and mentions the post-game "finally" delivering some meaningful challenge that perked him up, but even then it felt not enough. In many ways the worlds left him the most cold as they seemingly(again paraphrasing his review you should watch) just lacked enough great platforming sections. Platforming exists obviously, but clearly to him what exists still left him wanting. Still emphasized he was positive, just not as taken as the hype seemed to imprint.
Astral Dog
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Im scared of his eyes 👀
Martinski43
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I wont mind if this Mario game is easier since i suck ass at platformers in general, i didnt even finish Galaxy since i got stuck at some level. Super Mario 3D World i finished the main levels but the bonus stuff just looks daunting.
Platforming isnt my genre.
Platforming isnt my genre.
I guess I'm not expecting a big platforming challenge in this game, but rather just some cool environments to explore with some fluid motion. I wouldn't really say M64 was much of a "platformer," in general at least not compared to something like SM3DW or the bonus levels from sunshine.
Dwight Evans
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I'm looking forward to it. My only concern is the motion control aspect. I pretty much play in handheld mode 98% of the time.
Its clearly a perspective not shared by all, but a critical take other reviews dont consider. I appreciated it and others here likely will as well.
Again discussions next week and beyond will likely show a similar split as we play through it and the hype transitions to objectivity.
This unsold me on the game. No challenge and focus on collect-a-thon ain't for me. I'm sure ya'll have lots of fun though.
thatJohann
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So is this game the highest rated game ever released?
Niceguydan8
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The weird thing is that the people that have cut their teeth on Mario their entire lives should have expected that, considering this sort of difficulty structure has been around in Mario games for quite a while.
Comrade Crunch
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If we're going by metacritic, it's still Ocarina of Time.
Niceguydan8
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It won't translate to objectivity, what are you talking about? It's shifts from what people anticipate of the game and what they actually experience. It never becomes objective, it's always subjective.