I beat Paper Mario yesterday; I give it a 5.5 out of 10 which gives it the dishonorable distinction of being the worst game that I’ve ever finished. The “story” was the main problem here, the characters just drone on and on with the most pointless and boring dialog. By the end it almost seemed like the game designers were dragging it out as some kind of sick joke. On top of the dreadfully boring dialog, the game was way too easy. There are special items that you can buy and use during fights, but since I could usually beat the baddies handily without the items, I hardly ever used them. Which means my inventory was constantly full (um, what’s up with a 10-20 item inventory?!?!) and I maxed out my coins at 999 since I never bought any of that crap.
So why did I even play this game to completion? I don’t think I even understand it. There were a few good things to be had, I suppose. There were some inspired nostalgic moments and most of the puzzles were fairly decent. The fighting system (excluding the aforementioned items) was also done pretty well with some twitch moments scattered in with the standard turn-based battles. This stuff kept me coming back even with the craptacular story, but it’s not enough to make me recommend this game. Stay away, as I will be from any future sequels.
well, sounds like a game I can handle, being from the pong generation, which I could barely handle, the eye hand brain coordination required to play games more demanding than pong, requires practice. I am amazed at the newer generations that seem more capable. Must be genetic mutation or evolution, not sure which. I still remember the first video games that came out and were amazed. Pacman was right there! I now have centipede, Missile Command, and Battlezone on my desktop! It brings a tear to me eye to think of the nostalgic value!
Alright, dad-in-law, now you're hitting a little too close to the mark and making me feel old about all these young whipper snappers and their super fast video games. Why, when I was a kid computer games didn't have any graphics, unless you count the occasional ascii based game. And we had to walk uphill ten miles in the snow just to get to the arcade, too.