Super Mario Galaxy Post Mortem

[bobcat]

I loved Mario Galaxy. The game felt so fresh to me , even though the mascot has been around for so long. Still my favourite game of next gen. Great visuals, fantastic level designs, awesome replay value.

This is the only game i've come back to and wanted to play more even after collecting all 120 stars!

[manasecret]

Originally Posted by bobcat

This is the only game i've come back to and wanted to play more even after collecting all 120 stars!

This is exactly how I feel. It's very rare nowadays that a game makes me want to come back to it. But that's what Galaxy has done.

Luigi's Red Coins? I don't even remember that challenge. I do think the game was a little easy, but then I remember that I've been playing platformers for some 15 years or so now, and 3D platformers for, what? 10 years? My 10-year-old niece, who is no newcomer to video games, plays it and has trouble on that very first galaxy. I've heard complaints here and elsewhere about the camera, but it was never a problem for me. Getting used to being on the other side of a 3D world and only seeing the outline of Mario was a bit of a challenge, but fun to play around with all the same. There were a few times I just jumped as high as I could from a planet to see how the gravity would interact.

[Bube]

I loved every second of it. I may have a second go, using Luigi. I probably need to

I also agree that it could've been a little harder. Not harder as in the frustrating "daredevil comet challenges", but maybe they could've made the levels longer. I could probably get 90 of the games stars in under 3 minutes each. Even most of the bosses.

And I never heard that Luigi's Purple Coins (which, I don't know why, the game made me play under the name "Mario's Purple Coins) was a hard level. I beat it on my 3rd try. I'm sure I would've wasted hours if I knew that people thought it was hard. I'm weird like that

[Angrist]

Originally Posted by Bube

I also agree that it could've been a little harder. Not harder as in the frustrating "daredevil comet challenges", but maybe they could've made the levels longer. I could probably get 90 of the games stars in under 3 minutes each. Even most of the bosses.

I disagree. I think the length of most levels was ok, but they were just too easy. I wanted more difficult jumps, enemies coming from all sides, quick reflexes... Stuff like that. And I liked the comet challenges.

[Bube]

Originally Posted by Angrist

And I liked the comet challenges.

I liked them too, just not the daredevil ones.

Actually, they were just the right difficulty for me. They were just too hard in contrast, and frustrated me