Over/Under: Super Mario Galaxy

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I didn't know it was making people nauseous. I guess it makes sense because of the mini-3D world thing going on, perhaps causing motion sickness.

I used to get nauseous all the time from FPS games, mainly back in the N64 day with Perfect Dark and the like. But I don't think it was for the same reason. I think it was the inability to focus properly on objects in the game. The textures were so fuzzy and terrible, that I think to my brain, it felt like it could never focus my eyes on them. Then add in terrible framerates, and you get me sick.

I don't talk much about video games with my social circle, at least not SMG, so I can't say for them. As far as reviews go, I think it was slightly overrated. I loved the game and already have 2 preordered (with that Amazon deal), but the difficulty was extremely lacking in my opinion, and knocks down the score in my mind quite a bit.

Without a challenge, the game becomes an exercise in just getting to the end as fast as you can. Without a challenge, the game doesn't pace well.