• ericwdhs@discuss.online
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    8 hours ago

    I loved Sunshine and only learned later it was one of the more divisive 3D Mario games. What didn’t you like about it?

    • Meatwagon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 hours ago

      It was such a long time ago I just remember more of the vibes than the solid reasons I didn’t like it.

      *The levels weren’t as open as 64. It felt more guardrailed. There was a lot less exploration.

      *My favourite thing in 64 was getting flying caps and flying around which wasn’t a thing in Sunshine.

      *64 had a darker, more mysterious tone that felt a lot more meaningful and Sunshine felt very frivolous

      *cleaning up the sludge wasn’t a very fun minigame for me, it was a weird villain

      By itself it was probably a good game but it shouldn’t have been a Mario game.

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        7 hours ago

        Fair enough. I liked that the maps felt lived in and connected, so exploration was actually more compelling for me in Sunshine, and I tend to lean away from darker games in general. Different tastes.