Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Mario Galaxy Impressions


So after an infuriating trip to Best Buy who no longer has games on shelves but rather stored in some huge case that nobody ever seems to have the key to and let's not even cover what the employee asked me when I asked for Super Mario Galaxy (Hint: What system is that for?)

So on to the game:

The visuals are pretty sweet considering this is a Wii game and the kinda sparkling nature of everything fits into the whole "in space" theme the game si going for. Controls are spot on except for one part I will mention in a second. I've completed the first set of galaxies which are just collections of small planets that I'm sure you've seen in previews. I'm working on collecting every star (120 like in Mario 64) so the game should take me a little while to beat.

The worst part of the game thus far has been this sting-ray surfing level in which you twist the wii-mote to control mario surving in obscenely wavy waters with no ledge so you constantly fall to your death because twising the wii-mote has the character driving like my grandpa after too many drinks!

I only put a little over an hour into it but so far I'm enjoying the hell out of the game. Expect a review when I finish it and some impressions on Assassin's Creed tomorrow morning!

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