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Paper Mario: Sticker Star |OT| Delicious Flat Characters
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Stormwatch
Member
I'm going to have to get used to buying stuff from the store in the game. I got up to a mini boss thingy and didn't have enough stickers to defeat it. This is like Paper Mario meets Resident Evil. I actually have to manage my inventory and fights...
xxbrothawizxx63
Member
Crap, Newegg isn't shipping my pre-order because they're sold out...
There is a typical Mario plot...the dialogue is as funny and witty as ever for Paper Mario
The battles are very enjoyable...while there is no traditional "leveling up", as you progress, the sticker quality increases, as does the strength of the enemies. The reviewers were too stupid to realize this.
If you are a completionist, there are rare stickers you will need to hunt down. It is very difficult, but that is the challenege. Its not needed to finish the traditional quest.
it gets better than that later on...
'@'
I had a huge grin on my face the whole sequence.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
So far I frankly love it. Gave up and downloaded a digital copy.
Really love the Mario World style game structure combined with both action and adventure elements. There's a lovely balance between everything. It works much better than Super Paper Mario for combining action Mario and Paper Mario.
I can see and understand complaints over RPG elements being toned down, though really the strategy of the entire system is there but mostly moved around in different ways. I feel Jeremy Parish at 1up actually "got" the game system the best of any of the professional reviewers so far. Pretty much exact opposite of the Venture Beat guy, who seems to have missed the point by a country mile.
Level structure also seems well conceived for a portable format. I have excite, must play more.
Really love the Mario World style game structure combined with both action and adventure elements. There's a lovely balance between everything. It works much better than Super Paper Mario for combining action Mario and Paper Mario.
I can see and understand complaints over RPG elements being toned down, though really the strategy of the entire system is there but mostly moved around in different ways. I feel Jeremy Parish at 1up actually "got" the game system the best of any of the professional reviewers so far. Pretty much exact opposite of the Venture Beat guy, who seems to have missed the point by a country mile.
Level structure also seems well conceived for a portable format. I have excite, must play more.
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
I bought it digitally in a moment of weakness. I'm waiting for the download now. Not too bad of speeds. A fourth downloaded in five minutes.
chickdigger802
Banned
Quick look is scaring me.
How frustrating is the game so far for y'all?
How frustrating is the game so far for y'all?
Not at all.
MetalGuardian
Banned
Bah, after the reviews it was easy for me to write this off, but after the GAF impressions I'm torn between this and Harvest Moon
Decisions decisions
Decisions decisions
bumpkin
Member
I'm really trying to resist doing the same. When I went to GameStop to pay off my Wii U preorder ($425 left to pay on the system and two games) yesterday, the clerk asked me if I wanted to pick up Paper Mario; I had it preordered. I said I had "done enough damage to my wallet" to which my wife looked at me and said "Yes, yes you did."
But she'd never notice a digital purchase... Oh temptation, to evil harpy.
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
It's no Steam, but the promise of Paper Mario in ten minutes was a hard notion to ignore. Though this does more or less put money down on Nntendo making an account system for the 3DS eventually.
I managed to hold off the purchase until today by getting into a good book, but I finished it this morning and I'm still sick. Easy to rationalize, especially because I'm not buying a WiiU. For you, I'd say wait - your fun will come next weekend.
Stormwatch
Member
It isn't frustrating once you realize that you are going to have to use the stickers you collect. You'll also have to spend the coins on more stickers. If you try to be cheap and hold on to your coins and stickers then you won't get very far.
How do we reach that level?
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Jump into a waterfall in 1-3.
Getting close to finishing world 3, god damn it's massive. I'm not sure when the puzzle confusion is coming into play, but I'm wondering if things behind a secret Door will contribute to later puzzles.
Gotta be the best sequence in a videogame this year. Totally out of left field.
It's not a matter of "getting" it. It's not like you're seeing anything the reviewers didn't. It's simply a matter of whether you like those mechanics or not.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
There's a difference between taste and trying to argue something is objectively done the wrong way.
Venture Beat's reviewer kind of went off the deep end arguing why the game is just plain made all wrong, and even brought in that narrative of games that "disrespect" the player by contriving to waste their time.
Parish actually framed why the system works. Apart from matters of taste.
magicalsoundshower
Member
The long wait for the EU version is just obscene. I so want to play this.
Electivirus
Member
These Sombrero Guys are kind of creeping me out. ._.
I'm not seeing the objectivity you mention. What I see is a highly subjective review that's no more objective than any of the positive reviews.
lunchtoast
Member
Kept forgetting this was on eshop. Now I get to wait for delivery. I actually thought it wasn't coming out until next Sunday, so I had it ordered to a new address I'm moving to this Friday... Hopefully they just drop it at the front door and I can swing by my new place and grab it after work. I've been F5ing the tracking page all day waiting for delivery.
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
Played for a half hour. Love everything about it so far. It looks really great, music is great, there's less writing but it's just as good as ever.
Damn Amazon.ca! I actually called them up asking when they would list it, and a few days later, they did. So I ordered it to use my $20 gift card, and it still hasn't shipped! They are saying that the expected delivery date is either this Friday or Monday! Ugh.
I just finished playing Super Paper Mario, and I absolutely loved it even after hearing all the negativity surrounding it. So, I'm pretty sure I'm going to love this one too.
I just finished playing Super Paper Mario, and I absolutely loved it even after hearing all the negativity surrounding it. So, I'm pretty sure I'm going to love this one too.
Coldnoodle
Member
KirbYuuYuu
Member
It was a badge ability. Without it, you couldn't kill them outright.
That quick look was infuriating.
I like Brad, but I despise when he does quick looks. I was only able to get through it cause Vinny was there.
As for the question, not at all.
You know what I love about all of these reviews? For years everyone laughed and ridiculed Nintendo for making easy, baby games and that they want games with obtuse objectives and unclear goals like the original Legend of Zelda. We get that game, and what happens? Everyone cries about how obtuse and unclear it is.
That and this is an adventure game with rpg trappings, not vice versa. Can't see why reviews can't figure this out.
Rodney McKay
Member
The quicklook was one of the reasons I bought the game.
It looked so great, and I knew exactly what they had to do at a part they got stuck at and it was infuriating to watch, haha. I mean come on, I think the windmill puzzle was in the trailer for the game!
I just find it so fun just exploring the levels and finding secrets.
chickdigger802
Banned
speaking of which, can someone explain some gameplay mechanics?
Like if for that QL scenario, one uses the fan sticker in battle... can they not progress in the game?
Like if for that QL scenario, one uses the fan sticker in battle... can they not progress in the game?
Certainly not this guy right here!
This game has easily been the most refreshing Nintendo release for me in quite a while. The added challenge is nice, but I ESPECIALLY love how there's no hand-holding or the game insulting my intelligence with a series of unskippable tutorials. My only serious qualm is that I wish there was a practice room I could use to practice the timings of the various attacks so that I just don't waste stickers inadvertently.
I really, REALLY hope that whatever Alphadream is up to for their next RPG release (More Bowser please! Or give him his own game, why don'cha?!), they've taken a few notes from this particular release.
If you use a "thing sticker" that you need to progress, you can go back and collect that "thing" again wherever you found it the first time and turn it into a sticker at a certain shop.
You don't even need to collect it again. You can just re-buy those items and make them into stickers in the same area.
When mario is holding the hammer back to gain momentum, you need to press the A at the exact moment the swing is about to start
QuantumBro
Banned
I had the same problem because it's different then in 64 and TTYD. Tap A when the hammer shines before Mario attacks.
Also, what area has the item for 3-1?
Yeah, that's eventually an option, too. Not at the point where you need the fan, though.
There's a sparkle indicator that informs you when to press A. The larger the sparkle, the more damage you'll inflict, but if you wait too long the hammer's head will pop off.
There is a clandestine shop to the left of the area that turns objects into stickers that will sell you any object you've acquired.