It could be from the fact that you need certain stickers to progress and that you need to backtrack to previous levels to find/use them (in some not-so-logical places), so I could see where some reviewers might get tripped up.
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Paper Mario: Sticker Star |OT| Delicious Flat Characters
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It could be from the fact that you need certain stickers to progress and that you need to backtrack to previous levels to find/use them (in some not-so-logical places), so I could see where some reviewers might get tripped up.
nckillthegrimace
Member
What did they say?
Hm, possibly.
Syph Medwes
Member
This game is making it very hard for me to delay purchasing a 3DS. And your art Chet. Your beautiful art.
A few have complained about getting really stuck?? I don't know. I got stuck in Super Metroid and it's still a great game guys. I've heard that it's more classic-style Mario than an RPG as well so that's sure to disappoint some. It's all been vague stuff like that. But it sounds like opinions are pretty divided.
I think that people who don't typically like RPGs are going to like it more than people who love Paper Mario games from the sounds of things.
Dude. Don't delay. The 3DS is my favorite console by far right now. Get on that shizz.
grimshawish
Banned
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Father_Brain
Banned
Ugh, those impressions are not what I wanted to hear. Well, there will be walkthroughs available, at least...
I'm pleased, but after reading all of the impressions, I have a feeling that its difficulty is more due to it's literal lack of direction than anything.
I have little faith in reviewers when it comes to judging a game's difficulty but that is troubling.
n64coder
Member
I have 2 copies coming to me from Amazon. How does Amazon shipping work for pre-orders? Do they mail them out early so it will arrive on Monday? Or do they just ship them on the first business day after release?
I have played TTYD, 64, and a good chunk of Super Mario RPG. My favorite is TTYD, especially the fighting in the arena and having to work your way to the top to battle Rawk Hawk.
I have played TTYD, 64, and a good chunk of Super Mario RPG. My favorite is TTYD, especially the fighting in the arena and having to work your way to the top to battle Rawk Hawk.
Creepy bro, hahaha.
Over the last 30 minutes my expectations for this game have drastically changed :lol
Not in a bad way, per se, just in terms of what the game will be like.
EDIT: based on that twitter conversation, apparently GameXplain and Kevin from GN were getting help requests from other reviewers, haha
Not in a bad way, per se, just in terms of what the game will be like.
EDIT: based on that twitter conversation, apparently GameXplain and Kevin from GN were getting help requests from other reviewers, haha
Yup. This is all along the lines of what I've been hearing. Still, this problem is almost nullified for most players who know how to type "GameFAQs".
Depends on just how vague the hints are about progress. I don't mind random secrets being really, really hidden and out of the way. Those are the charming parts of older games, where I can go back and discover something I've passed by a hundred times. But being stuck on progressing the story can be very frustrating.
I'm at the point in my life now where I won't wait more than half an hour of being stuck before looking it up online. If it's ruining the flow for the game for me, it's worse than 'having to cheat'.
Alas, nothing can get my excitement down. This will be my game of the holidays.
Now I'm actually starting to get a little worried... :\
I generally try to be pretty damn methodical in playing games, so hopefully this won't be an issue for me.
That right there broke my heart. I'm really hoping this is an exaggeration. I don't understand how Nintendo of all people could allow such bad conveyance in a video game.
whalleywhat
Member
dat goat
The goat will save us
sorijealut
Member
Yeah, it looked a a bit too trivial and too easy for me.
Nonetheless, I have it preordered... not sure if I should keep it.
Nonetheless, I have it preordered... not sure if I should keep it.
This is an overreaction. I'm reviewing the game for a local paper and I understand where they are coming from, but it's not nearly as bad as they make it out to be.
Review embargo lifts at 9am PT tomorrow. Hold judgments for then, folks.
JaseMath
Member
Yikes. That's a deal-breaker if true.
wow.
Father_Brain
Banned
Here's hoping!
This should not be your first Paper Mario game.
Doesn't really make a difference I think.
1 and 2 are the only ones that play similarly. 3 is out of left field. This one looks a lot different too.
If they made an regular PM I guess we'd get a lot of 'LOL, same old Mario' comments. Of course, now it's different we're getting 'WTF, why is Mario different!?' comments. Basically, people don't know what they want,
There are plenty of ways to build off of the groundwork laid by first 2 games and still keep things comfortably familiar. Nintendo games are rarely the same thing once you get to playing them. They may look similar on the outside, but they're almost always a unique experience.
This is complete bullshit. We haven't gotten a regular PM in 8 years. We've only gotten two of them. Both are beloved and their formulas haven't been re-engineered or explored to the fullest in a way where they're played out.
This isn't comparable to NSMB or the usual Mario "rehash" cricitism. Sure, there would have been some people who would have said something, but the magnitude wouldn't have been as great.
sorijealut
Member
Hm... guess that's true. Same kind of deal with Thousand Year Door too.
Stickers are a good idea, after all, since it's paper. We'll see.
I just hope it's not too gimmicky or too simple.
Even the most hateful Nintendo detractors would have no problem with the xth iteration of the 1st and 2nd game's formula.
Chet Rippo
Member
Maybe because they don't want to just make another regular ol' Paper Mario. I'm up for something different.
Yeah but the changes to Sticker Star sound great.
It's the horrid challenge that worries me. I actually hate games where I don't know what to do and needlessly look around. It's just an old, frustrating style of design. There is a reason I never played more than an hour or Myst back in the day.
My hopes are for the best, but Sticker Star looked and sounded like a 9.5/10 game, not it seems like a 7/10.
I wasn't very fond of Super Paper Mario, and Sticker Star misses the mark, I think it's time for Paper Mario the franchise to pack up and go away (hate to say it).
whalleywhat
Member
Is this Twitter guy the ultimate game guru or something? Who cares?
There's a few sources saying it's needlessly hard, and Rich at IGN hinted their review would be low.
Well other reviewers were turning to him for suggestions on where to go, so he's apparently he's one of the more competent ones.
whalleywhat
Member
Challenging difficulty and IGN disapproval are both pluses in my book.
It's not one guy who is saying all of this stuff dude. It's a whole lot of people who are currently playing and reviewing the game for legitimate sites. Either way, we're just discussing this stuff for fun. What do you care?
How about obtuse progression and poor conveyance?
He didn't say low. He said the score might be lower than anticipated.
whalleywhat
Member
I'll judge for myself.