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do we know if they're retaining the mission structure from dark moon or is it more like the first game where it's more of a straight progression?
i have to admit, replaying the first game on 3DS i was kind of shocked at how often e gadd drags you out of the mansion for stuff, i remembered it being a lot more open as a kid
i have to admit, replaying the first game on 3DS i was kind of shocked at how often e gadd drags you out of the mansion for stuff, i remembered it being a lot more open as a kid
Were people really not expecting the floors to be segmented? I am fine with a levels approach to Luigi's Mansion for this one.
Dark Moon wasn't frustrating because of the segmented areas. It was frustrating because of the missions that required you to retread old ground constantly when you should have just been allowed to complete each mansion all in one go. I also disliked it for the lack of ghost variety and relatively generic designs, both of which seem to be addressed by LM3. Oh and E Gadd's incessant calling that could thankfully be skipped.
The only thing that really disappoints me is the lack of that semi-chilling atmosphere they had in the first, but it at least seems less lighthearted/goofy than Dark Moon.
Dark Moon wasn't frustrating because of the segmented areas. It was frustrating because of the missions that required you to retread old ground constantly when you should have just been allowed to complete each mansion all in one go. I also disliked it for the lack of ghost variety and relatively generic designs, both of which seem to be addressed by LM3. Oh and E Gadd's incessant calling that could thankfully be skipped.
The only thing that really disappoints me is the lack of that semi-chilling atmosphere they had in the first, but it at least seems less lighthearted/goofy than Dark Moon.
No sure but by every metric Dark Moon was / is preferred by most people yet here on era its apparently "disliked" where as the original is the pinnacle of the series. Its fine to prefer the original but this rhetoric of Dark Moon being widely regarded as a disliked down step from the original is complete nonsense
Yeah that's true.
I mean it's no secret ERA leans more toward Metroidvania/Zelda design than the general public
The ways they've animated Luigi is great though. I love every time he opens a drawer or hears a balloon pop.
This video and the Gamexplain preview both having a somewhat "meh" vibe about this game are a real bummer. These are normally people that are hyped for great Nintendo games, so when they're rather not hyped that's a red flag for me.
I don't really see this as a matter of the first game vs the second game. I don't think either of them execute on the concept as well as they should. Both games are pretty average to me. I was just hoping this one would take the concept in a direction I'd be more interested in but it doesn't seem that way. Game still looks fun, just not exceptional. We'll see. Hope I'm wrong.
The game looks absolutely incredible, and it's packed with tiny details like that.
Yeah watching videos of players trying to Vacuum anything and everything is great its the little details that make it so cool.
it's wonderful!
Have you tried any online yet? If you want to, I'm opening to trying it out!
Shame the floors seem to be just levels, would have been cool to have a fair amount of backtracking.
No, no, "I'm good" as in "the game having the same "issues" as the previous two won't affect me as much as people that played then".
It's pre-ordered :) look like a fun game!
Yeah listening to Andre answer question on the GX video today about this deflated my hype a tiny bit. Seems like the floors are just sort of levels and that you don't really backtrack a lot. To me this could make the mansion feel less immersive and less like an actual place Luigi is in. Still, I'm gonna hold off on conclusions until I play it myself.
Unfortunately its framerate is also more appropriate for films than for games :/
I don't mind short games but I like extra content and replayability. Link's Awakening for example is really short but also very limited in content. Once you finished it once you have seen almost everything the game has to offer. I hope Luigi is different.
Maybe I'm misremembering, but don't western games typically get lower Famitsu scores? Not that >80% is a "bad" score anyway...
I was joking lol. I don't think anyone really takes Famitsu serious. I mean Luigi's Mansion 3 will score in the 80's which is a great score.
It's Luigi as a ghost buster, what's not to love?
Seriously tho, this series consists of combat and puzzles, it's pretty fun.
yes it is. very very few games don't stretch their content with filler to get past 10h.
i could tell you maybe two handful of games where you couldn't cut out a sizeable portion and have a better game but gotta get that value for my $60 i guess.
I'm not sure what people are expecting; Luigi's Mansion was never a Metroidvania. So long as the episodic nature of 2 is out the door, I'm sure this will be great.
The German magazine M!Games already reviewed the game in their current issue. They gave it 89% and say it's the best Lugi's Mansion title yet. Luigi's Mansion (3DS remake) and Luigi's Mansion 2: Dark Moon both got 78%. 17 years ago Luigi's Mansion for the Gamecube got 87%.
When will the reviews drop?
Nice! Anything else from the review?
Nice! Anything else from the review?
The praise the riddles, the humor and the typical Nintendo charme. It takes 15 to 20 hours to beat the game.
There are no technical issues like stuttering or tearing.
Unfortunately there are some disadvantages if you play the game on a Switch Lite. Because of the missing rumble function it's harder to find the ghosts in the furniture. The motion controls only work if you seperate both joy cons from the Switch. On the Switch Lite you control the vacuum cleaner with the right analog stick. Of course offline multiplayer is only available on the regular Switch.
Gooigi is shaking, but it's not very accurate. And if you make a mistake, the ghost escapes to the next room.
will most likely have a big non-vocal userbase, like LM2 did
This would be cool. Kind of like that twilight town in Paper Mario 2, and the forest in the first Paper Mario.
Ok but a Fatal Frame 1 to 2 situation for Luigi's Mansion would be fucin rad as hell
Every building is equivalent to a floor and theres a mini-openworld/explorable chunk as a hub