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Super Mario Maker 2 | Review Thread (UPDATE: accolades trailer, see threadmark)
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I haven't followed the latest news, but did Nintendo address the issues related to playing online with friends? No online with friends could really bring down the metascore, no?
Awesome. Then hopefully it'll be taken into account in the reviews. I predict 90, if it is. The game looks really good.
No, but they will likely mention how unintuitive the creation controls are compared to the original. I'm holding out hope that playing with a stylus will make it feel pretty close to the original.
Honestly it's not a thing that bothers me. I personally feel multiplayer shouldn't have been in this game at all.
I've gone with 90 to 94 and I think it'll come in at the lower end of that. I'm being optimistic, though - it seems like there's a lot of clear improvements over the original and Nintendo EPD are on a roll right now, so I think that'll be reflected with a 90/91 Metacritic.
I can see why people are going for mid 80s though - online features and Nintendo are like a red rag to a bull.
I can see why people are going for mid 80s though - online features and Nintendo are like a red rag to a bull.
Super Mario Bros 2 is the GOTY every year so it seems only fitting that Super Mario Maker 2 takes the proverbial torch and becomes the new yearly GOTY. 11/10 confirmed.
In actuality I'm expecting like an 86-93. I can see it being dinged a bit for not being quite the revelation the first one was, but I can also see it being recieved better because the Switch makes it easier to create and play it anywhere and it fixed pretty much every issue I had with the first game. Single player mode, multiplayer online and local, slopes, includes a brand new style, more enemies, etc . . . IMO it'll easier be better than the last one. Hopefully review scores reflect that unless there's something broken in the game.
In actuality I'm expecting like an 86-93. I can see it being dinged a bit for not being quite the revelation the first one was, but I can also see it being recieved better because the Switch makes it easier to create and play it anywhere and it fixed pretty much every issue I had with the first game. Single player mode, multiplayer online and local, slopes, includes a brand new style, more enemies, etc . . . IMO it'll easier be better than the last one. Hopefully review scores reflect that unless there's something broken in the game.
It's just small things, like WizardMemories said.
No cool skins anymore, I wanted to play as hello kitty :P
Forced touch screen in handheld mode too.
GX's review will, but I imagine 90% of the reviews will be people who didn't put 1,000 hours into making levels.
The biggest complaints you'll hear about in average reviews will likely be the 3d world split, how you'll be looking for an item in one style to find only exists in 3d world/the other 4. Maybe some complaints about how short story mode is/how little there is to do without paying for online.
Yeah, me too. I've had it pre ordered since it was announced and I can not wait. I know I'm going to love it, I just think that will be the thing it is criticized for. :/
It looks to be better in every way so I'm personally going for 92-94.
It has a story mode, right?
This is what makes it interesting to me despite not liking the first game too much.
Have to wait and see what the story mode contributes to the full game.
First game quickly became irrelevant to me, with most popular levels being creative but boring auto-advance levels, and it was hard to find levels that are actually fun to play or even remotely comparable to official Mario levels. Most levels were gimmicky and not substancial enough.
It also did a poor job to teach you how to create good levels to begin with. If these issues are fixed in the new game it might be worth a buy.
It's probably worth waiting to see what the "meta game" becomes.
This is what makes it interesting to me despite not liking the first game too much.
Have to wait and see what the story mode contributes to the full game.
First game quickly became irrelevant to me, with most popular levels being creative but boring auto-advance levels, and it was hard to find levels that are actually fun to play or even remotely comparable to official Mario levels. Most levels were gimmicky and not substancial enough.
It also did a poor job to teach you how to create good levels to begin with. If these issues are fixed in the new game it might be worth a buy.
It's probably worth waiting to see what the "meta game" becomes.
The issue is they introduced it and it looks really damn cool, then they gave a restriction lol. Glad they dropped that.
Looking forward to recreating the old SMB DX VS mode levels and playing with friends
Nice, thanks for the insight! Sounds like a decent sequel, and yeah Wii U was a console no one cared about vs Switch. See how it goes indeed.
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It's a cool idea truthfully. Gives me an excuse to make sure some of my stages are 4 player friendly. Not to mention all the cool puzzle based levels that'll come if that Mario Maker 2 tournament at E3 is anything to go by.
Is there a way to follow creators? What's gamexplains name on Mario maker so I can follow the levels all of you make
I'm saying it'll fall short of 90, so I voted 85-59. The first game got 88, this is an improved sequel with proper online additions but a few odd omissions like proper friend play (at launch), the Amiibos (one I personally don't mind but that Nintendo sites may hate) or odd controller choices (game kinda requires a stylus but it isn't included everywhere, can't play with the Joy-Cons attached, etc.). I'd say it lands similarly. Happy if I'm wrong and it does reach 90 - it's one of the rare games I have preordered because no matter what shortcuts they may or may not take, this is the most important game that I've been waiting for ever since I bought a Switch, hoping that I didn't have to find a cheap Wii U and keep it plugged just for that one (well, maybe 3D World too) game.
In order for a level to be uploaded it needs to be beatable in single player. So don't expect too many levels like that.
All our levels are going to be wiped when the game comes out but you'll find most of our post-launch uploads with AndreGX or JonGX, you can follow creators if you see one of their stages (So just searching any of our Level ID's should lead you there)
I think the main assumption is that it could score lower because the creation controls aren't as good as with the Wii U pad.
There was a level shown at E3 tournament that can only be beaten in Co-op
If some of the new modes fail to live up to the hype I can see reviewers dinging them for that (story mode, online multiplayer, endless mario). We've already seen people in this thread wishing some/all of those modes hadn't been added and instead they focused on adding more stuff to the core styles, or making 3d world items cross compatible with all other styles.
It's great, there's a whole thread about this very subject.
I am aware. It is likely a level that would not be able to be uploaded online.
i mean you could just make a super secret way to beat it in SP and a very obvious MP route.
I actually do feel they added too little to this game. I'm honestly completely shocked at how fee new enemies there are and how the cat bell is the only new power up. At the very least the propeller should have been replaced with the squirrel suit, and ideally we would have had stuff like the penguin suit, the mini mushroom and others.
we know that the maker suit and super ball can be unlocked as power ups