You throw your hat, do the thing the on-screen prompt usually tells you to do, maybe take a picture and share it on social media (#SuperMarioOdyssey), and move on. throw a hat at “anything” not wearing a hat to control it) fails to ever manifest itself as anything with any kind of depth.īrilliant gameplay ideas, when they do come about, such as the gameplay segments which have you take control of Uproots, accordion-ish Tropical Wigglers and Hawaiian sun-glass statue dudes, are mostly a once-and-done thing. ![]() Short bursts of these are great at putting you in a good mood, but if you want anything meaningful out of your gameplay, you’re out of luck here. Odyssey is a game that excels at making you smile or laugh at a new gameplay mechanic once, but then moves on to the next gimmick or joke in-store almost immediately. I think the comparison with these two specific games is important, as both tried to do something different with 3D Mario, and both represent different directions 3D Mario was taken into successfully. So, while, yes, Odyssey is a “fun” game, I find it to pale in comparison to Mario’s last big 3D outings on consoles, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Super Mario 3D World. Cheese, one has to evaluate the value of that “fun” and what the gaming experience (whether you want to call it an art form or not is beside the point) is capable of achieving, especially since we’re now over 35 years into Mario’s lifespan. However, for games to grow up and walk away from their corner at Chuck E. on the original NES, and it has been insane seeing the franchise grow and evolve, as well as evolve the medium of video games with it, all the while remaining generally “fun.” My first ever experience with a Mario game was Super Mario Bros. Mainline Super Mario games have never, in my life, failed me on that simple concept of “fun”. One has to preface criticism against Super Mario Odyssey by stating the obvious: yeah, of course, it’s a fun game. Super Mario Odyssey is a grandiose vacation from what has made the main series an innovative success the past 35-years.
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