From memory, I'd say the split between levels was somewhere around 30-40% sandbox and 60-70% linear.? Don't quote me on that.Īnyway, Sunshine and Galaxy are both good games in their own right. However, there are also sandbox levels, and they're effectively the same as what I said for Sunshine, so re-read that paragraph if you want my opinion on these levels. Also, some of the levels themselves are more linear - the Launch Stars are effectively checkpoints (usually you can't return to the planetoid you just left), so these levels are very much a following-the-preset-path platforming exercise. The Galaxy games are yet more linear - once you select the mission, the only star you can get is the one you chose, I can't remember any exceptions. However, the worlds are still very much open for you to explore at your leisure - you just won't be stumbling across many unexpected stars. This makes each mission more unique and memorable, but detracts a bit from the freedom that Mario 64 gave you. Some missions might start you off with the entire level covered in gunk, say, or with a boss roaming the world. In Sunshine, the opposite is true - more often than not, the mission you select can have drastic effects on the level, rendering certain Shines (Stars) unavailable, though there are exceptions. This is because the mission you select usually doesn't actually affect the setup of the level - with a few exceptions like the Koopa the Quick missions. In Mario 64, the worlds were open, and most of the stars were accessible to you regardless of which "mission" you selected when entering the world. In all the games, you can progress to the next World without having to get every single star beforehand, so none of them are linear in the "Level 1 -> Level 2 -> Level 3" sense, but the worlds themselves become more and more 'linear' in some ways.
Thanks!īasically, the games get more linear. so I'm trying to see what the differences and similarities are. My friend has 64 so I've recently begun replaying that and Sunshine sounds like it'd be right up my alley. I'm just wondering because I used to play 64 at a family friend's house growing up so I have experience with that game but I never owned a GameCube or Wii to play Sunshine or the Galaxy games. Obviously, I know you move about various planetoids and orbs and rocket from one planetoid to another but yeah. Are there any other differences? Are the stages still sandboxes?Īnd what about Galaxy? From what little I've seen, it looks far more linear than 64. I believe Sunshine is rather similar albeit now you have FLUDD and you use that to clean up a bunch of gunk.
Every level is a small, self contained sandbox and Peach's castle is the hub world. However, I am confused as to why you do not include 3D World and 3D Land here - both are fantastic games, especially 3D World, which I feel deserves to be put on the same sort of level as the other 3D games.So I know how 64 plays: collect stars to unlock new levels, each level has 7 stars to collect, you get stars by completing various challenges or events in the levels. This game is not just, in my opinion, the best 3D Mario game - it is without a doubt one of the strongest contenders for the best Mario game of all time. OK, so maybe it was the same old "Princess Peach being kidnapped" thing, but the idea of Bowser trying to take over the universe made his plan seem even larger and besides, Rosalina's story, told in the library, was one of the best parts of the game - it looked, sounded and initially felt like a storybook like you would read to a child but it soon revealed what had happened to Rosalina and what made her choice to help the Lumas even more amazing. The original Galaxy held so much that was perfect for me - so many fantastic levels, near perfect controls, a concept which was both ingenious and flawlessly executed and - best of all - it was the first Mario game to actually have a good storyline. I have played a bit of the DS 64 remake but very little of it and I guess it isn't quite the same.
0 kommentar(er)
