Super Mario Galaxy

[elkatas]

Um, maybe I'm not that fussed by Mario any more but I've just hit 60 lives after a couple of hours play. It's fun for sure but hardly challenging?

Some parts are far more challenging than others, but Galaxy practically gives 1UPs like candies. Furthermore, having played few 3D-platformers surely helps. Those who haven't played 3D-platformers before think that the game is pretty hard.

[SuperBeatBoy]

They said that 1ups were easier to get to balance it out. They didn't want people to get frustrated with it, as you have less health than you did in sunshine and 64.

[mr_sockochris]

Your lives reset when you turn it off anyone so it's hardly a big deal. Besides, I used to finish Super Mario World with 100+ lives back in the day and I can't say that harmed the game in any way.

[rmoxon]

Yeah having lots of lives has been a Mario game stapple for many years, considering levels are usualy short and if you lose all your lives all you have to do is start the level again its not a big deal really anyway, you almost have to wonder why they dont just give you infinite lives.

I'm about 40 stars in at the moment and the game does seem quite a bit easier than either Mario 64 or sunshine, I dont think Ive actualy been stuck on a single star yet where as I'm pretty sure both those other games had me stumped in a couple of places (infact I found sunshine quite a big challenge to 100% actualy).

I'm hoping I am wrong and there will be some harder ones but it dosnet seem like it so far as while there is stacks of variety to the level design there isnt much variety in the way you obtain each star.

[Rossco]

Answer me this, in the first galaxy, I have completed every star I can see, so loopdeloop has the wee crown next to it to say galaxy complete as does flipswitch and the bowser one, but good egg and honeyhive dont even though I've completed all the stars and the comet ones too! What gives?

[elkatas]

Answer me this, in the first galaxy, I have completed every star I can see, so loopdeloop has the wee crown next to it to say galaxy complete as does flipswitch and the bowser one, but good egg and honeyhive dont even though I've completed all the stars and the comet ones too! What gives?

Some galaxies have secret stars.

[Dezm0nd]

SMG did seem easier than other mario game for the first half. Wait until you're about 100 stars in and it racks up on some of the levels.

It makes sense to give the players loads of lives, because if you lose them all you just reload ya game and start again from the same point, essentially (Apart from checkpoints)

[mr_sockochris]

If the 1up Mushroom wasn't so iconic I'm sure Nintendo would have dropped 'lives' long ago.

[oblivion_6]

50 stars now and im finding it hard putting this one down

Such superb level design its making me smile constantly, the way the whole gravity thing is being played is absolutely superb.

[reektan]

Just finished this one. Did it with the base 60 stars required - very cool last boss level and fight and ending. Now for the remaining stars ....addicted

totted up my playtime on this to hit 61 stars and the finish which is just under 12 hours. Not bad longevity considering I still have 59 stars to go

[hudson]

Me and my girlfriend have been playing tonight. She helped me out lots of times stunning missiles and popping spikeballs. Aces!

[H-Man]

I've just got going with Galaxy today - 9 stars so far - and have been having a great time. My only gripe is the camera, which is often zoomed too far back for my liking and seems to rarely give you control of the view point. On the small asteroids that's no bad thing, but having the camera direct itself on the larger planets pretty much sucks balls and takes away much of the 3d feel that made Mario 64 stand out for me. Still, cracking game so far, and I can't wait to get stuck back in tomorrow.

[rmoxon]

Yeah I agree the camera isnt that great, I also find it really annoying when you go upside down on plants the controls never work like you think they should, also when you start flying you end up flying all over the place becuase you dont know what way does what.

This, along with the fact that there isnt relaly much challenge is why it isnt quite as good as Mario 64 for me.

[MikeRox]

I've got 90 stars now, and while not as challenging as Mario 64, I'm finding it alot more enjoyable. I suspect these latter stars are going to be a pain in the arse to get too.

The level design on the game is just utterly increidble, and it's a joy to play through the levels. Can't rate this game high enough really, truly deserving of it's dethroning of Ocarina of Time from the game rankings "best game ever" position.

[Richard.John]

Yes it really is superb.

->Open Spoiler<-

I just opened up the ice galaxy and, wow, the skating Mario just blew me away. Ninty think of everything so it seems.