MFGG - Mario Fan Games Galaxy

Review Information

Game Reviewed	Super BRUTAL Mario, by Pickleboy
Review Author	Cap'n Coconuts
Created	Mar 27 2015, 7:26 PM

General Commentary and Game Overview

Mario is bored. Then he gets the wonderful idea to murder as many Koopas as possible (who aren't even doing anything wrong) to cure his boredom. Ladies and gentlemen, behold our most noble hero.

The thing with this game's description is that it is so blatantly wrong. I can't tell if this is meant to be a joke game or if Pickleboy is outright lying to MFGGers. Of course, it just may be the Dunning-Kruger effect in overdrive--he honestly believed he was a competent game designer making a masterpiece, when in fact he was making Recycle Bin filler.

So basically, I'd have to say that as far as game development is concerned, Pickleboy has delusions of adequacy.

Pros	+ To be fair, it can actually be a little fun for a minute or two. + The story is in fact deep and compelling (provided you fill in the blanks yourself)
Cons	- The description for this game may very well be the definition of pretentious. - Crude MS Paint graphics. - MIDI music. - Gameplay that gets old soon enough.

Impressions

Gameplay 3 / 10	Pickleboy claims that the gameplay is intense, fully-animated, and action-packed. I'll comment on the fully-animated part in the Graphics section. The entirety of the gameplay consists of using your vehicle to punch Koopas, which makes them explode. It's a shame this game does not have blood in it, because otherwise you'd be able to see just how horrific it is to have your body torn apart from the force of a sudden impact. And why does Mario engage in this senseless slaughter? Why, he was bored, of course, in the sense that the Joker gets bored when he doesn't have someone to kill or terrorize. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Mario is the psychopathic villain of this story, driving the Koopa Troopas to extinction for nothing better than to keep himself entertained. I suppose all the kidnapping incidents have finally driven him insane, and now he is destroying the entire Koopa species, now unable to discern between friend and foe. What do you know? Pickleboy was right about there being a deep storyline! You just have to think about it for a moment and it clicks. Besides our punching vehicle of doom, Mario has three Bob-ombs which he can use to massacre several Koopas at once. However, since the punch fire rate is based on the distance between you and innocent life, the Bob-ombs' crowd control is short lived. You have only three, and it seems that is all you get. On occasion you'll be given automatic punching for a limited time. I was never able to figure out the exact conditions for getting this temporary power-up. So all things considered... well, you might enjoy it for a minute or two, but it is so poorly thought out that I can't possibly give it a good rating.
Graphics 2 / 10	This game claims to have full HD graphics. Well, I'm sorry Pickleboy, but MS Paint-esque drawings are pretty poor for HD. If you are going to insist on MS Paint being HD, however, you could at least straighten out your lines so your graphics look HALF decent. Also, if you're going to advertise cutscenes worthy of cinema, you ought to have had actual cinema-quality cutscenes. Two crudely drawn frames of introduction is something you don't see in theaters. In this game, our endless wave of Koopa Troopas seem to be constantly hopping on one foot, apparently because Pickleboy couldn't be bothered to animate them. For reference, Mr. Pickleboy: if you say that the gameplay is fully animated, it ought to be fully animated. Spare MFGG your frugality with the truth.
Sound 4 / 10	Our themes seem to be MIDIs, at least one of which I've heard before many times. This game was released in 2013. I can't see for the life of me why people are still using MIDI in 2013. The game only takes up 3.18 MB of space and the submission form allows up to 50. There is no reason why you couldn't at least try in the music department. There are few sounds, but since this is a minigame I'll let that slide. They work well enough for this kind of game.
Replay 2 / 10	Well... it gets harder over time and it has a high scores table, so I can't justify a 1. But to the MFGGers reading this review, I would suggest playing something that is actually worth your time.

Final Words

Watch as our beloved hero snaps and falls into a berserk madness, driving the Koopas to extinction.

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