Review Information
Game Reviewed Super Mario Sunshine 2D - DEMO, by Aivenstruz_
Review Author Mors
Created Jun 25 2015, 5:18 PM

General Commentary and Game Overview
I really like Super Mario Sunshine and when I first saw this, I really wanted to play this.


And I disappointed.
 
Pros +Nice moveset.
+Some sprites and tiles are good.
+Similar to the original game.
+Not too painful to play.
 
Cons -Bad controls
-Amateurish effects.
-Horrible looking star selection and disclaimer/credits screen
-Not too amazing.
 
Impressions
Gameplay
4 / 10
The controls are kind of bad but they work. Mario can triple jump, and do the other moves from the original game and all of the moves feel nice and close to the original. The FLUDD controls very well as well. But the movement doesn't feel right at all. Mario's speed doesn't increase and decrease gradually and he can stop midair without pressing any button. And his skidding feels really weird and unnatural.
The level design is meh. It's not bad but not really good or interesting. It works.
 
Graphics
5 / 10
I liked Mario's sprites (I liked them a lot), enemies and tiles (Other than weird slopes), but everything else looks pretty mediocre. Backgrounds look empty and the goop piranha plant looks like a bad MS Paint drawing.
Also, effects like scaling and rotation are done without using image_xscale/image_yscale and image_angle which makes them look very amateurish and bad. Everyone doesn't have to be good at Game Maker but this is not something requires too much knowledge. HUD doesn't look really good as well.
But the worst looking part of the game is the star selection screen and the disclaimer/credits screen. They look really ugly and lazily made.
 
Sound
7 / 10
Eeegh. Just Super Mario Sunshine sounds and music. The problem is, not all of them from Super Mario Sunshine. If I'm playing a Super Mario Sunshine clone, I should hear Super Mario Sunshine music and sounds. Not sound and music from another game.
Also, some music have parts with Yoshi drums. Well, I think we should hear them while riding Yoshi. And some of them doesn't properly loop.
 
Replay
4 / 10
I don't have any reason to play this. Collecting blue coins is too easy and I collected most of them in my first try. So why would I play this again? (I got about 8 shine sprites.)
 
Final Words
4 / 10
I would play the original.

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Aivenstruz_
Jul 2 2015, 12:40 PM
Who wouldn't rather play the original? :)

I guess the bad controls are the result of making my own engine, Im super affraid of slippery controls so I made no friction nor acceleration.

Im definetly taking all this critique into account though! Thanks! :)

PS. I legit made the goop piranha plant in MS paint a long time ago so you got me there xD
 
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