MFGG - Mario Fan Games Galaxy

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Game Reviewed	Waluigi Land, by Ultramario
Review Author	AsteriskX
Created	Sep 25 2015, 9:45 AM

General Commentary and Game Overview

Hey everyone. Just a warning in case it's a lot of work to read, (yes, I know it is for some people) so definitely don't if you don't want to. This is going to be probably my longest review ever. Anyway, review shenanigans coming now.

Review talk and jazz;
I was SO excited to play this game when I saw it on the site. The demo seemed like it had the potential to become a cool game, starring Waluigi, of course! We don't have many of those. But unfortunately, what could've been a more enjoyable game for me turned into a problem. Before anybody goes on a huge thing about how I'm pathetic in every way, as I stated in my previously typed review, I have very high respect for the higher ranked people here, and certainly don't want to offend them, so, Ultramario, if you're reading this, thanks...
Anyway, let's get on with these categories!

Pros

+Some of the graphics are good. For example, NO body the dragon's sprites were finally out to use! But some of the graphics didn't work, see the cons for more.
+Starring Waluigi.
+Many useful options.
+While the power-ups were used weirdly, they overall were fine.
+Wario is playable as a hidden easter egg. I'm not sure how you get him but one time I started playing and I happened to start out as him.
+The music is slightly repetitive, but it's not bad.

Cons

-Playing this game is not only exasperating, but INCREDIBLY HARD. This is probably the largest out of all the cons for me, bringing the total score for the game down many points. The reason is stated in the con below;
-The level design is honestly terrible. It seems like not much work was out into it, and some of the jumps and movements you have to make are so hard, they literally seem frame perfect. To sum it up, the level design is horrible...Just being brutally honest, as I always am when it should be done in a review. The physics don't help anything. The next con explains that.
-The physics are hard to work with; as Vinny stated, the controls are 'slippery'. Worded perfectly, friend, worded perfectly. While the traction is already slightly weird, the jumping physics are not exactly great. This, added with the level design, makes the overall gameplay very hard.
-The tiles and overall layout of the levels are bad; Waluigi's proportions are weird, such as the ? Blocks being strangely large, taking up to many tile spaces and making things even weirder. For example, small Waluigi falls thru one block gaps, but the normal Waluigi (or Super Waluigi) doesn't...That's not even the main issue with the tiles and other stuff.
-The collision is odd; but this is only a minor con since it isn't that bad.
-Not much variety with the enemies. One main enemy type with a recolor and different AI, and maybe one or more with a poor edit.

Impressions

Gameplay 4 / 10	Unfortunately, the gameplay is the worst thing in the entire game from what I've experienced. The level design is bad, along with the weird tile sizes and physics combined, makes an extremely hard game. And since each level is a lot longer than your average MFGG levels, it might feel like torture just trying to play it. I forced myself to play at least five levels of the game, and you know how long it took? A VERY long time. The third level took about two or three hours to complete, and I thought that level was hard. Well, the fourth level may have been even harder. It had much worse level design, and it took about five hours on and off of just trying to beat it. I really try to play the game a lot for my reviews, and when I got to the bonus level after the fourth level, I dyed just from taking Steroids. No, not from the Steroids, kiddies! Steroids are very good for you! No, I basically took the Steroids, jumped, and didn't know which blocks would break so I died. So, like an idiot that I am, I decided to beat it again just so I could beat that bonus level. To sum it up, the weird tile sizes, physics and level design didn't make the game particularly fun.
Graphics 5 / 10	NO body the dragon's sprites were used! Very good job on that, Ultramario! That aside, the rest of the graphics are pretty clashy. The best thing was NO body the dragon's sprites were used.
Sound 6 / 10	The music was above average, actually. The game has some pretty nice music, I can't really describe it. If you play the game you'll probably know what I mean.
Replay 3 / 10	Waluigi Land doesn't do excellently well in this category, but how many games do? Basically the main reason this game doesn't do good in the replay area is because of the incredibly hard gameplay that doesn't make you want to keep playing it.

Final Words

I'm sure it's fun for some people. Personally for me, it's not fun at all, due to the incredibly hard gameplay with things ranging from physics, to weird collision, to level design. Overall it's good that we have a Waluigi fangame here. For a lot of people, I think they wouldn't have fun with this, but if you're a hardcore person this might suit you. Overall, it wasn't enjoyable for me.

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