Game Reviewed | Mario and The Return of Wart, by |
Review Author | Vertette |
Created | Sep 3 2018, 2:19 PM |
Pros | nice art in places |
Cons | bad level design inconsistent art style severe lack of polish where the heck are the smb2 enemies doesn't even tell you when it's ended |
Gameplay 3 / 10 |
it has the original smw physics and camera which are god tier, but the level design is awful because it just doesn't go anywhere. it's like if a normal mario level was a short story, where you got a gimmick you build a level around and you make it increasingly harder by throwing twists at the player to keep it fresh, but this hack doesn't do any of that. instead it feels like all the levels are pointless because they have no real theming or even build up making every obstacle feel like it was just randomly thrown at you. a good example was the level "fuzzy freakout" which, despite what the name might make you think, only had like 5 fuzzies total compared to like 8 or 10 chucks and in the end was practically a straight line that only took more than 30 seconds to beat because it had slow autoscrolling |
Graphics 3 / 10 |
throws art at you from all kinds of sources, super mario land 2, smb3 (nes), super mario world, yoshi's island, and some custom graphics that look way more advanced than anything else in the game. the custom art is good but it stands out so much from everything and there are quite a few graphical issues, so the final product ends up being ugly and distracting |
Sound 7 / 10 |
wasn't bad |
Replay 1 / 10 |
there's only like 3 complete levels out of 5 available ones. one ends right after the midway point, one outright tells you to go back to the overworld and what's there just isn't very good, plus the hack feels really unpolished in general, it doesn't even tell you when it's ended so I had to open the hack in lunar magic just to confirm if I had completed it |
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mario and the return of wart is a mediocre hack with only a few levels, all of which aren't particularly good, with a really distracting and inconsistent art style, a severe polish and no real effort to even tie wart into the game which could at least make it stand out. as it stands right now, i've played worse hacks, but i certainly wouldn't boot this one up for another go |
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