Amazing concept, but i sadly have a number of qualms with how inconsistent the polish can be. Yes i know thats the point but in my opinion, constantly seeing fake paintings having their textures almost always slightly misaligned or doors being misaligned (like the one on the side of the castle near the waterfall… geez), it kind of takes me out of what this game is trying to do if that makes any sense. Still, a lot of the areas are really interesting and fun to explore, and plus its mario 64 so just moving around is fun on its own. And I know for a lot of people b3313 will definitely satisfy that itch of exploring cool mario 64 liminal spaces.

Its just that for me it only reaches maybe like 80% of what I truly want out of something like this. The castle areas are easily the most fun to explore but they range so wildly in quality for me. I still think theres more room for potential here… I want to explore fleshed out areas like the parallel lobby or nebula lobby instead of the 4b floor…. which that floor really isnt great in my opinion!

It’s weird though. I think you’d be better off not 100%ing the game, dont even go for it in the slightest. Surprisingly going for every single fucking star, at least for me, provided a lot more annoyances with how the structure of this game is than I wanted, which is to be expected.

Overall its a really interesting and honestly really cool game. I think it has a great balance of that intentional inconsistency in its structure but also still having some sense of direction, meaning you can actually map out a specific place you wanna go to which is really cool. But sadly the experience slowly got worse for me as I went for 100%… so dont go for 100%.

Reviewed on Apr 25, 2024


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