I feel like instead of improving Mario 64 they tried to do something a little different and I think in the end, it kinda sucks. The structure is much less open and the levels less interesting. I'll say Mario feels very good to control on a fundamental level though.

And I'm not a fan of the tropical setting and every level is "connected" thematically so they all share that kind of setting in one way or another so lol. Not for me so I couldn't finish it.