I have not finished this game - have one last world I didn't finish, I believe, plus post game stars - but I feel confident in this.
An amazing fanwork that feels like a mostly natural next step from Mario 64. At times, I did feel the platforming was much more than 64 would ever expect from you, but it's not the same game so that's not necessarily a con. What is a con to me is the order of the worlds. While you can go in relatively any order you want, I find that each section of the game has a world that's just glaringly more difficult than the rest of the area, which makes pacing a bit shaky.
I'd like to mention that I played this via the port to the (New) 3DS - more specifically I played it on my New 2DS XL. I don't know if it runs any better on a N3DSXL, but on my system there was a lot of slowdown in the hub, several worlds, and I had a few crashes. I'm not holding this against the game because I have no idea if the developer of this mod was involved in the 3DS port, but it certainly made it harder to enjoy in some parts. The worst if it - and the reason I haven't fully finished this mod - is in the last world, Starlight Runway. This stage already has a bunch of butt-puckering areas and stars as a whole, and the slow down only made it worse. And the inevitable game overs with a full minute or two just to travel the hub world and get back to the stage... ugh.
Still, though, I found this mod very enjoyable and highly recommend it if you are familiar with Mario 64. Really made me want to play more 64 mods.
An amazing fanwork that feels like a mostly natural next step from Mario 64. At times, I did feel the platforming was much more than 64 would ever expect from you, but it's not the same game so that's not necessarily a con. What is a con to me is the order of the worlds. While you can go in relatively any order you want, I find that each section of the game has a world that's just glaringly more difficult than the rest of the area, which makes pacing a bit shaky.
I'd like to mention that I played this via the port to the (New) 3DS - more specifically I played it on my New 2DS XL. I don't know if it runs any better on a N3DSXL, but on my system there was a lot of slowdown in the hub, several worlds, and I had a few crashes. I'm not holding this against the game because I have no idea if the developer of this mod was involved in the 3DS port, but it certainly made it harder to enjoy in some parts. The worst if it - and the reason I haven't fully finished this mod - is in the last world, Starlight Runway. This stage already has a bunch of butt-puckering areas and stars as a whole, and the slow down only made it worse. And the inevitable game overs with a full minute or two just to travel the hub world and get back to the stage... ugh.
Still, though, I found this mod very enjoyable and highly recommend it if you are familiar with Mario 64. Really made me want to play more 64 mods.