Rating Mario 64 basically boils down to if you played this game in your childhood or not. I get it: It's a landmark title, revolutionized the genre and landscape whil- blah blah blah, you've all read (or heard) the same paragraph over and over.
The controls are good enough, but it's flaws are more emphasized with the questionably designed levels later on. Don't get me wrong - Mario feels great to control and fuck around with, but it all kinda breaks apart when more precise input was expected from me. I don't think the camera is that bad - it just doesn't fit with the designs of some levels. Imma keep it real: I had to resort to a guide a lot of the times. Mostly because the context clues available just didn't really telegraph that much on what exactly you need to be doing.
While I feel this game has definitely aged and has some inherent flaws, in the end it is Super Mario 64. You gotta put respect to it y'know?
The controls are good enough, but it's flaws are more emphasized with the questionably designed levels later on. Don't get me wrong - Mario feels great to control and fuck around with, but it all kinda breaks apart when more precise input was expected from me. I don't think the camera is that bad - it just doesn't fit with the designs of some levels. Imma keep it real: I had to resort to a guide a lot of the times. Mostly because the context clues available just didn't really telegraph that much on what exactly you need to be doing.
While I feel this game has definitely aged and has some inherent flaws, in the end it is Super Mario 64. You gotta put respect to it y'know?