Current Events > Super Mario 64 Sucks... And Here's Why

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This is why children shouldn't be allowed to speak their opinions

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not gonna watch that shit lol.

this game rocked the gaming world in 1996. and it's still fun.

Damn_Underscore posted...

Crash 1 is just as old as Super Mario 64 and a much better game.

I mean Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World are much better games than Super Mario 64

no

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TommyPickles21 posted...

Groundbreaking and good are 2 drastically different things.

If the game wasn't good, games wouldn't be following in its footsteps and revolutionize an entire genre.
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If Mario 64 sucks, then what does that make Sonic Adventure? lol

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At the time the game was ground breaking. I never got into it though even during the N64 era. It is one of those games that without nostalgia goggles could easily be viewed as a game that has aged poorly.

Super Mario World is a much better game and still amazing to play.


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legendarylemur posted...

It's to the point where Tick-Tock Clock is considered great amongst a sea of terrible late game worlds? Even though that's just a one long obstacle course that you have to do by s***ty segments over and over and over.

I like the concept of tick tock clock though. There's a surprising amount of people who seethe at that level but when I tell them if you jump in at 12 o clock everything is stopped they freak out because they didn't know about it. It's possible the level is hated for the moving parts which the game gives you the option to manipulate as needed (you can speed it up or slow it down or even stop it completely!). After all you have to have the clock moving to get one of the stars in the face of the clock. Unless you want to do some speed runner shenanigans of course.

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brutal video, clickbait to the max to try to boost his following for those sweet sweet utoob dollars.

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Naysaspace posted...

brutal video, clickbait to the max to try to boost his following for those sweet sweet utoob dollars.

the algorithm doesn't like heavily disliked videos though

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How many subscribers does this kid have lol

Edit: Only 5k. Thank god

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Choco posted...

the algorithm doesn't like heavily disliked videos though

Followers. Read, ricky. Read.

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Naysaspace posted...

Followers. Read, ricky. Read.

you don't exactly gain more followers if the algorithm doesn't recommend your videos.

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I couldn't make it past the wall jump segment. This guy just sucks at mario 64 and hates the game because he sucks at it.

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badjay posted...

I like the concept of tick tock clock though. There's a surprising amount of people who seethe at that level but when I tell them if you jump in at 12 o clock everything is stopped they freak out because they didn't know about it. It's possible the level is hated for the moving parts which the game gives you the option to manipulate as needed (you can speed it up or slow it down or even stop it completely!). After all you have to have the clock moving to get one of the stars in the face of the clock. Unless you want to do some speed runner shenanigans of course.

It could've been cool, and just on its own, it's a terrific parkour level. But as a SM64 world, it's terrible. You have to go through that first section of Tick Tock clock like 5 times minimum, not counting the red coin in which you go another path. There are like 2 different stars at the top, and it's one of the hellish worlds to 100 coin even with time stop and all.

Time stop also doesn't really change the level much. It makes everything a little bit easier but still doesn't make it less repetitive

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it's weird how people talk about stuff like "the water level is based on the height you enter at" and "the clock speed is based on where the hand points" when there are literally toads nearby that explain in no uncertain terms how it works

Illuminoius posted...

it's weird how people talk about stuff like "the water level is based on the height you enter at" and "the clock speed is based on where the hand points" when there are literally toads nearby that explain in no uncertain terms how it works

the only reason to talk to toads is to get stars, all other toads are just there to say hi to you and we have better things to do than say hi!

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as much as i love Cash Bazooka, it's hard to compare it to Mario 64.

like one is linear as hell while the other is more open...

Illuminoius posted...

it's weird how people talk about stuff like "the water level is based on the height you enter at" and "the clock speed is based on where the hand points" when there are literally toads nearby that explain in no uncertain terms how it works

Haha you're correct about that, but it seems like most players don't even do that, unless you're old school bored and do everything you possibly can in a game to extract as much value out of it from what you asked your mom to buy it for you since you aren't getting another game till your next birthday kind of thing.

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Illuminoius posted...

it's weird how people talk about stuff like "the water level is based on the height you enter at" and "the clock speed is based on where the hand points" when there are literally toads nearby that explain in no uncertain terms how it works

The thing about Wet/Dry world that recently got me was that, while I do remember that the water level changed based on the height of your jump into the painting, I had forgotten that the high jump raised the water level higher than you possibly could within the level. This stumped me for over an hour when I tried to get to the pink Bob-omb at the top of the level. The highest switch wouldn't get the water high enough, and I couldn't jump high enough from any angle to reach it. I spent the rest of the time looking for those invisible teleporting platforms to get me up there, since other levels had that trick.

I had to actually look it up online to see that you could only raise the water high enough for the pink Bob-omb from outside the level. Not even the Toad would have helped then as one would assume the water height accessible from outside the level would have been the same heights available within the level.

I'm actually not sure how I figured it out as a kid. I may have just been farting around with fancy jumps and discovered it by accident.

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untrustful posted...

the only reason to talk to toads is to get stars, all other toads are just there to say hi to you and we have better things to do than say hi!

yeah, and the very same toad that gives you a star in the final area is the same one who tells you about the clock's mechanics
if people don't know about the clock, it's because they make an active decision not to seek out information from the game (or choose not to read it when it is presented)

Dude is a fucking idiot
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Nah even today its a good game

This is certainly a hot take for the ages

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Mario 64 had weird level design, like they just slapped a bunch of random assets together.

Plus the movement is annoying when mario skids too much or slips down a hill or doesn't turn.
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ZevLoveDOOM posted...

as much as i love Cash Bazooka, it's hard to compare it to Mario 64.

like one is linear as hell while the other is more open...

What is Cash Bazooka?
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Yeah it was revolutionary for the time but now the camera and controls are miserable

TommyPickles21 posted...

What is Cash Bazooka?

This
wtf game is that?

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LightningAce11 posted...

Mario 64 had weird level design, like they just slapped a bunch of random assets together.

I don't disagree with this.

Like people have said, it pioneered 3D gaming as a whole so people give it plenty of passes.

It still holds up as a playable game today though. The controls are just fine though and I think it's one of the few things that actually do hold up well for this game.

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