Ryan Johnson

The game has no challenge for even a moderate platform player like myself. I cannot recomend this game other then to hardcore Mario fans. The game feels like it was ment for young childern as there is no difficulty, and I really mean no difficulty. In fact in some places, the game just lets you win regardless of your actions. In one of the wounder star areas I activly tired to die and could not. I took no damage from the enemies and would not die when falling into traps. It just let me win. In an underwater level, I just swam forward. I moved slightly to avoid walls, but that was all. No enemies even pathed into my way. I was never in any danger. Who builds a level where the danger, the gameplay, is just an illusion? That is really it. This game is fake. The danger in most areas feels like it is there for show, and provides little interaction for the player. One of the early boss levels had cannons that shot bombs. I just stood in place and the bombs were fired well over my head. They could not had hurt me. I just walked past them. The danger was never real. The gameplay, the danger, the challenge does not exist. I have to askmyself: why even play the game? That is why it feels like it was ment for young childern. Like bowling with the bumpers to prevent gutterballs. You cannot loose. FYI: I am about 2/3s of the way through the game, and I am playing as Mario.