@Hizang said:
Ok so I picked it up today and I feel mixed, because the overall gameplay structure of the game has drastically changed but ultimately its changed it so much It no longer feels like Mario Party. You may say that what changes could they make?
- Mini games no longer happen at the end of every turn, instead they are spaces on the board.
- You move as a group and follow a path to an end of the board.
These two things - especially the second one - have just changed what this game is, I'm not sure whether I like it or not yet.
(Note: I'm basing my assessment entirely on the TNT, so if the other stages in the game completely shake things up, too bad for Nintendo, I haven't seen those stages)
I agree that they've completely fucked up the "it's a board game" feel by making you all move as a group. I guess it keeps games moving quickly, but what was so bad about a circular board where you could set the number of turns until it ends?
Also, I liked the idea of coins as this secondary resource that enables you to buy Stars, or at least to buy/use items to fuck with other players. It made past Mario Party games feel like you could at least somewhat interact with other players. Now that coins don't exist and the only items are varieties of dice block, the only way to fuck with players is leave them right in front of a bunch of Ztars. I guess that still gives the game some strategy, but it's now THE ONLY FUCKING THING YOU CAN DO to mess with people, and it seems pretty dull that the game is now entirely about curating your own die roll to make sure you gain as many mini-Stars as possible while bringing the next player as closer to Ztars as possible.
The fact that so many turns can go by before a minigame actually happens also lessens the sense of direct competition the game used to have. It's become a game about trying to get exact die rolls, instead of a game about beating other players to the Star's location through trickery and through winning the frequent minigames.
I've played Mario Party 8 at a friend's house a couple of times, and it seems much, much more interesting, relatively speaking.
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