So there are a few things I want to preface this video with.
1: I'm not risking putting up with Nintendo's copyright bullshit, so the footage in the
background will be from a Hat In Time, which is appropo considering I'll be recommending
it above Odyssey by the time this video's over.
2: Well that was a loaded sentence wasn't it?
So to clarify, Odyssey is by no means a bad game.
I think it's pretty good, in certain aspects great, and I understand the people who call
it a masterpiece.
Which leads me onto: 3: I know full well my opinion of Odyssey
does not reflect the majority or even the vast majority opinion on this game, so by
no means am I declaring this video to be the be all and end all of Odyssey reviews.
I am merely presenting my opinion so that along with everyone else's opinion you can
be a more informed consumer when it comes to your purchase decisions.
4: All of that being said, I give Odyssey a 6/10, which I should note is STILL a good
score, but I doubt that'll do much to soothe the angry mob of commenters, no doubt already
on their way to burn my house down.
So before they get here, let's discuss why I think that.
If you viewed Mario Odyssey purely as a piece of software, it is unquestionably a masterpiece.
The gameplay is great.
Cappy himself adds a ton to Mario's moveset, and avoids the pitfall feeling like a tacked
on addition, and instead a very clear evolution on Mario's previous abilities.
And not only does Mario himself control perfectly, but by some miracle they managed to carry
over that amazing game feel to everyone of the 50 different creatures he can possess.
The normal story boasts a healthy 10 or so hours to story end, and far far more than
that if you want to go for 100% completion, with I'm told, some real pillow-chewing
difficult stages stashed away for all you long time fans.
The game is also beautiful and runs fantastically, to the point that it never dropped below 60
FPS, and the music consists almost entirely of universally great tracks that you'll
no doubt be hearing in the background of NormalBoots videos for years to come.
The biggest problem on the whole for the game's presentation is Nintendo being Nintendo and
continuing to cram in the usual motion control bullshit, which is especially egregious considering
half the buttons already do the same thing.
A and B do the same thing, as do X and Y, L and R, and ZL and ZR.
So they had at least 4 extra buttons to bind shit too, but no, they want you to use motion
controls.
Thankfully most of the time the extra waggles aren't required, mainly being used to do
things like speed up a certain action you were already doing.
So surely once you brush off that, let's face it, at best minor annoyance, Odyssey
must obviously be sparkling perfect diamond of a game, right?
Well sort of, in the sense that I'd look at an real life diamond for a bit and go,
"Yep, that's a diamond all right."
and then either get bored and wander off or try to sell it.
So let's get to it already: Mario Odyssey was boring.
You see, I view a really good game like a really good s'more.
You have the cracker to provide structural support, in this case the graphics, music,
and game engine, the marshmallow to give you some substance, levels, the moment to moment
gameplay, etc... and the chocolate to give the whole thing a flavor, in this case the
story.
And with any luck, all of it will ideally melt together into one cohesive whole, as
opposed to three disparate elements.
Mario Odyssey however, is like a s'more that's just 2 crackers and a marshmallow,
which works I guess, and you could probably swallow it fine, but it doesn't have any
chocolate to give it's taste a lasting impression, which is to say there's nothing in the game
that enthuses me in any way.
I found the whole thing to be really boring, and more than anything I think that comes
down to a lack of proper investment in the story.
"Wow, is Syy really complaining about the story in a Mario game?
What were you expecting, The Count Of Mario Cristo?"
No, I'm perfectly fine with "Bowser kidnapped Peach, go rescue her" being the overarching
narrative, but what I'm really after is something to give context to what you spend
99% of the game doing, faffing around in various places, your only motivation to fill up your
car's gas can so you can go to the next area and get more gas there.
All the fun of a cross country roadtrip in a Hummer.
The game is a series of plopping you down in a new sandbox and saying, "Okay, go meet
a minimum faffing around requirement before we'll allow you to go to the next sandbox
and do it all over again.".
Which would've been fine, if there was any story to provide structure to the faffing.
The most you get is the usual Zelda thing of "Oh no, there's a boss monster leaning
on the "make everything shitty" lever, go kill him and flip the switch for us."
which I don't feel is enough.
Maybe it would help if I felt like I was collecting moons in service of some overall goal besides
"you need X amount of them to go to the next level".
I mean, at least Mario Sunshine had the goal of cleaning Isle Delfino and clearing Mario's
name, and the more Shine Sprites you got the brighter the hub area got, so it at least
felt like collecting shines was in service of something greater.
If I'm in Odyssey, and I see a moon sitting, let's say on a pillar 10 feet to my left,
but I already have enough moons to get to the next area, what's my motivation to go
get it?
They're not rare, it won't help any overall goal, it won't even help the local populace,
so my only goal is 100% completion, which isn't enough for me, and the vast majority
of the gameplay is like that.
Maybe if some of the areas had had characters you interacted with, and who had more personality
than "I am a member of my species, allow me to remind you of our one defining character
trait."
I might be more interested in hanging out there and exploring.
The game gives you one goal "Rescue Peach" but nothing you do through the course of this
"odyssey" feels like it's in any way in service of that.
You're just constantly chasing Bowser from place to place, and only bothering to fix
that places problems because it gives you some gas for your car in exchange.
This is where coming out in the same month as A Hat in Time did Mario Odyssey no favors
in my mind, because while both games are 3D platformer collectathons that are centered
around hats and take heavy inspiration from past Mario games like Sunshine and 64, A Hat
In Time has a personality to it, unlike Odyssey.
It has memorable characters, it's world has a history, the game has a sense of humor
about it.
It's not just a string of unconnected locations that you go to, fuck around for a bit in,
then leave and never think about again.
For example, the main goal of A Hat In Time is getting the hourglasses back to power your
spaceship, (the equivalent of having to rescue Peach in Odyssey) but in addition to that,
each zone has it's own mini-goal to give the moment to moment gameplay a narrative
foundation.
Whether that be trying to save Mustache Girl in Mafia Town, helping two failing movie directors
create the next big blockbuster, or trying to get your soul back from the Snatcher, every
mission has additional story context to make it feel like what you're doing has a meaning.
Now, that's not to say A Hat in Time is perfect.
Gameplay wise it doesn't have anywhere near the depth and complexity that Odyssey does,
because, you know, indie game.
To go back to the s'more analogy, A Hat In Time is a s'more that has a double serving
of chocolate, and while it might only have one cracker, that's all you really need
to support the whole thing anyway as long as you don't mind some chocolate getting
on your fingers, and this is where the analogy that I've been abusing finally breaks down,
coughs out it's last, and dies.
So let's try a different food analogy instead.
To me Mario Odyssey is akin to a Cheeto Puff.
You might have cravings for it every now and again and you might really like the taste,
but as soon as you eat it it fades quickly from memory and no matter how many you eat
it'll hardly fill you up.
There are precious few moments in all of Odyssey that I think I'll still remember a month
from now.
In fact, I can narrow that down: one moment.
One moment I think I'll still remember a month from now, namely the final boss fight
with Bowser and the scene aftewards, which was the only time I felt like I was enjoying
playing the game, because there was a very clear goal I was working towards within the
story.
Everything else just feels like filler, the gameplay equivalent of the feathers in a pillow,
something there just to fill the space in an unoffensive way.
So at the end of the day I admit I'm left feeling underwhelmed by Odyssey.
There's an incredibly solid core here, that I really wish I could form an attachment to,
but without context I find that impossible.
What really needs to happen here is an Ocarina Of Time / Majora's Mask type thing, where
Nintendo takes all the existing assets and gameplay which is all perfectly fine, and
makes a new game, but with more of an emphasis on storytelling, on giving the characters
personalities, on making a lasting impression on the player, and on doing weird experimental
shit.
Maybe take some inspiration from A Hat in Time in that regard, in a sort of "apprentice
becomes the master" type situation.
But like I said at the start of the video my opinion is by no means the definitive one
and you should go hear some other out before - [breaking window, fire starting in background]
-Oh shit, the fanboys are here!
Okay folks, I gotta go.
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Later!
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