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mp3ksc's Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES)
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Overview
Super Mario RPG:Legend of the Seven Stars is as the title would suggest, an RPG about Mario. This game was a collaboration between Square and Nintendo. The game starts off as a standard "Bowser kidnaps Peach and Mario goes to his castle to save her", but it soon evolves into a more intriguing storyline as an unknown Giant Sword plants itself onto Bowser's castle and seperates all aforementioned characters. The sword claims the castle for someone named Smithy and now is just beginning his conquest for the Mushroom Kingdom. Now it's up to Mario and Friends to stop him.
Gameplay
The characters in this game are quite interesting. Even Mario has a clear personality even though he is a silent protagonist. He is able to express anything he needs to say through Pantomime. This game has a certain sense of humor to it. There are alot of jokes exchanged between characters when they converse. Mario's ability to talk without actually talking is a joke on early RPG's that feature silent main characters.
The story at first seemed very basic. However as the game progresses, more twists are added such as the introduction of a new villain and the meeting of new characters. So Far, there are no complaints on how this story is turning out. Hopefully more twists and turns will make this story very unique.
Gameplay is quite innovative. Outside of battles, it plays very similarly to a 3d mario game. You jump over gaps and hit blocks from underneath. Inside battles is where things get interesting. The battles are turn based and are also timing based. Meaning that if you press a button at the right time, something happens such as getting a stronger attack or defending from an attack better. It really spices up normally bland turn based RPGs.
Level design is quite diverse as well. This adventure takes me to the bright mountains to a bustling city and to a dark sewer and more. I can clearly tell parts of the world from other parts because they are just so diffrent from each other. Graphically, it seems to be the very best that the Super Nintendo has produced that I've seen so far.
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As I progress farther into this game, I am shown the true objective of this game. The goal is to collect the 7 stars and give them to a new character Geno. To gather all the stars, Smithy has strong henchmen to serve as bosses to gaurd them.
I am definately liking how this game rewards you. Everytime I have defeated enough enemies, I get a slight boost in all my numbers and a big boost on one of three statistics. This kind of adds replay value to the game as you can customize and emphasize what your character will excel at.
This game is able to hold my interest because it is a great blend of things that work fine. It is an RPG with action elements. It has great dialogue and an interesting enough story. It is also packaged with great graphics for its time.
There is nothing I would not to change about this game, this game is a classic and in my oppinion, nothing I could think of at this moment can improve on it.
Design
Now from my perspective, the design in this game is quite ingenious. It is an RPG, but because it is a mario game, it has mario like elements to it that make it feel familiar but give a different experience. It contains many of the similar enemies from past games and feature attacks that are similar to what Mario had as well.
It introduced a battle system that I have never seen in any other game before, making it quite innovative even today. Even after a decade from when this game was made, there were no copy cat imitations. The timing system keeps players engaged into the battle and doesn't leave anyone bored.
The graphics design is also quite innovative. It is set from a 3 quarters perspective and can give the impression that the world is 3d even when it really isn't. Overall this is easily one of the best games ever made.
This entry has been edited 2 times. It was last edited on Jan 15th, 2008 at 02:48:23.
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mp3ksc's Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Tuesday 15 January, 2008
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