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Friday 25 January, 2008
GAME LOG ENTRY 1
SUMMARY
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars is, as the name suggests, a role-playing game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System created jointly by Squaresoft and Nintendo. The player assumes the role of Mario, the classic video game super-hero-plumber, and several of the friends that Mario meets along the way. Mario’s ultimate goal, as always, is to rescue Princess Peach from the clutches of Bowser and the new threat of the Smithy Gang.
GAMEPLAY
So far, Super Mario RPG seems to be the perfect blend between the classic adventures of Mario and the intricate well planned game mechanics of Squaresoft RPGs. The battle system functions as a typical turn-based RPG, with basic attacks, special skills and item use. However, it adds something to the experience by prompting the player to press a certain button at the right time to make the current action more effective. This involves the player more than simply having him select an action to perform and watch the accompanying action sequence over and over again.
Unfortunately the story seems to be rather lacking up to this point. I feel that it doesn’t capture the player’s interest right from the start as many other games do. The story seems to be rather simplistic; the same old rescue the maiden in distress routine doesn’t quite cut it. Nor does the seemingly frivolous quest of tracking down a purple crocodile that calls Barney to mind, for the sake of a confused marshmallow who thinks he is a frog. However, I realize that it is still early in the game and have no doubt that the story will evolve into something more engrossing.
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