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[Zeth]

Buy locally tomorrow at your favorite retailer.

Return the unopened copy you are going to receive Monday to the retail store.

This is considered fraud in most places, just a heads up!

 

[Sinthetic]

Kotaku - YES.

 

[Uno Venova]

Gamespot is like one of the few sites that use the whole scale, I like that.

 

[zroid]

having skimmed through multiple reviews, these are the main complaints some people have with the game:

- ghosts lack personality, are mostly generic baddies
- too much backtracking
- game outstays its welcome by the end
- controls can be difficult
- multiplayer is shallow
- verbosity

edit:
- oh, and the GameSpot reviewer thinks it's too hard

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

#1 lol you're waiting for a price drop on a Nintendo game have fun waiting a while.

#2 You're missing out on a lot of great 3DS games.

eBay man. And I'm in no hurry to get any other 3DS games. My PS3 is keeping me more than busy at the moment.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

eBay man. And I'm in no hurry to get any other 3DS games. My PS3 is keeping me more than busy at the moment.

Ebay is not a price drop tricky

 

[SpaceBridge]

having skimmed through multiple reviews, these are the main complaints some people have with the game:

- ghosts lack personality, are mostly generic baddies
- too much backtracking
- game outstays its welcome by the end
- controls can be difficult
- multiplayer is shallow
- verbosity

edit:
- oh, and the GameSpot reviewer thinks it's too hard

This concerns me.

 

[zroid]

This concerns me.

I'm not entirely sure, because there have been some conflicting reports. But what I have been able to tell is it seems the ghost-to-ghost gameplay of Luigi's Mansion has mostly been axed in favour of more environmental puzzle solving. So in the context of Dark Moon, mini-boss-like ghosts with personality traits may not really be relevant to the gameplay at all.

 

[Forkball]

So according the Polygon they threw out the deep and immersive lore of the first game. WILL NOT BUY.

 

[Easy_D]

Polygon's closing complaint reminds me of Edge's infamous review of Doom. Surprised no one has mentioned it yet.

I wonder what the Doom reviewer guy thinks of Shin Megami Tensei.

 

[zroid]

The owner of that banned site people go to posted his review. Mostly consisted of praise for the boss fights, puzzle solving, level design, and the controls. He did also note that some of the missions can feel like a bit too much like padding.

 

[SpaceBridge]

Does it have a fun story at least?

 

[Freezie KO]

I'm a little concerned that the Kotaku review said they kept getting stuck. I remember liking the first game, and never having that problem. I'm not really fond of games where progress becomes dependent on solving a single puzzle, and if you can't solve it, the game is effectively over until you can.

 

[StreetsAhead]

I'm a little concerned that the Kotaku review said they kept getting stuck. I remember liking the first game, and never having that problem. I'm not really fond of games where progress becomes dependent on solving a single puzzle, and if you can't solve it, the game is effectively over until you can.

I've been stuck a few times for a max of five minutes. Most of them are super obvious and I've just over thought it. Sometimes though, while running around trying to figure it out, I've come across secrets or accidentally solved it. Best tip is to vacuum and Dark Light everything.

 

[Freezie KO]

I've been stuck a few times for a max of five minutes. Most of them are super obvious and I've just over thought it. Sometimes though, while running around trying to figure it out, I've come across secrets or accidentally solved it. Best tip is to vacuum and Dark Light everything.

All right. I can handle five minute increments. I'll keep your advice in mind.

 

[thetrin]

I'm a little concerned that the Kotaku review said they kept getting stuck. I remember liking the first game, and never having that problem. I'm not really fond of games where progress becomes dependent on solving a single puzzle, and if you can't solve it, the game is effectively over until you can.

Well to be completely honest, what good is an adventure game if you never get stumped?

 

[Yoshi]

I'm not entirely sure, because there have been some conflicting reports. But what I have been able to tell is it seems the ghost-to-ghost gameplay of Luigi's Mansion has mostly been axed in favour of more environmental puzzle solving. So in the context of Dark Moon, mini-boss-like ghosts with personality traits may not really be relevant to the gameplay at all.

Yeah, it's way more puzzle-and environment-oriented. Which is a good thing, because obviously the controls are not as comfortable as they are on the GameCube for the action sequences.

Does it have a fun story at least?

Very much so. The humour actually is a bit like it is in the Mario RPG games. I've laughed a lot.

I'm a little concerned that the Kotaku review said they kept getting stuck. I remember liking the first game, and never having that problem. I'm not really fond of games where progress becomes dependent on solving a single puzzle, and if you can't solve it, the game is effectively over until you can.

You can of course get stucked, otherwise the puzzle would be totally shallow. But it's never unfair and due to the mission structure you really don't need to wander around in huge place looking for the next step.

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

Ebay is not a price drop tricky

>_<

 

[BlazinAm]

This person then is in no way better than the fanboi who gets mad and calls GameSpot shit for their low review compared to the other publications. Actually, it's even worse since she's supposed to be a "professional".

ahhhahahahaha

Me! I think it's a form of disrespect for what is clearly a labor of love.

Yeah ok. I guess white knighting a game is better than an opinion.