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Mario 64 is a bigger game than most I've played in recent memory...

• Wowfunhappy 7y ago
  How are you defining "big"? Mario 64 was impressive for its time, but the worlds are pretty darn small by modern standards. The game also uses multiple mission objectives (and a requirement that you return to the start of the map after each mission) to pad out the length.
  • soulofmischief 7y ago
    I guess OP means "amount of content", which is definitely true. That one little trick, combined with genuine fresh gameplay, gave it some incredible longevity. I've been playing through the first two Thief games, released 20 years ago, and I put 60 hours into beating the first and am already 30 hours into the second. Gotta say I'm extremely impressed given most games I've played in the last few years are on the order of a few hours' playtime.
    • Wowfunhappy 7y ago
      In terms of quantity though, I don't think there was that much content. It all came together well, especially for its time, but that's different.
      • soulofmischief 7y ago
        Define "content".
  • on_and_off 7y ago
    I just saw a girlfriend review of Zelda Ocarina of time (another N64 game). She was amazed by how many things are packed into this game and how each room or character feels way more unique than the last assassin creed game. I would not say that all modern games suffer from this but I have come to deeply appreciate games that did the best with the limitation imposed by them by their tech. In addition to N64 games, I have always been impressed by how Grim Fandango took a low poly graphical engine and turned it into an amazing art style. Especially when I compare it to so many AAA games with huge budgets and a brown "photorealist" approach as interesting as a wet carrot and that look extremely dated 3 years later.
    • saagarjha 7y ago
      > I just saw a girlfriend review of Zelda Ocarina of time (another N64) game. Sorry, is this a typo or is there a specific niche of "people who are girlfriends" (?) reviewing games?
      • nubb 7y ago
        You could have just googled it, she's a popular youtuber.
        • gnu8 7y ago
          How is that a credential?
        • misterprime 7y ago
          Not sure about him, but I'm not in the habit of looking up apparent typos. >she's a popular youtuber Thanks for the clarification.
          • on_and_off 7y ago
            why on earth did nubb comment get flagged ?? As I remember it, it was courteous and informative.
            • Wowfunhappy 7y ago
              Because of the “You could have just Googled it.”
        • saagarjha 7y ago
          Just wanted to make sure you didn’t mean “my” in the place of “a”, which I guess you didn’t.
    • donatj 7y ago
      That’s interesting because I thought I was alone. I’ve been playing Assassins Creed Origins for a while and my general feeling is there’s a TON of content but none of it is important. There will be a city in the desert and maybe one mission, and a bunch of very samey houses? It’s certainly realistic, but the real world is so boring. In older Assassins Creed games you could tell loving thought went into how you would traverse things, climbing things took a lot more skill and there were secrets to find. The newer ones the other hand have just tons of bland, and climbing is basically automatic, just push forward. It’s kind of sad to see one of my favorite series become so dull.