I'm excited for those NSO (subscribers who never had the chance to play the original Paper Mario. It behooves you all to rectify this oversight, whether it be through ignorance, incompetence, or unfortunate inability and inaccessibility.
So this is a good one? The only Paper Mario i've played is Super and Sticker Star, and i bounced off SS really early. Nintendo need to hurry so i can play TTYD already.
A good number --and seemingly growing-- of people would even say it's the best one. It's been a long time since I've played either it or The Thousand Year Door, so I'm not going to say too strongly one way or the other, but I'm not about to disagree here.
It's incredibly cozy and charming, well-paced, enjoyable gameplay. I'd definitely say it's good.
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So, the teams really think that piling on endless Paper Puns really is why the series was popular, huh. What a disconnect between what I think and what they apparently think.
Paper puns can be cute.
They shouldn't be the basis of the writing, nor ever-present, nor too self-congratulatory or egregious.
The world and writing can play itself straight, perhaps using paper for flavor.
Basically, the world should present some sense of verisimilitude, and overreliance on paper puns can make the world seem paper thin, if not as scritta.
In short, yeah, original Paper Mario is good, and people should play it.
I really wish you could just buy the NSO games instead of being forced to subscribe to play them
This is what I come to, though. I don't tend to mention it in NSO threads at all, because, well, it seems weird and somewhat aggressive to come into the thread just to say I don't like the base concept, but ... I'm not a fan of the subscription-based future (and thus, also of GaaS).
Do you really think three games would make you subscribe? If you haven't already, I'm not sure why you're expecting a single update to make you want to jump in.
Which, yeah, unless I'm holding out for specific games, this makes sense. I'm not even sure I'd use online enough to justify the base subscription, and that's with various games included as part of the service. For the games themselves, I'd really prefer to also be able to just obtain those without having to worry about the subscription.
That's not to say people can't make a value judgement of their own. I think it's usually less about single updates, and more about the ongoing cycle of value, especially when people are now paying specifically for the games and not for online service that includes games in addition.
But that's enough digression. My lack of enthusiasm for the service doesn't change the current direction, nor should it detract from the enjoyment people derive thereof. Once again, I'm glad for the people who get to experience the original Paper Mario for the first time. Enjoy!