This game is AWESOME

5/29/2010 4:13:25 PM

I hated that star on the long tree trunk slide. that one took me forever....

and i hate how you lose all your men after you save and quit. i would have about 20 men saved up, then next time i play it is down to 5 again.

5/30/2010 12:51:16 PM

Yeah that's pretty lame, especially when you get to the later levels (which are pretty tough).

I'm 100 stars in and I've been having a good time. Some of the stars are frustrating as hell. They even managed to make one even more frustrating than that damn exploding box game from Galaxy 1.

I don't think the game deserved 10/10. 9/10 yeah, but it's too much of a retread of Galaxy 1 to be a 10/10 IMO.

5/30/2010 1:34:30 PM

i just spent 20 minutes on the prankster comet on yoshi island...that's the one that gives you 60 seconds to kill all the spiny's with the rainbow star.

i died about 16 times before i beat it

5/30/2010 3:06:47 PM

i loved the bowser jr. level on world 3 until i got to the boss. i just played 12 times and lost each time. i can get to the last part no problem, but when i have to hit his head twice, the double laser and the bullets hit me every time. i hate when the game mechanics get in the way. i'm timing the jump right every time but the mechanics keep getting in the way

5/31/2010 12:39:31 PM

lol, if you have trouble with it now wait for the prankster on that level...

5/31/2010 3:43:32 PM

i took a break and came back an hour later and beat it on the first try...

is there a prankster comet for every level? Some levels I've got the comet medals, but others I don't bother looking for...

5/31/2010 3:59:30 PM

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"it's too much of a retread of Galaxy 1 to be a 10/10 IMO."

5/31/2010 4:01:28 PM

Bought it today and played through the first batch of levels. It's a lot of fun, but so far it feels more like an expansion pack than a true sequel. Aside from Yoshi, there's not a whole lot that feels new.

And no Rosalina this time? She was a milf (you know, as much as a fictional animated character can be).

6/1/2010 7:30:28 PM

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"And no Rosalina this time? She was a milf "

She's back and even more involved than before. She actually offers to take control of mario if you die 5+ times to guide you automatically to the star (only its a bronze star)

6/1/2010 7:38:20 PM

I'm noticing that my favorite thing about Galaxy 1 is notably absent. Granted, I just started World 5, but come on. The Pull Stars were my favorite things to play around with in the first game, and I've only seen ONE in the entire game so far.

6/1/2010 8:01:11 PM

My girlfriend is getting this tomorrow.

She's going to be playing it a lot...



...so I'm getting Red Dead Redemption.

6/1/2010 10:11:28 PM

Its ridiculous how good Nintendo is at gameplay and level design. If only anybody else could come up with anything half as good as the Nintendo stuff on the wii.

6/2/2010 11:31:38 PM

I'm in the fifth world now. I forget how many stars I've got, but I've been collecting all of them as they've become available. I've also been collecting all of the comet coins. Some of these levels were amazingly fun, but others can just suck my balls (I'm looking at you, tree-trunk level. And the gliding level in the fifth world). And all the boss fights have been awesome thus far.

Quote :

"score every one of the game's 120 stars and you'll reveal another portion of Super Mario Galaxy 2 that will give you a much more devious but enormously fulfilling challenge."

That doesn't mean that you have to do all 120 stars again, does it? Because a second playthrough was one of the few things I didn't like about the first Mario Galaxy. While I love Luigi's advanced speed and jumping, it felt like a really cheap way to extend the amount of play time.

6/3/2010 10:49:14 PM

SPOILER ALERT (select to read)

The second 120 stars involve playing the same levels, but there are green stars hidden in each one. Some of the hiding spots are pretty clever and require you to really comb the levels. I guess it's better than a second playthrough as Luigi, but it's nothing earth-shattering

Having completely finished the main quest, I'd say it's pretty awesome game overall.

Quote :

"Its ridiculous how good Nintendo is at gameplay and level design."

QFT

6/3/2010 11:01:27 PM

Am I the only one that doesn't like playing as luigi? My control is much crisper with Mario.

I really like this game more than the first. Really, it's just extremely clever and the addition of yoshi is well done. Also, it's probably the only game my wife looks forward to playing with me. She really contibutes, unlike the first one when P2 can only collect star bits.

6/7/2010 12:03:22 PM

I love this game, but I hate the fucking glider levels!

(because I am turrible at them )

6/7/2010 12:45:20 PM

Quote :

"Am I the only one that doesn't like playing as luigi? My control is much crisper with Mario."

That's deliberate. Luigi is harder to control, but jumps higher.

6/7/2010 12:59:14 PM

Got all 120 stars over the weekend. I'm now working on the "second" playthrough.

Good lord, some of those levels in the final world were fucking frustrating. They'll push your skills to the limit (and probably result in half your hair getting pulled out). Though doing the Mario/Luigi level and fighting the bosses from the first game was pretty baller.

6/7/2010 9:21:39 PM

i haven't played in a week...sitting steady at about 43 stars... i'll pick it back up soon

6/7/2010 9:26:24 PM

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"Good lord, some of those levels in the final world were fucking frustrating."

which one's? I didn't feel like this game ever got frustrating. Maybe 2 or 3 tries to get through a level... but I never felt overwhelmed.

I dig having to find the green stars. I try to think like a developer... makes it easier to find them. I have around 150 stars. Gonna get em all eventually.

6/21/2010 2:26:37 PM

"One's," huh?

[Edited on June 21, 2010 at 2:31 PM. Reason : Post #46,046.]

6/21/2010 2:31:45 PM

I just entered world 6 and have 69 stars. I have found every star in each world so far except the comet stars for some of them, because they haven't appeared yet.

I doubt I will get 120 stars because I don't care about going back and getting the comet coin in every world. I wish you could get the comet coin and then exit the world (if you already beat it), instead of having to actually finish the level again.

6/21/2010 6:03:52 PM

^^ oh no! bad grammar on the internet!

6/22/2010 8:51:49 AM

^^That's a shame because the comet stars are where the challenge of the game is at (for me at least).

6/22/2010 11:09:40 AM

Is it really worth the effort to get all 120 stars in MG1? I have 7 left and I think they are all purple comets.

Does anything special get unlocked in MG2 if you have a save file of MG1 that is completed?

6/22/2010 11:30:56 AM

1) Unless you consider the feat of getting all 120 stars in and of itself a fun accomplishment, no. The only bonus for getting all 120 stars in MG1 is that you get to do it all over again with Luigi. If you get all of Luigi's stars, then you unlock one extremely lame bonus level.

2) Nope.

6/22/2010 1:44:53 PM

i can't stand levels with lava or sand...

is there a way to stop mario from running around in a panic after he steps on lava, or do you just have to wait it out? it really sucks on levels with small platforms because 1 mishap in lava usually leads to 2 more quick ones and a death

6/22/2010 4:14:17 PM

I just control mario to the nearest wall and hold in that direction. Some levels with a speed run, i jump in the lava to go faster.

6/22/2010 4:16:29 PM

^ good idea there

^^ I just try to run him in a tight circle till he settles down

6/22/2010 5:44:55 PM

^ yeah, when no wall is in sight, that's what i do too.

6/22/2010 8:52:33 PM

Quote :

"Some levels with a speed run, i jump in the lava to go faster."

Hehe, on the speed run for one of the Bowser levels I was running out of time while riding a platform over lava. I jumped in and landed on the star with 1 second left.

6/22/2010 9:31:17 PM

I was watching my roommate play this last night. I about shat myself when he got to the Throwback galaxy which was identical to Whomp's fortress on Mario 64. Even the music was the same. Talk about nostalgia!

6/24/2010 6:54:11 PM

yeah it needed more 64 levels

6/25/2010 8:32:48 AM

I thought retreading the 64 level was pretty lame

6/25/2010 8:52:13 AM

my only complaint is it wasn't harder

[Edited on June 25, 2010 at 10:19 AM. Reason : that's what she said Ø]

6/25/2010 10:19:26 AM