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Game Reviewed	Super Mario Bros: Ztar Turmoil, by Hello
Review Author	Syr
Created	Nov 28 2012, 8:14 PM

General Commentary and Game Overview

Shoot me. Someone shoot me. No, wait, DON'T! You could send me to a dark chamber to play Super Mario Bros: Ztar Turmoil for 5 minutes before I'm found trying to commit suicide.
Now, I typically stay away from Hello games, but I decided, "you know what, I'm being a little too hard on the guy and some of the games aren't that bad, if you overlook the small glitches which hello of course said he fixed." So, here's one of the games I decided to try out. I wish I didn't.
Now, I'm okay with the dark atmosphere, Hello, there's nothing wrong with it. Even if Mario is happy and frolicking all the time, throwing him in a dark atmosphere every once and a while won't kill him. Just monitor it reasonably. This game is actually wasted on Mario, because Mario's so epic that he doesn't even need comes. He just jumps or even punches away goombas. "Screw weapons, I have mah stomp!" Mario declares.

Pros

- Graphics. Most of them look amazing. Especially that titlescreen. Dude, you've done well.
- Shop system is cool.
- The idea of having Mario in a dark atmosphere in contrary to his normally "lala-land." It could've been executed without guns. Dude if you did, this game would've been so much better.
- Physics are much better than what they used to be. Again, Hello did tell me he addressed this engine long ago.

Cons

- GUNSHOT DIALOGUE.
- Enemies that just won't die until 4793784938 hits later.
- Boarder glitch (but it wasn't too bad actually)
- Level length that makes you want to slap your momma.
- No enemy motive. What the heck Bowser or whoever's trying to accomplish? Is he trying to become ruler of the world? If so, what... Something of that sort you no.
- In prior to no enemy motive, the dialogue is bad, but it wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the gunshot sound effects.
- Toad. Yeah Toad ticks me off. I hate him in this game. All Toads. His dialogue was just plain awful. He think he's the "bomb" he's the "ish" but no, Toad, screw you.

Impressions

Gameplay 3 / 10	Urgh. Long, long, LOOONNG NEVER ENDING LEVELS. I despise long levels more than anything. Why: Because instead of enjoying the game, I'm thinking about this: "gotta save, gotta save. Come on stupid level, end so I CAN SAVE." And when I die before reaching the end, I rage. Enemies with HP outside of a Paper Mario game in a dark gun-shooting environment is a big no. Mario with guns. Why not try taking black hedgehogs and throwing them on motorcycles. That should make Mario cool, right?
Graphics 6 / 10	The graphics were awesome but there was one thing that ticked me off. Why the heck was this Mario made in a SMB1 or SMB3 style? Fail. Sorry, but you should've went for something graphically better. If you're going to make something like this, at least aim for something that isn't so boring.
Sound 1 / 10	Don't get me started about the sound. I normally give this an automatic 10/10 but when a particular sound annoys me to the point of going piratically insane and playing the game on mute, forget it. That gunshot dialogue was the worst idea I've ever experienced in Mario fangaming. No. NO. NO <--in a high-pitched tone.
Replay 1 / 10	Heck no! I'd rather eat sardines than play this again. Now don't get me wrong, Hello is a coder that's incredibly talented but he's wasted his good talents on games that are started to annoy the public. The levels are ridiculously long and the enemies are immortal. So why would I revisit the levels?

Final Words

Hello, you're wasting your good talents on these games. You can take this dark atmosphere and bring it to life without guns. 2.8/10

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Comments

	Syr Dec 3 2012, 3:58 PM
): Please forgive the typos in this review...


	Dim_Yimma_H Dec 4 2012, 11:16 PM
I think this fan game is pretty awesome to be honest, with its graphics, music, and challenge. (Don't worry Syr, maybe I'm alone to also like the Shadow the Hedghehog gun game ;) I die a lot but with the rocket launcher I usually see some hit I can do better next time. (The rockets are one of the good weapons I guess, one-shot kills with a good hit) I do agree about the run/shoot button flaw, it makes running quite hard. I run into my rockets, so I avoid running.


	Syr Dec 5 2012, 3:52 PM
XD My friend loves Shadow the Hedgehog too. We know Shadow is epic. But they didn't have to give him a mortorcyle xD since he's epic without it. He can just chaos control everything lol. But yes, the run/shoot thing is a bit tough. I actually tried a run without the guns; but did get stuck at a place in the cave. (very tough jump.)

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