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Game Reviewed Power Star Frenzy - 60 Star Final Demo, by Random.NICK
Review Author Syr
Created May 4 2017, 2:16 AM

General Commentary and Game Overview
The following review is of my opinion. These are my thoughts after playing every single level, as well as finding most of the secret stars.

First off, Good game. It's beautiful, well-made...fun. But you broke my heart too --I got to the end of he fortress to find no boss... End of demo. I was like, "noooo, I need more! More!"

--The glitches hurt this game. Recheck your hitboxes on the jumping koopa troopers on the fortress stage.
--On the Radiance Reef stage (which you probably know about since these are obvious) but on both ends of the main underwater area, getting to the pipes, you either end up walking on invisible boxes or clipping into the wall. But you can't use the pipes.
--there are a few other glitches but I can't remember them all. I pretty much long-played this.
----Needs some story engagement. That will be a new thing that some games don't do. Maybe after collecting enough stars to unlock an important area, a skippable cutscene showing a "meanwhile" scene would be nice. Something that says NOT generic Mario. (that aside, you don't have to. It won't make this game less good)
 
Pros --Gameplay. Go to any stage you unlocked? Super mario 64 style? Yes!
-- Level design. Beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous. And fun. The mechanics made me wish Nintendo would hire you to get them a boss of 2d Mario goodness.
--- Mario and Luigi. While it would be nice to be able to unlock or buy more playable characters, I did enjoy the fact that Mario and Luigi have clear differences.
--Star mechanic: Incredible. And it looks like you only need 40 out of 60 stars to complete your game (which is nice) and if completed, pretty sure 60 will take you to the bonus world.
 
Cons --pirahna plants. You overuse the heck out of these man. They're everywhere. Annoying. I actually notice this. That's because they're overused. At least make their numbers shrink dramatically if you beat the boss PP haha. (Recommend a boss health bar too. Makes it a lot easier to follow for bosses with more than 3 HP)

---Lack of enemy variety. So many stages where the enemies are basically koopas and goombas. Rarely any new types of enemies/different types are introduced.
--Lack of bosses. I fought the giant Plant. Hard.
--Difficulty: this isn't really that much of a con but the difficulty's all over the place. Not much consistency. (I'd expect for areas to rise in difficulty as you progress.)
Luigi- Using Luigi won't happen during the main game. He's someone you'd use to challenge yourself. So much precision jumping. Luigi is useless. He'll slide right off the platform.
 
Impressions
Gameplay
7 / 10
While I listed mostly everything above, Gameplay is simple but complex and incredibly fun. Think of Super Mario 64 shrunken into a compact 2d format with beautiful level design and graphics.
It's a large demo but it's the final demo. The bosses and other goodies have yet to be inserted.
However, the minigames are pointless. (if there was a powerstar award, I sure didn't get it) Easily ignored. I played one and did just that. Makes me think: well, instead of creating this, this time could've been used toward creating at least 1 more boss.
Chaos events are fun. Though there are a few that require god-like skills to play.
 
Graphics
8 / 10
Beautiful custom graphics. Enough said. While, they're not the best around, the graphics are still nice. Eye candy..
 
Sound
7 / 10
Remixes for the most part. But to be honest, I was disappointed to not hear a version of the Wing Cap theme. (My personal preference will NOT affect the score).
The music choice was okay. But there are better and dynamic choices out there. That funky theme for the star was cool though you rarely come across any stars. (minus the chaos event)
 
Replay
8 / 10
Replay? Yes! Unless you collect stars as you, there is a lot of replay in this. A few secrets if you actually look.
 
Final Words
7 / 10
This is a large demo. Fun. And while there are a few glitches and lack of bosses (1 or 2) This game well above many others on MFGG. The finished version is guaranteed to get a 10/10 from me. Certain all of the problems will be addressed.
Awesome game! Must play!

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