Review Information
Game Reviewed Super Mario Bros. DDX, by Guinea
Review Author shadysback321
Created Aug 26 2006, 10:38 PM

General Commentary and Game Overview
Tierd of Super Mario Bros? Play this, and you'll think that Nintendo made this.
 
Pros 1- It's so close to the original, thats its not even funny
2- Adding some interesting new elements keeops this from becoming boring.
3- The new shading makes mario look nicer than ever.
4- MEGA MUSHROOM! and interesting Bonus Levels
5- The Humor at end of the castle
6- Level design seemed like it came straight from Nintendo
 
Cons --
 
Impressions
Gameplay
10 / 10
The gameplay felt just like the original, and your gonna eventuaelly add water levels. There were no glitches i could find. Everything acted juswt like it would of.(i.e Koopa Sheels actually Work)
 
Graphics
10 / 10
The reshading, makes them look really good, and you didnt even add any extra pixels "BRAVO"
 
Sound
7 / 10
Just like the classics, which dissapointed me , because I excpected remixes
 
Replay
8 / 10
There is some replay value because of luigi and th ebonus level, so this is pretty good, for a demo atleast.
 
Final Words
9 / 10
A solid fangame, with a great engine, that stays close to the original. I will be looking out for this one

Comments
User Icon
Guinea
Sep 10 2006, 7:32 AM
Thanks for that awesome review.

I'd like to point out that water levels are indeed to follow (they're already made, and work pretty much perfect).
Also about all the objects acting like in the official games was one of the main aims in creating this game, thanks for mentioning it.
While goombas and koopas were easier at first to do, other enemies like the Hammer Bros, Red Koopas and Bloopers challenged me a bit more, but they also work pretty close to the original now.

Your comment on the graphics was very special for me, because the whole game started with the idea of having all Mario sprites from SMB reshaded without adding extra pixels to make them look "better". The only sprite I have changed by adding ONE pixel so far, that is princess peach, because she really looked ugly, I hope you don't mind. (Peach is not in the demo, just in case one is wondering..)

About sound, we share an opinion.
Unfortunately I didn't find any good remixes that would both sound "new" and also match to the classic style.
By the final release date of the game, I hope to find the music I was looking for at the beginning.

~Guinea
 
Pages: (1) 1 | Last Unread