Hello everybody here is Spongyoshi! I will post here my reviews of all sorts! Im planning various stuff like reviewing fangames,underrated or underknown games,reviewing some games with certains points of views, comparing certains games in a review and maybe even review other stuff than games in the future?
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A lot of people doesn't like the car system. But that doesn't stop someone named "TwoDreamyLuigi" to create an Mario Party game using the car system! Being probably the first complete Mario Party Fangame with a proprely working board mode,it is a very interessing game,but is the game even making a good use of the car system? Are the modes and minigames even fun? Is there enough quality put in this game to makes me play it? We will see together now! Welcome as we review MARIO PARTY 2 PLAY !! First, we have to briefly talk about his first Fangame called "Mario Party Play". It was a big collection of minigames,most of them were inspired by older minigames but there was some fresh and interessing ideas. Also,it had some bonus modes as well! After that,the creator planned to make a sequel but at first,there wasn't even a board mode planned! But after a big hiatus with the game and the release of Mario Party 10,it gaves him the motivation to make his own Board Mode! It's something really complicated to do so this review will explain his success or failure!
There are 4 boards,each are pretty unique to the others.The Party Mode!! : It's the main mode of the Mario Party series and since it's for once in a fangame,it has to be in a good quality!
It is heavily inspired by Mario Party 9 and Mario Party 10 so if you really hate the car system,im not sure you can enjoy this game.
If you don't really know what the car system is,i will simply explain:
You don't have coins and stars anymore,your only currency is Ministars. Everybody is also on the same vehicule and each roll makes everybody proceed as well with you. When it's your turn,you are the capitain and you get the ministars (Or minizstars that make you loose ministars) that the car collect in the way. Also,you are affected by the next space you land on. You can also choose bettween differents dice blocks instead of throwing the regular dice block. (If you aleredy obtained one before your turn.) After your turn,the player after you plays and is the capitain for the next turn. There is also a lot of minor changes like your new dice only goes to 1-6 instead of 1-10. But anyway i think you got the idea,let's move on!
As we start,we have only one board,finish a board in first place to unlock the next one and ect. It's a pretty decent idea!
The options of the board mode are both pretty limited and rich. You can only play as Mario or Luigi and in solo player with IAs of fixed difficulty.. But you can choose the ministar handicap of each player,choose the number of bonus dice blocks each player start with and decide if you want a minigame each 2,3 or 4 turn,some options that can make the board mode more fair.
Each boards have their uniques gimmicks,some are borrowed by existing boards of the franchise while some introduces some new original ideas.
With that in mind,the game introduces a LOT of unique ideas like for exemple,adding 2 others bros to the battle space,new dice blocks and even some new spaces like the Birdo space that triggers an event in a set of 6.
The board mode introduces a lot of unique ideas like new dice blocks.The board mode is very complete,it's pretty fun to play and has a lot of differences that makes it fresh in comparaison to Mario Party 9 and Mario Party 10.
It's also trying to be more fair than theses games,for exemple,loosing half of your ministars is a really rare event (Only occuring really rarely in the last board.) while keeping the spirit of the car system!
To be fair,the car system is pretty complete even if it's solo player only. Also,the AI can be dumb but nothing too annoying. I think this is the main reason you can come back to this game,to play one board or two because they are pretty fun!
Like it's prequel,there is a good number of minigames that are inspired by aleredy existing minigames in the Mario Party series.Minigames!! But anyway,what is the matter if the minigames aren't good enough? If you don't play for the board mode,you probably play Mario Party games for the minigames as they are the most known aspect of the series!
There is 38 minigames in it which is a pretty decent number in my opinion! There is a lot of them for all tastes! Reflexes,platforming,strategy,luck,racing,survival,you can easily find somes that you will like!
There is a good bunch of them that are inspired of existing minigames in the Mario Party franchise with most of them in a brand new seeting or some others changes to make it still interessing.
But there is also a good number of originality in the mix to make it worth it! Way more than it's prequel and it's a great thing!
There is a great number of original minigames as well!To be fair,the minigames are really fun to play as well! None of them plays wrong or have major flaws. The minigames are a blast and feels as fun as the ones in the Mario Party series!
The AI in minigames is a bit unbalanced,some minigames are easiers than others. But in general,he is a great opponement and some minigames are quite challenging to win!
With a really decent
Party Mode and really fun
Minigames ,the game can be easily recommended! But what if i tell you we haven't seen everything the game has to offer yet?
The game also has a pretty good number of extras modes to offer like an WarioWare mode!Extras!! The game also contains a good number of extras modes but his most complete one is his Wario Ware mode in the Minigame Mode!
Here,you can play 35 microgames though the "Shuffle Mode" or "Endurance Mode" where you have to play very fast-paced minigames until you have no more lives left as the game getting faster has the time goes,like the WarioWare series.
The differences are that you can't win your lives again (As they are no boss battles) neither there is variations of difficulty levels for microgames.
But for being an additional mode to an aleredy complete game,it's pretty fun to play even with this restrictions and the microgames are uniques for the most part and plays well!
The microgames can be unbalanced as some are harder than others but it's just a minor concern.
It's also fun to try to unlock all the microgames as well as trying to get the best score possible.
We are not done yet,there is two other Extras Modes (Like Extra Minigames) called "Purple Frenzy" and "Switcher Route". The first one is a platforming minigames where you need to find the best tactic to collect the most purple coins possible in a pretty short ammount of time. The second one is more strategic as you need to desactive and active different colored blocks to make your character roll automatically to the finish without falling of the course! There is 3 paths to beat; Easy,Normal and Hard.
You can also post your scores online!The Extras Minigames introduces 3 new characters to theses 2 minigames added to the roster of Mario and Luigi.
Purple Frenzy and the WarioWare mode also have "Online Rankings" where you can share your score to an online leaderboard and trying to have the best score in THE WORLD!!
But that's not all,besides of a nice-looking jukebox,there is "Achievements" as well! Trying to get them all is also something that can makes you entertained and wants to make you come play more! (Honestly,i've played so much that i have them all!)
They are all pretty varied,some requires you to simply unlock all boards of microgames while others challenges you to do a great score on Party Mode or in certains minigames. But getting them all is not easy and will takes a long time! It's a pretty great idea to make his durabilty longer.
With all of theses Extras Modes,the game is really complete and full of content!
Conclusion: Mario Party 2 Play is a really fun and complete game! The Party Mode is really fun and in my opinion,as good as the Mario Party 9 & 10 Party Modes. (Even with the lack of Multiplayer or of a bigger roster.) The minigames are a blast to play and as well for the Extras Modes (Especially for the WarioWare mode even with his simplicity.) and the achievements is a really great idea to make the player more longer interessed in the game. It's a really decent work from "TwoDreamyLuigi" and you can easily see all the time spend working on that game. I suggest you sincerly to try it,at least one board,im sure you will like it!
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