I've gotten around to playing through Luigi's Mansion 3 and I am disappointingly underwhelmed. I was expecting a simple and somewhat short game in the same vein as the original Luigi's Mansion or a Pikimin - fun, charming, and fairly basic. And during a lot of the game that is true...but there are enough moments where it's "Ugh what the hell am I supposed to do here, I only have 4 different moves and nothing is working". I'd contrast it to Legend of Zelda which has challenging yet satisfying puzzles to solve. You might get stuck, but eventually you'll strike the right answer. And it's usually clear when what you are trying is wrong. In Luigi's Mansion, I'll at times try the same thing over and over again, get frustrated, google the answer, and learn I was actually doing the correct thing just ever so slightly off. At that point it isn't fun as much as it is annoying. I did really like the original, and wish I could say the same about this one.
On the other hand, before this I beat Borderlands, which was also my first foray into the first person shooter genre, and I have to say, sometimes it's just fun to shoot stuff. And for a 12 year game ported onto the family friendly Nintendo Switch, it played pretty well. A little glitchy at times, but for the most part all the pew pews went pew pew when I wanted them to. It was definitely a Rated M game, and the whole Mad Max motif worked well. Also an unintentional side effect of beating the game was me getting much better at Fortnite
I'm so freaking excited! It'll most likely be Fall/Winter/Holiday Season 2022, but I'm not complaining! Take your time to make a fabulous sequel to an already fabulous game!
