Luigi's Mansion

Luigi's Mansion is a charming spin-off of the Mario Bros. series that puts a side character into the spotlight and adds an interesting and creative gimmick that makes this experience a memorable one, although a tad bit repetitive.

Visually, the game aged quite well; it has great character and enemy design. Luigi is expressive and simply cute. The environment can be a bit repetitive, but the fact that there are plenty of interactable objects combined with occasional cloth physics you can interact with makes it exciting to explore and sweep and touch everything that you can see. It runs smoothly at 60 fps, with no issues whatsoever.

The story, as it is common in Mario Bros. games, is not high priority, but the gimmick and adventure are, and this is a pretty unique and interesting premise, exploring a mansion filled with ghosts that are uniquely designed, and thanks to their appearance and environment, can tell their story – it is curious as well as well made. It struggles a bit, though, once Boos start becoming more prominent in the game.

Gameplay of Luigi's Mansion, as I said, is pretty unique; basically Resident Evil plus Ghostbusters. It's satisfying to get access to a new room, slowly dust off every item you see and figure out how to solve a puzzle attached with a ghost. The process of fighting the ghosts, though, is exciting at first but becomes redundant by the end, and that helps the collectible Boos – the repetitive part of the game. At first they are easy and satisfying to collect, but by the end they become more spongy, often leap into a different room which forces you to go back and forth and, at times, into rooms that are still locked, just annoying to see happen. Besides that, going back and forth between cleaned areas and still locked rooms that are on a different side of the game is exhausting in the late game. There should have been some warp mechanic, and I mean that could get you to any cleared room, not just the main hall.

To sum up, besides some issues, Luigi's Mansion is still a fun little experience that is worth giving a try. Luigi needs all the support he can get, but this time it's Mario that needs it the most.

without any doubt, one of games of all time

Classic NGC game that’s a tad spooky! It used to frighten me a little growing up but I have fond memories of this game - playing it late night with my cousins. The vacuum controls are a little wonky but after a while you get the hang of it. I enjoyed the story of Luigi having to step up in Mario’s absence to save his brother - a theme that’s occurred time and time again in the franchise. They also put time into creating backstories for the villains and had optional bosses which I do appreciate. This game a solid choice for a single player story game!

I didn't feel connected with this game in any way. I tried 3 times to continue my playthrough, because some people that i know and others that i follow likes this game. Unfortunately, this one wasn't for me.

Basically Nintendo's PG rated Resident Evil. Create from start to finish and also short and sweet. S

Each unique ghost has a specific way of capturing them and the puzzles are to figure out how to capture them in the first place. The combat of trying to suck in ghosts with the Vaccum is super fun as you struggle trying to suck them in. The controls aren't the best and I'm sure are refined in the sequels, but you can get used to them.

PSA. Vaccums are the most underrated weapons/tools in video games and I'm glad it's the star of the show here

I always get the shack at the end 😭