i am probably the last person on earth to play this game but if you haven't played mario 64 yet either then, well, go do that! it's a very lovely game that has been held in high regard for so long for good reason. it is an absolute delight to be immersed in its world and i'm glad i finally played it

the general feel of the game visually definitely contributes to its timelessness but it goes beyond that i think. everything from the aesthetics to the gameplay to the music is just so untethered to any time or place and i think it works out really beautifully

it's like... so many little playgrounds crammed with as much detail as possible. like a child's imagination came to life. it's very pretty in a way i can't quite describe. a lot of videogames feel like they were made in a very specific time/place but mario 64 is a game that feels so timeless

i've always heard of it as this legendary game that revolutionized platformers and wondered about it for so long and now i see exactly why people talk about it like that! though i think i do prefer its aesthetics over its gameplay (mostly due to the camera), i have a lot of thoughts on those

to be fair i was maybe like 5 levels above where i should have been due to repeatedly throwing myself against enemies and dying at the start of the game which gave me a ton of exp. still though i never got the complaints about needing to grind or whatever unless that's later. game's not that hard!

not to say that it's completely bad or irredeemable because i think it absolutely has the potential to work considering the themes of the games but the execution is so wonky and fast it ended up souring the game as a whole for me for a little bit... i need to stop typing about this. oops

anyways. i did this in ms paint but i don't like saying that since people often include the ui when they make art in it and it annoys me. like they feel superior for making something impressive in a 'bad' art program? i'm not gonna say i made anything in paint again since real mspaintheads will know

i haven't even played the game (trying to finish lobcorp first) but fuuuck i cannot stop thinking about him. jesus christ

i feel like most people are interesting to talk to in some way even if it's just because of something small like what they enjoy. and some people (like you) really care about things to the extent that i always find them interesting to talk to no matter what because of their perspective on everything

i will hop on deltarune soon though. hopefully i manage to not get spoiled on anything in the next week

on it boss