PAINFUL DIFFICULTY! Of course I don't use a controller and I have trouble if I press too many keys at once... But, with rewind or save states it is pretty enjoyable
First level was tough since the difficulty is way up there right from the beginning, no basic learning curve... [haven't *really* played SMW since it came out... originally]
Like when I went through the whole top route practicing the jumps, to only get a mushroom
[was small the first time] Fireflower was pretty awesome though, strange shooting. Lava was annoying at first [the duck jumps, with rewind you adapt pretty quick]...
And then I went the top route...
Arrrrgh the timer really is bothersome in this mod
I made it to the end to find the sign and pit of doom... Was bothered about starting over, but from there on I got the hang of it.
Maybe you should have a little mario + princess + toadstool + yoshi intro before the first level? Mario getting all the attention etc... Before Luigi sets off on his latest quest
Next level was awesome with the music
And the new enemies from other mario games. Each level is a little non-sensical due to so much variety, but on the other hand, it makes everything interesting and new [long as you have REWIND!]
Getting the feather was HECK annoying... don't want to imagine getting that without rewind... would be a lot easier in some parts if I could look up and have the screen look up, or down...
Loved some of the music xD Sounded like Cave Story, Final Fantasy something?, and who knows what else...
The story dialog also was a nice touch... although odd the second time you hear it again even though you already have finished that part.
I really expected the Secret Shop to be in the Cave Story music level lol
Enjoyable secrets though, nothing toooo hard to find.
Third level was a little frightening [the sun especially] lol [actually that dialog should appear when you are looking at the sun, rather than after you pass it...
I believe I got like 20+ lives from that level because of hopping on the enemies heads at the end [with cape I can keep getting more and more and more... especially the leaping guys that keep coming for more!]
Biggest annoyance would be not having save points in the middle of the stages... starting over without using rewind ... ar..g..h.....
Green palace was fun for the most part, those steps were pretty troublesome though.. near the end; Luigi would start freaking out, and face at ME for a second not letting me control him. It happened every 10-15 seconds? Making those timed jumps over lava [over the thawmps or whatnot] a pain! Luigi would get cold feet and look at me, and by the time it gives me control I'd leap into something bad
I TRIED to go through the lava part though, you know before you go through the door [and really go over the lava part but with platforms]. I thought there might be something on the other side if I bounced off the jumping lava beans. Probably nothing there lol
THE CAPE is waesome, after I got that I would reload/rewind whenever I get hit or lose it... It makes things a lot easier in many cases. Soon as I got the cape I was all over the pit of doom in the first level.... and YAY!!!
OHH! WE HAVE A VISITOR!! Liked the shop~ I laughed when I bought the ... you know what on the right lol I bought that since it was unique... [and it came in handy soon after too]
THE MUSHROOM FOREST LEVEL was awesome but ANNOYING! Most of it was just really fun
But I couldn't touch any mushroom since I didn't want to lose my fireflower... And a few of the areas near the end were a real pain... but once again, as long as you rewind it kept me playing. The difficulty of all the levels seem about the same to me actually, all pretty darn tough; but rewind makes it fun~
I made it to the secret next level... Oh yes, but that's where I stopped. I got NEAR THE END and ran out of time... thus having to restart the entire level over... ugh! Was fun though. Level design is pretty cool, every level so far has featured radically new things. Good show.
I bet I'd have found Balrog if I would have beaten that level.. or one step closer to him lol.
Favorite thing though was how it seems like there is a plot... sorta. Like making it through the cave heading up to the hill to get a good look at (the castle?) Although I was kinda expecting a background to feature the castle on top of the hill or something
Luigiiiiii