Review Luigi's Mansion 3 – Horror in a funny way

Publisher: Nintendo

Developer:
Next Level Games

Release date: October 31 , 2019

Platform:
Nintendo Switch

The original Luigi's Mansion is a game produced by GameCube that has contributed to successfully transforming the gameplay style of simply survival - horror into another friendly genre, closer to children. . Following the success of the first, a sequel called Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon was released on the Nintendo 3DS more than a decade later. Fortunately, fans of this game don't have to wait that long to experience the third part. Luigi's Mansion 3 has been released exclusively on Nintendo Switch,. Once again, Luigi has to "save the world" with his special vacuum cleaner while exploring a massive hotel filled with evil spirits.

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Although not in the direction of a pure horror game, Luigi's Mansion 3 always has a way of reminding players that he is also in this heart-pounding genre. Like its predecessors, Luigi's Mansion 3 is clearly inspired by survival horror works like the Resident Evil series , evident in its puzzles and exploration. Even the game did not hesitate to put an easter egg on Resident Evil 2 from the very beginning of the game with the task of forcing Luigi to collect keys named after the corresponding cards. In addition, Luigi's Mansion 3 also has some easter eggs related to horror movies such as It, The Shining, The Ring, Poltergeist.

So, although the game is not fundamentally scary, it still promises to satisfy fans of the traditional horror game genre. During the game, players will have to face countless strange and mysterious things, mixed with a bit of humor and humor. For example, Luigi's surprised and scared face and trembling actions when he saw chains appeared and hung from the ceiling of the room he had just passed.

The plot of the game follows Luigi in the rescue of friends trapped in a haunted hotel. Luigi himself in this part has more lines and expressions than other games related to Super Mario, making players able to empathize and stick with this character more throughout the game. .

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Luigi's reaction when encountering ghosts along with funny situations when it comes to the companion dog Polterpup make each scene even more hilarious. In addition, the game's story is linked to previous games, making it more attractive to longtime fans of the whole series.

In his latest adventure, Luigi has one more companion, through a local co-op mode that allows 2 players to experience the story. Although Nintendo games sometimes cause disappointment when it comes to the 2-player game experience. One of the good examples can be mentioned is the Pokemon Let's Go game that treats the second player as a supporting role. Fortunately, Luigi's Mansion 3 did not follow that same path, promising to bring players one of the best co-op experiences.

In Luigi's Mansion 3 , the second player gets to play as Gooigi. As its name suggests, Gooigi is a slimy version of Luigi. This character acts as an important piece to help solve many puzzles in the game. There are even some areas that only Gooigi can enter. Gooigi also has a battle mechanism along with other tasks, sometimes Luigi players have to wait for Gooigi to complete his level before he can proceed to explore another room.

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In addition, Gooigi also has his own unique weaknesses, such as this character can not be touched and will evaporate when exposed to water. In addition, Gooigi also possesses the same skills as Luigi. Gooigi also has the ability to use Poltergust to fight, not to mention the Dark Light Bulb item and countless other abilities. Solo players can switch between Luigi and Gooigi at will, but the co-op mode will make the Luigi's Mansion 3 experience much more enjoyable.

The strength of the game also focuses a lot on exploring every corner of the haunted hotel. Players can even destroy every room in the hotel just to get 1 collectible as well as rare items. As for the environment, the levels in Luigi's Mansion 3 give gamers more ability to interact with the environment than previous games. This also contributes to an interesting gameplay full of nooks and crannies to explore.

As you explore, the player will gradually unlock higher floors by defeating fun bosses and collecting elevator buttons. Although each floor has a unique element, the levels still don't feel as fragmented as in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon , which is considered a real plus for the game. Unfortunately, Luigi's Mansion 3 focuses too much on going back and forth between these levels.

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After about 5-8 hours of experience, the game began to appear reasons to make players have to return to previous levels, the purpose was simply to prolong their experience. The time it takes to completely destroy the plot of Luigi's Mansion 3 is more than 10 hours. But without the compulsion to replay the previous levels, the playing time would easily be reduced by two hours. In the event that there was any more compelling content or new levels to fill those 2 hours, things would have been different, sadly later stages were only added for the sake of lengthening the gameplay.

For example, at some point during the game, a ghost cat will appear to steal all the elevator buttons the player has and run away to other lower floors. Gamers will have to chase the cat through the areas they have explored and have to fight it every time they catch up. The action of fighting the cat consists of standing still, waiting for the cat to attack then shining a flashlight in its face.

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The repetition has somewhat brought a frustrating experience to some players, affecting the game's pace as well as causing discomfort.

In addition to the main storyline, Luigi's Mansion 3 players can also experience other modes such as ScreamPark and ScareScraper . ScreamPark mode includes three mini-games that support up to eight players. The modes are pretty cool and funny, especially the coin collecting in the pool, but they're pretty repetitive and don't have any lasting value.

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The ScareScraper mode is a bit more engaging because it requires the player to explore a haunted tower with others, with various goals such as rescuing the toads or collecting a certain number of ghosts. Even so, the above experience also gets old pretty quickly.

Conclude

Despite being judged for its repetitive gameplay towards the end of the game, Luigi's Mansion 3 is still a must-try for Nintendo Switch owners looking for a co-op game that can be played with. play with friends and relatives. It is quite sad that the current modes are quite lackluster and are not able to attract the attention of gamers for a long time. Perhaps the publisher should pay more attention to the expansion of many modes other than the main story to add replay value to the game.

Micah Soto

Update 05 January 2022