The background story: Luigi has just won a house and Mario has gone to visit it. But the house is haunted, and Mario hasn't returned yet. Luigi has to overcome his fears and go and look for his missing brother.
The game: armed with a torch and a vacuum cleaner, Luigi has to suck in the ghosts who lurk in the furniture, in the approximately three dozen chambers of the mansion.
My opinion: I found this game particularly short and, aside from the final battle, not very challenging (my boy-friend and I finished it over the weekend). It is also rather linear and repetitive, as you have to solve it room after single room. The only thing that isn't linear is the tedious collecting of the 50 Boos but, like the money you can gather, it doesn't lead to any special reward. As for the graphics, and the technological progress such as particle effects, they're nice ok, but sadly the result didn't turn out as stunningly different from that of the N64 as I tought it would.
Having bought the Gamecube on Friday, the day it came out in Europe, and Luigi's Mansion being the only game, in the genre I like, available at the moment, I must admit I feel a bit disappointed so far. Let's hope Mario Sunshine and Zelda will live up to my expectations (I'm sur they will)!
The background story: Luigi has just won a house and Mario has gone to visit it. But the house is haunted, and Mario hasn't returned yet. Luigi has to overcome his fears and go and look for his missing brother. The game: armed with a torch and a vacuum cleaner, Luigi has to suck in the ghosts who lurk in the furniture, in the approximately three dozen chambers of the mansion. My opinion: I found this game particularly short and, aside from the final battle, not very challenging (my boy-friend and I finished it over the weekend). It is also rather linear and repetitive, as you have to solve it room after single room. The only thing that isn't linear is the tedious collecting of the 50 Boos but, like the money you can gather, it doesn't lead to any special reward. As for the graphics, and the technological progress such as particle effects, they're nice ok, but sadly the result didn't turn out as stunningly different from that of the N64 as I tought it would. Having bought the Gamecube on Friday, the day it came out in Europe, and Luigi's Mansion being the only game, in the genre I like, available at the moment, I must admit I feel a bit disappointed so far. Let's hope Mario Sunshine and Zelda will live up to my expectations (I'm sur they will)!