Mario Game review

Introduction:

This week our tutor Padraig told us to play and review a Mario game online, the site i played the Mario game on was; http://www.dan-dare.org/FreeFun/Games/More/NewMarioFlash.htm
The game I'm reviewing is "Super Mario Bros". This is a side scrolling 2D flash game where you can play as either Mario or Luigi through different levels, each level offering new obstacles for you to beat.


Presentation:

The presentation for the main menu for this game is good, its colourful and it is also animated so that Mario and Luigi run across the screen, i liked the animation because it catches the players attention immediately. The next menu screen you meet is when you pick whether you want to play as mario or luigi, this is also another feature i liked as in these 2D flash games, even a different costume makes a difference. From here you move onto the level select menu, which will only allow you to select different levels as you complete them.
          The Presentation of the game is similar to previous Mario games, its the same static background, the game ground graphic, the same pipes, enemies and character costumes, i found that these graphics, as with its predecessors get boring and stale after a short while.


Gameplay:


The gameplay for this mario game wasn't up to standard, it was glitching and lagged quite a bit. as mario games depend on the smoothness of its game play so that you can jump from block to block. Other then that it wasn't too bad, running didn't lag or glitch neither did shooting fireballs or moving down pipes. Another fault i found with this version of super mario bros was that the maps had been adapted to be slightly harder or easier depending on the level, for example, on lv1 the distance between some blocks was so small that jumping from block to block was almost certain death.