Luigi's Mansion 3 (2019)

My daughter asked if we could play through this game this month. I never actually finished it. I had a game breaking glitch occur that I didn't see any record of online. The game leaves your last three autosaves available for you to load up into so it was an easy enough situation to resolve. I just didn't want to fight the boss I just beat again. So the game got put on my shelf for almost 2 years. I told my daughter yes.

Going back to it has been so fun and playing it in October (AKA Spooky Season) with my kids has felt perfect. It isn't really scary. It just has some of the aesthetics of horror. Sometimes my son will cover his head with a blanket when a ghost spooks us. But this is always followed by him peeking out and seeing the ghost is like a red Slimer, giggling, and then yelling advice at me.

Gooigi is a perfect Player 2 for kids. He can always be useful, but he is only sparingly necessary, and he never loses Luigi's health.

Everything is so detailed and pleasing. I have wondered in my brain AND aloud if this will become an annual tradition. We watch "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" every October. Why not play Luigi's Mansion 3 every October?

I'll probably finish it in the next week. I'm on the tenth floor of fifteen/seventeen if you include the two basements. But assuming I don't have too many more run-ins with that darn cat*, this game is getting at least four stars from me.

*I didn't know where to put this in my status, but there is a cat that has appeared once so far that made me backtrack through two previous floors. It wasn't fun. I kept saying aloud that I hated the cat, and my kids would boo whenever the cat was on screen.

I need an opinion from those who finished the game! Does it get significantly better from level 8 onward?

For a bit more context: I've completed 7 stages already and so far I haven't really been enjoying myself. I liked the charm at the beginning but it has already grown a bit old (seems like I'm really not the targeted audience). The game is a bit too easy and I'm kinda let down at how linear it is. I was really expecting something more Metroid/RE oriented since nobody seemed to like the level structure from Dark Moon so it's a shame they didn't go for it IMO. Also is it me or the original is more fun? I'm eager to revisit that to make sure.

Anyways, I'm thinking about dropping it unless someone states it gets really better after floor 8. With this many hours left to finish the game I'd probably be able to go through Silent Hill 1, which I never played before. Also money is not a problem since I have no worries about selling it.

Thanks a lot fellow Grouveeans <3

I like the combination of puzzles with light combat mechanics in Luigi’s Mansion 3. It makes for a more low-key gaming experience. The addition of Gooigi is a great mechanic allowing for better diversity of the puzzles than previous games and adding to the bizarre world lore (is Gooigi the soul of Luigi? Is that why Luigi goes limp when he spawns).

Bosses are the weakest part as they are puzzles you must solve under pressure before they eat your health away. Luigi’s play control is not focused on quick movement or precision, which is irritating when fighting the bosses. The bosses are almost all ghosts and that makes the variety and use of your mechanics a repeat with the other ghosts you meet.

The characters and animations are all top notch and fun to see. Though apart from Ghost Dog, they haven’t introduced any noteworthy or reoccurring characters.