{"id":892,"date":"2015-11-02T12:52:30","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T10:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/playlab.uta.fi\/?p=892"},"modified":"2015-11-02T12:52:30","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T10:52:30","slug":"luigis-mansion-bustin-makes-me-feel-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/luigis-mansion-bustin-makes-me-feel-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Luigi&#8217;s Mansion: Bustin&#8217; Makes Me Feel Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Aleksi Vesanen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Platform: Nintendo Gamecube<br \/>\nPublisher: Nintendo<br \/>\nRelease date: May 3rd, 2002<br \/>\nPEGI rating: 3+<\/p>\n<p>You have to give Nintendo credit for going their own way\u00a0when they launched the Gamecube in 2002, with one of the\u00a0most controversial launch titles in recent history: Luigi&#8217;s\u00a0Mansion. While it wasn&#8217;t exactly what we wanted out of a new\u00a0Nintendo system back then, time has healed those wounds:\u00a0Now Luigi&#8217;s Mansion can stand on its own merits as a fun\u00a0sidestep in the Mario franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Luigi&#8217;s Mansion plays out like Nintendo&#8217;s take on Ghostbusters, with a dash of Resident Evil. You\u00a0have a spooky mansion where every room has a ghost to catch with your trusty vacuum cleaner. The\u00a0charming English script and spooky visual style lend the game a lot of charm, but the clunky\u00a0vacuum mechanics diminish the experience. Even though ghost-wrangling can be fun, the controls\u00a0often make it difficult to accurately aim your vacuum at a ghost. Some of the boss fights really\u00a0make you wish for an over-the-shoulder camera angle.<br \/>\nThe mansion itself is a nice, cohesive environment, but the way you progress through it is fairly\u00a0monotonous: Clear a room, pick up the key, and then find the next room to clear out. This means\u00a0having to backtrack through the same hallways time and time again. At least the game is short, so\u00a0by the time this gets really grating the game is almost over.<\/p>\n<p>Luigi&#8217;s Mansion has a lot going for it if you give it a chance, but there&#8217;s just enough tiny little issues\u00a0that I can only give it a modest recommendation. At least it&#8217;s nice of Nintendo to give Luigi a spot\u00a0in the limelight for once.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aleksi Vesanen Platform: Nintendo Gamecube Publisher: Nintendo Release date: May 3rd, 2002 PEGI rating: 3+ You have to give Nintendo credit for going their own way\u00a0when they launched the Gamecube in 2002, with one of the\u00a0most controversial launch titles in recent history: Luigi&#8217;s\u00a0Mansion. 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