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Luigi’s Mansion 3 is perhaps the best-looking game on Switch. When you play it back to back with Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD — an updated port of a 3DS game — the differences are glaringly obvious. The lighting (virtually no shadow-casting) is a step back from even the GameCube original. The audio is in stereo only. The visuals, while pleasing, aren’t even in the same league as LM3’s But its biggest limitation remains that the quest is sliced up into shorter missions — perhaps appropriate for what we expected on 3DS, but here it frequently disrupts game flow.
You may have eyes on a hidden jewel and you’re about to try and figure out how to grab it, but then the quest ends and you’re forcefully brought back to the Professor’s Lair. For needless exposition and the option to replay that same mission or head somewhere completely different. That, in addition to the frequent (mandatory) “tips” interruptions shows Luigi’s Mansion 2’s age. It’s a good game with some fun environments, acceptable controls (LM3, again, wins here handily), and some nice tunes. It’s worth a replay, but it’ll likely greatly improve your appreciation of its must-play sequel.
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The game was okay. 1 and 3 were much better. I just could not stand the no checkpoints. I died a few times at the very end of the level and it was so frustrating. Played this on a roadtrip and found myself falling asleep at points. It was just really fine.
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IGN Review
Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD is a great installment in Nintendo’s spectre-snaring series, even if it’s not the best one you can play on the Switch.
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