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Luigi's Mansion 2 HD
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Peer SchneiderPlaying
Recommended
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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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RavenBeat
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***omeone that played this as a kid on the 3DS I was looking forward to enjoying this game again as I had great memories of it. Unfortunately, Nintendo did the absolute bare minimum for this port and slapped a big price tag of €60 on it.
While I really enjoyed re-experiencing this childhood game, it's likely not worth paying full price if you're playing it for the second time.
However, if you don't mind the price tag or this is your first time with this great game then you should definitely give it a play. The game isn't really brimming with content, as you can finish the main story in around five hours. The collectables and the Scarescraper mode provide some replay value, although 100ing the game is a bit tedious due to the mission structure that worked well on the 3DS but messes with game flow on the switch.
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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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