Paper Mario: The Origami King – Likes & Gripes
⚠️ SPOILER WARNING ⚠️ Best since Thousand-Year Door ... but still not Thousand-Year Door . Likes Ring-based combat system is engaging.* Open world (mostly). That writing. Olivia is arguably the best main partner in a Paper Mario game ever . Hidden Toads (and nice references). The more strategy-based boss battles are a nice change of pace to normal battles. Vellumental battles and abilities. Bobby (and his entire story arc). Confetti doesn't feel overly used as a gimmick, unlike the paint and stickers of Color Splash and Sticker Star . Nice to revisit previous areas if you're going for 100% completion. Gripes Time limit on battle puzzles; I get why, but geh ... Forgettable main villain with majorly lame motive.** Seriously? Stationery tools as bosses ?*** To say they "brought back" partners, from a classic Paper Mario standpoint, is a big stretch.**** SCORE : 4/5 *While personally engaging for me, the ring battles are hit-or-miss. And when they're a ...