How Super Mario Odyssey saved my 2017
If one game could have saved my 2017, it was Super Mario Odyssey.
So complex without being complicated. So fun without retreading tried-and-tested old ground. So lovable without veering into saccharine.
I adore every single second of every single moment of this game, not just for being the first and only 3D Mario I’ve ever completed (don’t come at me, you cannot make me more ashamed than I already am), but for saving a tough year.
Personal life stuff aside (a couple break-ups, leaving a job that I loved but was very, very bad at), I’d even managed to lose faith in my favourite thing - gaming.
I got into a real streak of abandoning everything I played for one reason or another. From The Flame in the Flood, which I’d been hyped for since it’s announcement and then dropped after a week or so, to Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, which I’d failed to see past the first few levels - I couldn’t get myself to finish anything.
But then came October, and on a whim, on a particularly chilly night, I went to the midnight release of Super Mario Odyssey.
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After spending years deciding whether or not to do so, I've finally taken the plunge and started up a blog talking about games, so figured r/SuperMarioOdyssey was a good place to let people know! I've linked the full blog, as well as the Substack itself here: https://latetogames.substack.com/p/how-super-mario-odyssey-saved-my