Earlier this year, arguably the best video game scene to watch was Tetris as players made attempts to break the game. Right now, I’d say the big area to watch is Super Mario Maker 1, where players are attempting to clear every level before Nintendo shuts off the servers on April 8th.
The informal collective that’s trying to beat them, Team 0%, have a website where people can track their progress: https://www.issmmbeatenyet.com/
The 0%ers started more than a year ago when there were more than 40,000 uncleared levels. Once Nintendo announced the closing of Super Mario Maker 1 and the effort to “complete” the game before the imposed deadline was underway, a bunch of great players from the past who’ve moved onto other games like Super Mario Maker 2 returned, accelerating the clearing process. Even when all of the “easy” levels became cleared, progress continued steadily. Once the number of unclear levels dropped to 1,000, progress still continued …
Obviously the first few days were a mess with the servers, but things have been smooth for me since Friday. In my opinion D4 has better graphics, ambiance, atmosphere, audio, and everything else associated with AAA games. But seems to me that LE beats D4 in several domains. The build diversity is fantastic and the crafting is great and so is the gameplay. What really shines to me is the potential variety in builds and being able to dip into different masteries while having passives and deep trees for every skill.
I’ve liked PoE but always depended on guides due to complexity. To me, LE is much more accessible while still allowing theorycrafting.
The dust has not fully settled, but I’m curious what people are thinking in general now that they’ve had several smoother days to play.
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