Mario jitters…
I’ve had Super Mario Galaxy sitting by my Wii since Saturday. It’s probably the game I’ve been looking forward to more than any other for the past year. Super Mario Galaxy is probably my favourite game of this generation. Super Mario Galaxy 2 currently has a 98% metacritic score – it is simply one of the most critically lauded games of all time.
Yet I haven’t played the game yet. It’s not a lack of time – heck I’ve started another playthrough of Half-Life 2! I keep hacking away at the Plants vs Zombies survival mode, which has no high-score, no online leaderboard, and always ends in death. What am I doing?
My worry, I think, is that I’m too wound up. I’m expecting too much. I’m too excited. No game can live up to the expectations I’m carrying in. Or alternatively the game is going to blow my mind, and it’s a slightly overwhelming thought. I don’t like being in this frame of mind about a game I haven’t spent a second with yet.
I just need to calm down a bit. Then I can play it.
