When you start the first level of Unfair Mario, it looks like you're in a regular Mario game. Text at the top of the screen says "Welcome to Unfair Marioland - Use the arrow keys to move Mario around." Simple enough. There's a fairly large gap, but luckily there's a small strip of land in the middle. Let's jump on it...it fell through the floor and I died. Okay, guess I'll jump over the pit without using the island, then. A fairly simple patch of land...WHY DID THE PART I STEP ON JUST FALL DOWN?
Yes, when you play Unfair Mario, you die...a lot. The game actually keeps track of your deaths, and the amount quickly ascends to double or even triple digits. For the first few levels there is text giving you advice, such as "Pass these blocks underneath." But when you do spikes pop out and kill you. But other times, the text tells the truth - so basically, it can't be trusted.
At the beginning it's kind of funny, like some sort of cruel joke. But if you try to play the game seriously, it stops being funny after a while. Soon you'll be screaming and cursing even more than if you were playing Flappy Bird. And though finishing a level is satisfying, it soon gets...dull. For example, in Level Three, the section after the checkpoint has three "Goombas, for your entertainment." If you try to stomp on them, they instantly turn into Spinies...ha-ha. But the problem is that because of the traps between them, you have to wait a really long time to be able to proceed. And in a game where you get really frustrated, you don't really want to wait. And eventually the solutions to levels just become unclear. Some are so complicated you don't even know what to do next. AND WHY DID I JUST FALL RIGHT THROUGH THE FLOOR?!?!?!
Link: http://www.unfair-mario.com/
Blocked By Barracuda? No.
Pros: It's a nice joke to play on a friend. And when (not if, when) you die, it only takes a simple press of the spacebar to get you right back into playing.
Cons: It gets so annoying! And boring! And horrible! You have to have a very long temper (?) to be able to play this game without screaming.
Final Verdict: 4/10
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