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Way too easy

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is not Zelda or even Mario...I wish someone would have told us that this game could be completed in no time - and with no book. Very disappointing, because it is so easy and simplistic. I will pass this down to my nephew, who almost finished the game Thanksgiving day as I cooked the turkey. That's how easy most of it is. Final boss is hard though-that's our star for this game!

Skipped it

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I skipped renting or owning this game because it's only an hour long. I did not like what I saw when I played it in store, so I decided to never play the game again. Overall, it's just not Nintendo's best effort and is clearly a launch title that was rushed in the end so it could drop in stores the day the system did.

Fun at times, but horrible flaws

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Luigi's Mansion is fun when you're actually fighting ghosts. But it has major flaws. The house is gigantic and Luigi is very slow. You only get one life with no chance of getting more. Everytime you die you start over from the front of the house and have to take a long, boring walk to the play area. Sometimes you can spend 3 minutes just walking through the maze. Luigi cannot speed up. It was a major oversight on the part of the designers of this game to not allow him to run or have some sort of warps. You can warp from rooms back to the beginning, but this isn't useful. You should be able to warp from the beginning to the area of the next game.

You're also supposed to look through the house for "treasure." This is boring since it's just a matter of knocking on EVERYTHING in the gigantic house.

There are good parts. Fighting the ghosts is fun most of the time. But there are some that require only dumb luck and no strategy at all, so you just keep playing until you get lucky.

If you get the game the most fun thing is something that wasn't intended. At least I don't think it was intended. When you try to move a large object it won't budge. Luigi will attempt to lift it and will always fail. (...)

Overall, it's a potentially great game that is ruined by a few major problems. I'm actually surprised Nintendo would put their stamp on it. I wouldn't waste my money, but if you enjoy boredom, go for it.

Luigi's Mansion-for children

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game will be fine for youngsters. However, I, as an adult gamer felt the game ended way too soon, way too easily. The graphics are fabulous, but the game is a big disappointment. This is by far the easiest game I have played, and also the shortest.

not so good...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game two years ago. I stopped liking it after a month. When I beat it, it just got boring. If you are looking for a good game that will last a long time, this would not be a good choice.

Fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I probably wouldn't have bought this game when it first came out, but now that its a players' choice game, with a cheaper price tag...its worth it. Like everyone else said, this game doesn't really last too long, although I thought that it was really fun. You suck ghosts up with a vaccum device, and try to find Mario. It doesn't have much replay value, unfortunately. It was one I bought used and traded in for a new game when I was through. I'd probably recommend doing just that, buying it used, or renting it. But definitely play it! It's a refreshing change from normal ol' Mario games. :)

My mom loves it, but I'm more experienced with games...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

One of the reasons I purchased this game is because it stars Luigi. It is his first game where he stars alone, but not completely as the plot has a lot to do with Mario: to save him!
As you would have guessed this game is about Luigi's Mansion, which he won in a competition he didn't even enter, he invited his brother Mario to visit it with him. But when Luigi got there, Mario was gone and the Mansion was overrun with ghosts. When Luigi meets Prof. E. Gadd his goal becomes clear: get rid of the ghosts, find out the source of why this is happening and save his brother Mario ~ and it may all have something to do with the Boo's and Bowser. And what's worse is that Luigi accidentally let the Boo's run riot around the Mansion again, all 50 of them.
The gameplay plays like a platformer with 3D environments, along with Nintendo addition of a few Mario traits (like in the music room, playing the Mario Bros theme).
Luigi is in full control of a vacuum cleaner that sucks up ghosts and multiple other things in the environment to search for keys for the next door. Sadly that's where the difficulty sets in and reputation lies. You must find so many keys, fight a boss and then it's onto the next level to do the same thing. Along with annoying startled-jumps from Luigi when ghosts appear.
Catching ghosts other then `Portrait Ghosts' seems pointless except in some rooms where you will earn a key for defeating them. You don't get coins or points from normal ghosts only on rare occasions of hearts to replenish health.
One thing that got to me, was Luigi can't actually jump, punch or pound like Mario is known for, instead is one and only weapon is the vacuum cleaner. Along with this Gameboy Horror to search things.
Also the camera angles in boss battles are annoying.
A cute addition is the mushroom that causes Luigi to get small, and the pressing of the Nintendo A button, which has his call out "Mario!" but beware, collecting coins is one of your main goals and you will lose them when you get hit by ghosts. The main purpose of the coins is not to buy items or weapons, instead it is more of your score at the end of the game to purchase your own mansion, which you cannot enter and instead is a picture in the gallery of Prof. E. Gadd.
The replay value is minimal, as in, the only new thing you unlock is the `Secret Mansion' which is the original Mansion mirrored.
I know this review may seem a little negative but it was a really fun game. But short and not a lot of things to do but walk around, many scenes aren't skippable so it makes pressing the A button routine.

FUN

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First I'm 13 but I have not ordered any items yet. This game is basic but that does not mean that it's a kiddy game this game can be hard but never nerve racking. The game has 4 bosses they are all pretty easy and the enemeys aren't hard to beat but some people might have trouble with some of the puzzles. The puzzles aren't hard but being that the mazssion is so big it can be boring running all over. Even though this game is great it has lots of bad points. The game is short but just long enoufgh to be fun, The game has no replay value you will get a extra mode where you can go through the massion with a slightly more powerful vac. but I never cared, The game control is hard to get use to but it's not that bad after lerrning, and This game is EXTREMLY REPEADITIVE yes the game is the same thing over and over and since the game is short it is easy to tell that the big "N" didn't put much work into it but it's a good game so buy it and have fun beat it and give it to a friend. Have fun

BADDES THGAME EVER HOW DO I STOP WRITING BIG

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 16
Date: December 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I GATED THROUGH THIS GAME I BEAT IT IN 2 MINUTES AND THEN I WENT BACK TO MY WIZARD ON EEEVERRQUEST AND I KILLED DOLJINIMARINARIJIMORINAR IN VELKETORS LABYRINTH AND BOWSER IS ACTUALLY KING BOO IN THIS GAME AND IT SO STUPID AND YOU FIND HIM ON THE ROFO AND BOWSERS HEAD FLYS OFF AND I CANT FIGURE OUT HOW TO STOP WRITING BIG SO HELP ME!

Chase, vacuum, unlock, repeat...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: December 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Having been brand-loyal to Nintendo since the launch of the NES, my purchase of both the Gamecube and Luigi's Mansion was pretty much a given. While the game looks and sounds *spectacular*, the actual play is mind-numbingly boring. You chase ghosts. You vacuuum ghosts. You unlock doors. Repeat until either game is beaten or you pass out. I would suggest purchasing another game (like Rogue Leader) to show off your new system, and then picking up a copy of LM off a place like ebay in a few months-- there's going to be a tidal wave of copies of this game that no-one wants.

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