Mario Party ain't much of a party

User Rating: 7.1 | Mario Party 8 WII
Mario Party was one of those games that you used to play at late night party's and have a good laugh. But now it seems that Mario Party has come to a screeching halt in making those great games. Being me, I'm not that picky when it comes to games that i play, but somehow Mario Party is one of the few games that i can't really play for a long time.

The single player mode is utter crap. It's almost entirely based on luck and you almost never play in duel mini games against your opponent. It really seems that the only way to win is by 1. having a ton of coins 2. getting lucky with your dice roll and 3. having enough coins to buy candy
If your unlucky, (which i am), then don't waste your time with single player mode.

Now for what Mario Party is all about, Multi player Mode! This is really what Mario Party is all about, however, somehow it just doesn't really give me that rush of excitement that it used to. Sure they have *A LOT* of mini games to mess around with, but most of these games are just dumb. But don't fret there are still some pretty nice games here that never really get old. Unfortunately you have to unlock them through a random mini game wheel. But this game did come through with some amazing game boards. You've got your haunted mansion, your beach, your jungle plus more. Each board has it's own "thing" to it. Like Boo's haunted mansion is like a maze that's fun but can get unimaginably frustrating when trying to find the star. And the Jungle level which instead of being a game board is like a ladder. Overall, this game is pretty good, but can really bring you down when you were expecting so much more.