Most of us as children grew up playing with toys, right? We would always mix and mash different characters together and play out different scenarios in our heads. 'SuperMash' feels just like that moment. In the game, you mix and mash six different game genres together and see what type of game they will create.
The backstory of the game is pretty simple. A group of kids/young adults go to a garage sale and find a gaming console that allows them to insert two game cartridges at once, creating a whole new type of game. To be honest, the story doesn't really stick to you or is that attention-grabbing, but the main concept is 'SuperMash' is the gameplay, and it meets my expectations.
In 'SuperMash,' there are six different genres of games that you can combine together to create a whole new one. The genres are platformer, stealth, action and adventure, JRPG, shoot 'em up, and metrovania. No matter which way you mash them together, each truly feels different from one another, which is one of the aspects of 'SuperMash' that I find attractive.
The one thing that you have to keep an eye out for is that with every mash that you create, it also affects the game length and the difficulty along with it as well. The one thing about the genres that you should know is that it's not completely a whole new different game. What I mean by this is that the genres are basically clones of other popular titles within that said genre. Platformer copies 'Super Mario Bros', stealth copies 'Metal Gear', JRPG copies 'Final Fantasy', etc.
Like I stated before, the variety comes within the mashing of the game themselves. The first game you select determines the genre of the game that you want, and the second slot determines the surroundings you're put in and the enemies that you encounter. With this in mind, I found some games to be less fun than others and couldn't really enjoy myself, which I found to be disappointing. I can't tell you how long I caught myself sitting in front of my TV just mix and matching all the possibilities for different types of games until I found the one that was perfect for me, which in my opinion is shoot 'em up and JRPG.
An interesting feature that's in the game is the ability to use "glitches" that you find in-game to modify your gameplay experiences. These glitches can do things such as give you unlimited health, attack faster, invincibility, jump higher, and many more things. They can either affect you negatively or positively depending on how hard or easy you want your gameplay experience to be.
Other than the "glitches" the game doesn't really have any more to offer. After playing the mashes that I liked, I found myself sitting there asking "What now?". Hopefully down the line, there will be more genres added so I can go back into the game itself later down the road.
Graphics-wise, the game kinda stays within the realm of 32 Bit games. It doesn't really bother me too much because I like the feel of playing old retro games. I'm so focused on the gameplay half of the time to even notice in the first place. Sound/music-wise, I love the 8bit retro music that they use for some of the genres. I love the JRPG soundtrack the most since it reminds me of the 'Final Fantasy' soundtrack the most.
'SuperMash' to me had a goal in mind, and that goal was to create a variety of games for the player to play out of different types of genres. It executed it's goal perfectly, but even so, I feel that a few more additions to the game itself would make it even better and more entertaining than it already is.
