Just started up a clean new file of Betterified VI: Bestified and within about 3 minutes I'd already found a new area I'd never seen before in my entire previous playthrough
The ashtray from Control is in the corner, Sin Man's Betterifying machine from Betterified VI is being used as a mood lamp,
Biggest surprise recontextualisation of out-of-context SNES assets I encountered while playing Betterified VI wasn't any of the actual jokes, but simply the realisation that the glass tube shatter noise from Super Metroid is actually juicy as hell.
Playing Betterified VI and ENA essentially back-to-back has ruined my taste in games. Just now I started another game, and IMMEDIATELY something expected and logical happened : (
I love how Betterified VI and Void Stranger both have codes hidden in plain sight in their respective trailers that take you to funny rooms when you figure out how to input them in the actual game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWRvWxnp1Do - Betterified VI used this music track in one of the levels, which is NOT from a videogame but an actual indie CD, and now I'm listening to the whole CD and its predecessors just off this basis.
• The large number of SMBX powerups/characters that are used once but can be taken between levels, plus a handful of codes that do things like transform enemies or spawn barrel cannons, gives it a delightful hint of open-world freedom to solve its levels with different tools.
• A great number of the "betterfications" encourage the player to take the level at speed to escape some mischievous effect, and whose humour is accentuated by doing so… leaning very satisfyingly into traditional Mario platforming strengths.
Betterified VI impressions:
• Good difficulty curve – bosses are pretty long but ultimately fair (with powerups)
• Humour mostly hits well even if you haven't played even 1 of the… *checks list* …16 other SMBX worlds whose levels are being parodied in this game
However, I have caught wind that this game has "multiple routes", and I'm actually on the precipice of trying another one out………
I enfinished Betterified…
Who is this reference even FOR
It's funny every time
Betterified VI continues
Today's Betterified VI screenshot haul
Playing some more Betterified
I *really* like the gimmick and overall design of this level. Legitimately very compelling modern platformer level.
Today's Betterified VI screenshot haul
All the levels in this one have some little gimmick that never appears elsewhere and ranges from silly to incredible
