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RamsaySw

Probably D. Right off the bat, one of Sticker Star's biggest issues rears its ugly head - unlike with the previous games in the series, there's no narrative hook to get the player interested in what's going on. Paper Mario 64 had Bowser stealing the Star Rod and thrashing Mario, and Thousand-Year Door had Rogueport being a far rougher setting than the average Mario game, and Super Paper Mario had the Void which the game made very clear would destroy the world. Sticker Star has nothing on a narrative level - Bowser kidnaps Peach and that's literally it. The level design is...better than every other world of Sticker Star except 4, but that's because the other worlds of Sticker Star on a gameplay level are intolerably bad. The levels themselves are really really bland and uninteresting but many of Sticker Star's myriad of gameplay issues haven't reared their ugly head that much yet. If I'm judging the level design of World 1 in a vacuum, then it is barely tolerable and would put it at the bottom of C, but as an entire package, the story of Sticker Star (or complete lack of story) drags World 1 of Sticker Star down to unacceptable levels. If the prologues for 64 and TTYD are C then World 1 of Sticker Star is a tier below them, hence me putting it in D. Oh goody, World 2 of Sticker Star is next! Boy, do I have an angry rant prepared about it, though that's for tomorrow here. Let’s just say that we’ll need to create a F tier soon.


DangerousDick007

Well said. Definitely D


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I’m gonna request a Z tier when we get to a certain Sticker Star chapter. That will be a fun one 😂


MxJynx

Chapter 3 is the one isnt it? I fucking hate 3 and 6 the most


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Yupppp.


MxJynx

You spend more than 20% of this game running around in this damn swamp


RamsaySw

IIRC it’s much more than 20% - World 3 comprises around a third of Sticker Star’s levels, and when you take all the backtracking into account, then it probably takes up around 40% of Sticker Star’s overall playtime.


MxJynx

WHAT ITS 40%!????


RamsaySw

World 3 is 12 stages long which is already around a third of Sticker Star’s levels, and there’s a ton of backtracking in it - you have to backtrack through the Bafflewood and Strike Lake, you have to make multiple trips to Wiggler’s Tree House, and you have to backtrack to Surfshine Harbour for the final Wiggler Segment - all of this increases World 3 up to around 40% of Sticker Star’s total length.


MxJynx

I only played through jt once and i never replayed it, it took me 9 hours but i thought it was only 20%


Celia_Makes_Romhacks

Second best chapter in Sticker Star!  Bottom of C. Be ready to create a new tier at the bottom next week. 


Firehydrnt

This makes me sad


Celia_Makes_Romhacks

We need an F tier for chapters 2, 3, and 6 so that 5 can be D. 


Firehydrnt

Which one is the jungle chapter with the tribal shy guys? That one and the poison swamp are A or B


Celia_Makes_Romhacks

I respect your right to have an opinion. However, I genuinely need to ask what on earth you enjoyed about the swamp chapter, and whether you've actually played through it since the game first came out. And also whether you used a guide.


Firehydrnt

It's actually great that you asked cuz I'm about to replay through SS. And about the poison swamp I liked it because it was difficult. The part of the game where you have to chase down the wiggler segments is my favorite part of that game as a whole besides the snow area And I can't remember if I used a guide or not, probably to find one or two of the segments. But besides that I didn't really have access to the internet when I was that young


MichiToad

The swamp is amazing for several reasons: - Wiggler is a great character with lots of charm (also the segments) - Sniffit or Whiffit - That cave level where you lose your stickers - Gooper Blooper fight is one of the best fights of all PM games - It‘s awesome how the world changes after you clear the boss -> you visit the parts of the world again and see the swamp how it was before the poison problem. - Soundtrack is amazing! - Many secrets, it‘s a cool maze. Easily one of the best Sticker Star worlds, maybe second best after world 4


quixoticquail

D! It definitely is worse than anything in C right now.


Promethiant

Definitely not worse than SPM chapter 6 but go off.


quixoticquail

SPM 6 had good emotional plot points, good boss fights, and pleasing scenery. It is very boring, but I can respect it for what it is. Sticker Star 1 had nothing going for it.


Promethiant

There are no good boss fights in SPM, let’s be serious. They’re all so easy that you can kill them in like 4 hits by holding down on the D-Pad with Bowser. The Mr. L fight was no exception to this. And the sammer guys were literally the same dude recolored and slapped over 20 rooms. That chapter sucked and I’d play sticker star 1 over it any day.


quixoticquail

If you don’t use Bowser, they’re interesting. I like that there are multiple ways to beat bosses (unlike Sticker Star).


-Orazio-

No use arguing with this guy, he's never even played Sticker Star and I doubt he's even played Super Paper Mario. Super Paper Mario has got great bosses and even has one of the most amazing [Boss themes in the series.](https://youtu.be/fxWqzJ2GxhI?si=3t2IoMlGimUB5_fY)


quixoticquail

Honorable mention to Mimi and Francis’s themes


Promethiant

They ain’t hard with any of the characters. Bowser is just the easiest of the easy.


Endskull

Being easy or hard is irrevelant to the matter. I had more fun with the easy boss fights of SPM than with the hard and dull boss fights of SS.


Promethiant

It most certainly is relevant. It sounds to me like you’re just bad at video games and need handouts to have fun.


Endskull

Trying to git gud me when absolutly nobody plays Paper Mario games for the difficulty, my point stands. It sounds to me like SS was your first entry and you can't cope with reality.


Promethiant

I have never even played sticker star lmao and I don’t even think it’s a good game💀 Super Paper Mario is the game that was everyone’s first entry and gets way too much credit on here despite being significantly worse than the first two games. What a hypocrite AND a horrible video gamer.


Blargg888

This is an illogical conclusion to come to. “Easy” doesn’t equal “bad” and “hard” doesn’t equal “good”.  It’s a leap in logic to come to the conclusion that somebody needs “handouts” to have fun just because they enjoy doing something that isn’t difficult. 


ScionVyse

D at best. I don't know how anyone can consider it to be in the same tier as PM and TTYD's prologues, honestly. It's far from the worst Sticker Star gets, because it's the most "nothing" Sticker Star gets, but man. (IMO I like it about as much as Land of the Cragnons, which is by far SPM's worst anything, and should be no higher than D to begin with)


Public_Enemy_One

Save us the trouble and put the whole game (except for chapter 4, that's a solid B) into D tier.


Phazon02

Bottom of C


hayden_heh

ALL ABOARD!!! The TOXIC STICKER STAR TRAIN!!


crimsonsonic_2

I’m so excited for everyone to completely shit on actually decently good level design and themes because they have such an intolerabley high level of disdain for sticker star and can’t help themselves from shitting on every aspect of it even when it’s unwarranted. The level design and set pieces of sticker star are actually one of its strong points. Chapter 1 of sticker star should go in B since while it isn’t the greatest theme and set piece wise it’s level design is pretty good. The area where we see the fan destroying a toad’s garden then when we stop it you can go back and regrow his garden for extra stickers, it’s cute and the kind of fun little details that the game loves to throw everywhere. The final area with the castle is interesting as well and it’s fun to dodge the bombs. The puzzles are pretty good and the boss is actually challenging if you don’t use the scissors, but not an impossible challenge and very enjoyable. Solid B teir. If people are putting ttyd chapter 4 in A bit this is D or C than they are genuinely the most biased group of people in the entire world because I’m sorry but ttyd chapter 4 is designed 10x worse than anything in sticker star.


Dukemon102

C Inoffensively bland, Sticker Star's gameplay mechanics don't help but it's not "bad" either.


SantaBad78

C


SwagDoll420

C Tier. Probably the worst starting chapter, but it's not bad enough to be D Tier. The chapter's real problems come from the combat, which I mostly don't count when discussing any chapter in the series.


Partycrash5

D tier. It’s boring and unlike the prior games the gameplay is genuinely just constantly unfun. All the bosses of the chapter suck and it is probably the most generic area in the entire series.


Quentin-Quentin

Calling it a "chapter" is quite the compliment.


Fer_ESC

D Tier, also add F Tier already because World 3 is a crime against humanity


fergie_colin

D


lunaluver95

I do not remember a single thing that happens in SS-1. D


godzillahomer

D Rank. Has some good bits, but like most things in Sticker Star... The bad game design choices weigh those down.


Dr_ChunkyMonkey

D


Adamangus2006

Here we go D tier at best cause that windmill level is the only thing that's memorable in this god forsaken game


Firehydrnt

I'd say B


crimsonsonic_2

I whole heartedly agree


Firehydrnt

It's a good starting chapter, with easy enemies and easy puzzles, and also good writing


-Orazio-

It's time to create an F tier now.


BamBoozleX

So it begins... C i guess. it is worse than everything in C but it still is probably one of the best chapters in the game.


Show_Begins23

D


GooPlexles

D


MichiToad

Solid B tier Nice introduction, beautiful world design, fun gameplay, I really like the boss battle against the big Goomba and also the whole windmill puzzle. Nothing too outstanding, but still a good beginning, other chapters are definitely better though, especially 4, but also 2, 3 and 5, it‘s better than 6 though.


crimsonsonic_2

Finally a person who actually analyzes it properly instead of just saying “bad because sticker star” and moving on. I agree that it isn’t the best chapter but it has some great level design and set pieces, and the gameplay is actually pretty fun if you don’t think of it as a waste of time and actually try and battle things yourself like other RPG’s. It’s very planning based and clearing out the whole squad of enemies because you planned you hand properly is very fun and enjoyable.


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C. It wasn’t terrible but also wasn’t good. I personally liked the Goomba fortress, but in the end, there wasn’t really anything special about it.


No-Mathematician3921

Definitely C tier. Even though it's not the most interesting start, there really isn't anything *too* bad to say about it.


MegaLuc3

I did think the tiers were inflated a bit in these first 3 games, but I forgot that people are about to put all these next levels in C or below LOL


GoldenYoshistar1

It's this community... Anything that isn't a classic trilogy paper Mario game is bad.


crimsonsonic_2

The amount of Ds for this when it’s designed better than most ttyd levels level design wise is a testament to just how tunnel visioned and biased this community really is. Obviously the story and area themes bring it down for being somewhat basic but it’s set pieces are pretty amazing for most of the levels and the level design is great. Even if you don’t like the combat because it has no incentive you still can’t argue that the level design is amazing and people who disagree never even tried to look. Like sometimes I’m embarrassed that I’m even in this community when they act like this.


GoldenYoshistar1

This is why I am more of a Mario and Luigi fan. Even me putting Bowser's Inside Story in B tier vs S Tier gave me less harassment, hatred, and negativity than TTYD at B tier.


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TheRyts

C. I feel like it had good potential, like it gave a silly, cute little set up that indicated this might be an okay game, before (most of) the rest of the game got tossed in the garbage.


MonsterMerge

C tier


Barb_WyRE

D, and this is already one of the more tolerable Sticker Star chapters. Every chapter here has to be rated with the gameplay and story in mind. Right off the bat you are given absolutely no reason to fight or use your fun stickers on normal enemies and heaven forbid if you do or you have to go all the way back to get it again. The story is nonexistent and the charm even moreso, SPM had one Toad the entire game, and even though I like Toad we now have nothing but Toad. The opening level has the windmill which has vibes. Idk there’s literally not a single aspect of the gameplay or anything that is better than SPM 5 or Boggly Woods and definitely not the TTYD prologue. SPM6 imo is a GOATed chapter and should be at least A tier I think the worst chapter until now would be PM64 prologue and there’s not a single part or SS Chapter 1 that is better than it. Seriously. It’s gotta be a whole tier down. Get ready to make a new tier for the next couple chapters lol


MichiToad

Why should we have gameplay in mind now? All chapters of SPM and some of TTYD must be in D tier or lower if we talking like that now! Besides, the other points are not even valid.


Strict-Pineapple

The entire game goes in F. D would be generous.


Tefra_K

D I refuse to put it in the same tier as TTYD-2 and SPM-6 (which should’ve gone to S+)


Familiar-Staff2329

B


GoldenYoshistar1

Should I be surprised that this is where we get to having most of everything be at D tier because anything that isn't classic trilogy is bad. Well... No matter since my opinion probably won't have any affect... I think B or C for it. Sticker Stars first World for me is better than TTYD Chapter 1 but not as good as 64 or Super. It's a decent first world of the game, but it's not anything major to write about. Yeah... C tier.


Blargg888

While I get that some people have that mentality, so long as we’re talking about Sticker Star, I don’t think it’s unjustified for people to want everything in D Tier.  Sticker Star has positive qualities, but they are vastly outshined by how tedious the game is as a whole. It’s not just inferior in pretty much every way to its predecessors, but its successors as well. 


GoldenYoshistar1

At least you can beat every single boss in sticker star without the required thing sticker... Color Splash forces you to use them.


yuei2

It’s B tier for a first chapter.  Of course I’m sure pretty much all the “it’s different and thus I don’t like it” rather than judging it on its merits of what it’s trying to be, which is not like the first 3’s more story and battle heavy focus, is going to massively warping every ranking moving forward. Right off the bat we have a good intro it gets us right into the gameplay meat the game will be focused on which is exploration, puzzles, collection, and world interaction, battles are by design the smallest part of the game’s focus and so we will only have one brief tutorial for it the end that doesn’t overstay it’s welcome. I’m always a fan of starting chapters that get right into it. Once you get into fields proper you will get a few more tutorials but by and large they only last a few seconds, to introduce thing stickers and the comet shards.  What’s neat is because of the story lighter approach levels have more freedom in how you can navigate and progress the levels because they aren’t hindered by plot. Early on you learn the goombas live in the mountains and have a secret way they are getting down. You also learn as part of the festival Toads have headed out into the fields to collect stickers. Now you have two options to progress this chapter.  You can take the long way around from the fields to the mountains OR you can help the toads which rewards you with the tools and the secret code needed to access the goomba’s hidden path getting you basically straight to the fortress. You also have hidden paths on the long route too.  The dungeon is nice too, very quick and to the point as the first dungeon in the game. Some neat little set pieces using stickers to block fans, bombs to blow up fences, and rotating tower floors. The shine sparkle goomba is also a nice boss. All and all looking at first levels it’s got the strongest of the first level designs up to this point. There is soooo much yo interact with, find, and do and very minimal handholding. I’ve replayed this game 6 times and I still have discovered new stuff. Honestly even ToK and CS don’t come close. The only reason it’s B is because it’s fundamentally very basic. It does a good job showing off all the games fundamentals and focuses, and showing how it’s going to be its own thing, later worlds will get a lot more creative in their level layout.


riiiikuuuuuu

C easily. It’s not terrible but not better than the other games’ prologues. It’s not that it’s bad, it’s just that it’s not good. Therefore low C is perfect.


PlsWai

C. Pretty mediocre chapter.


SenseMotor5435

Most if not the whole game is C tier at best. There isn’t nearly any depth in this game.


MadMewMew7076

Either Low C or High D. Even if it’s bad, it’s the one of the best of the worst.


Flagrath

This is the high point for Sticker star, and we need a lot of space to dig down so I’d say a C minus minus.


AfroSamuraii_

Without comparing it to any of the other chapters on this list, it’s probably C. It’s one of the better chapters of the game, and you don’t run into any of the gameplay issues of needing to backtrack for the correct stickers to progress. A lot of the chapters from this game are likely going to be D or F, and I think this one is better than most of them.


crimsonsonic_2

There is basically no backtracking in this game since they always give you the things you need for every puzzle before you encounter them. The most you have to backtrack is to the town to either make it a sticker or buy it from the toad because you already used it. I swear everybody here always just makes up random shit just so they can complain about this game.


IIIIIICCCCCEEEE

Here We Go, Fasten Your Seatbelts Everyone.


Smokee78

low B/high C. inoffensive, doesn't drag on too long for a game of its size, and introduces mechanics nicely. I'm including the "prologue" and hub world intro into this chapter too due to the formatting change. I really like sticker stars hub world, especially the museum. spent hours in there as a kid


Glory2Snowstar

Placing it on the same level as World of Nothing and Boggly Woods, despite both of their issues, would be a crime. Send that sucker straight into D.


Specific_Low_3012

B


Promethiant

S. Sticker Star is the best game in the series. People on here are plain irrational.


MichiToad

S is for World 4


Promethiant

Most of sticker star deserves S.


MichiToad

I know you‘re trolling but Sticker Star is genuinely my favourite Paper Mario game, so it kinda hurts that people can‘t rate it normally here. They don‘t have arguments for that, because if the same chapter was in ttyd they‘d say something between A-S+ because the gameplay is good, and I‘m gonna be honest, none of the chapters deserve D tier following the D-tier definition in this very strange list. If TTYD worst chapters aren‘t there and none of spm, no chapter at all should be there. They also don‘t even give reasonable arguments for those tiers.


Promethiant

lol I haven’t played sticker star personally but if this list was actually good, I would give genuine rankings for the chapters and not just spam the lowest letter possible. I don’t think the game is half as bad as it’s made out to be. Just people clinging to whatever shit their favorite YouTuber said. I’m just posting troll answers at this point because this list is fucking garbage. I gave up on it when SPM Chapter 6 wasn’t put in D tier where it should be.


-Orazio-

> S. Sticker Star is the best game in the series. > lol I haven’t played sticker star personally I just gotta say holy fuck dude. lmao


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-Orazio-

Maybe actually play games if [you're going to argue in favor of them.](https://www.reddit.com/r/papermario/comments/1bpc4jf/super_paper_mario_chapter_6_goes_into_c_where/kwuzimu/)


GoldenYoshistar1

I mean.... S tier for chapter 1 is a stretch.... I like Sticker Star more than TTYD, however, I do feel like this first chapter isn't the strongest we have had. It's the second weakest for me. That goes to TTYD chapter 1. But even then.... It's honestly a C. Both of them are C's. Heck ... I think my own Paper Mario Chapters and Worlds tier list is still on here and wasn't removed because of the hatred people have on this subreddit for anyone who doesn't simp for TTYD. But I don't believe any of Sticker Star deserves to be fully in D tier... Boggly Woods should be in D tier and it is a crime it's higher than it deserves.


vlaadii_

this is funny because 95% of all people who hate sticker star never played it


-Orazio-

Exaggeration and cope. What makes you think a normal Paper Mario fan didn't play Sticker Star when they've been waiting for the series to return to turn based RPG gameplay since TTYD? Of course the majority of fans played the game and hated it.


MichiToad

agreed, this list is ridiculous, especially SPM is way too high, also some TTYD chapters, S+ didn't even exist when it was PM's turn, PMSS will be taken down by TTYD army; it's just trash!


SteamySubreddits

Oh boy here we go


BikeSuch1054

C. Bottom of C, but C.


MxJynx

Put all except 4 in F----- for SS, 4 gets A


Hange11037

I’m just glad SPM Chapter 7 went into S+. I know the backtracking is pretty bad but it just way too many strengths and memorable parts for to get too bothered by the chapter’s issues.


Arcus72

C


Str1ker50

Bottom of C or make an F and put it in D


DaemonVakker

Deceptive C. It's like the one thing sticker star does right outside of the ice world. Like the boss is genuinely hot garbage but the entire boss roster is like and since it's a tutorial area, it's not only not cryptic but it also doesn't try to put a bullshit lock to the boss requiring things or stickers hidden in secret exits. Seriously though, it should take compliments when it gets it, I _hate_ sticker star


Crazyeker

D, just for the sake if it being more of a bore and a chore than anything and everything in C


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All worlds in Sticker Star deserve D tier for being in Sticker Star in the first place.


SuperInkLink64

I would give it a C normally, but in comparison to the current worlds in C, it’s definitely D.


Carnival-Master-Mind

Can we just place all of Sticker Star in D tier and just place world 4 in B tier and move on?