>>33536826The only areas that seem to have obviously been cut from SM were the interior of the volcano, and the golf course. The only one of those that's jarring in-game is the volcano. Never got this "SM are obviously unfinished" thing. It could definitely use more areas, but if it did anything well, it was polish what it had into something that appeared complete, with only a few glaring flaws. From a presentation standpoint.
I'll take a well made game light on content over a big, "fleshed out" game with a lot of design and system flaws.