gaming language uses some english words or words similiar to english. as example they say multiplayer but in "real" german it would be "mehrspieler". or "sound" instead of "ton/klang".

and then there are the words similar to the latin stuff like "animationen" which you say "animations" to.

Awesome reviews, to me atleast...

Ubisoft stated they never were trying trying to push the game graphically, they were focusing on the unique gameplay aspects and trying to get it doen on time for the launch.   To say nothing fo the fact it went though a huge transformation from Killer Freaks to ZombiU not that long ago.  But we know most reviewers/critics/fanboys will ignore all that.

hey spurg -- is this suppose to be an actual thread dedicated to wii U game reviews or just a one off thread?

i came in expecting a list of launch games with links to reviews under them. ...which would be a great thread if you are up to making and updating it. your thread title makes this look pretty "official".


OT - no real surprises so far. nintendoland was never going to review well. i'm surprised actually at an 80, seems high for this kind of title from a "core" review publication.

all well and good points but as a showcase peice for the wii U's "core" focus you also need to understand that graphical quality will always be critically reviewed...  it's what we in the "core" do.

So to be "core", I have to ignore context?

Damn....I haven't been a "core" game reviewer for the past 7 years.

Actually, I'm expecting it's graphics scores to be lower than other categories but in the review itself, it would be nice if more than just a small handful of us actually took a moment to elaborate on certain things.   And that really goes beyond ZombiU but for all games.  I like reviews (liek those I write) that really get you to understand the game rather than the usual, "I'm jaded/I'm a fan...so I'll hate on/gloss over...this game without really telling you anything."

80% for Nintendoland is not bad at all considering some over sensitive Nintendo fan was ripping it and calling it Nintendobland here on the Chartz when it was announced. I forgot who that guy was.

..but you feel no problem ignoring the context of this is an exclusive game built from the ground up for a new peice of hardware that is suppose to have significantly more power than current gen hardware?

see, context is a funny thing for a consumer.   they just give two-shits that ubi overhauled things from it's previous "killer freaks" format.  nor would they care if something horrible happened like the developer got hit my an eathquake/hurricane during dev which made development difficult.  nope, there is only one context that matters -- is the product worth the money?

only fanboys will care about that kind of context.   it's like playstation all-stars, no one really gives a fuck that activision owns the IP rights to crash bandicoot and it's not really up to sony about his inclusion in the game.  all they care about is that a game that is supposed to be about seeing all of their favorite ps icons fight is missing one of their favorite ps icons.

as a fanboy of the gaming industry i love these details and context as much as you do but we're pretty much alone in that regard.

Hahaha :D spot on amp!

And Spurge, a score of 80 is "Great" as far as I'm concerned!

50: Average/Mediocre

60: Decent

70: Really Good

80: Great!

90: Amazing!

100: Perfection.

Converted to Nintendo games:

100: Good.

90: Meh.

80: One of the worst games evar.

70: Teh fuck is up with you, Nintendo?????

60: I got cancer playing this game.

50: My cancer got cancer playing this game.