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hsrob on 14 July 2009
KylieDog said:
hsrob said:
pakidan101 said:
Makes you wonder wth IGN AU was thinking....

Site hits, or alternatively, they weren't.

 

Or they just have a different opinion.

 

The bias in Wii owners on who is a good reviewer or not is amazing.  Usually the good reviews are thes who give high scores it seems, based on the latest game release only, of course?

 

Look at yourselves, IGN AU give the game a 6.5 which is one opinion, then IGN UK give an 8.9 and this one opinion is suddenly the trump card which overwrites IGN AUs opinion with claims "WTH IGN AU was thinking?" That clearly makes sense.

 

If Eurogamer gave a 7/10 then it seems IGN AU was more in line with the general scores so far.

 

 

 

This may very well be the case but if you are looking for a fanboy complaining about low review scores you are looking in the wrong place.  I have a long standing dislike for IGN AU due to their history of imprecise and inconsistent reviews and the fact that for the past 9 months i have been automatically redirected to their site despite typing the address for the main site.  So no, i'm not complaining about the score, IGN AU have a long established lack of crediblity in this regard as far as I am concerned, so i care not what they have to say.  I just thought i'd take the opportunity to have a cheap shot at the site ;)



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megaman79 on 14 July 2009

Its getting great reviews. Will it beat Wiifit?



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megaman79 on 14 July 2009
Fab_GS said:

Wii Sports Resort reviews so far:-
Official Nintendo Magazine UK: 94/100 LINK
NZGamer: 7.5/10 LINK
IGN AU: 6.5/10 LINK
IGN UK: 8.9/10 LINK
Eurogamer: 7/10 LINK

Telegraph newspaper gave it a 9/10 - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/technologyreviews/videogamereviewsandpreviews/5826549/Wii-Sports-Resort-review.html

Guardian Newspaper gate it an 8/10 -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2009/jul/13/wii-sports-resort-nintendo

 

 



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.

NanakiXI on 14 July 2009
pakidan101 said:
Makes you wonder wth IGN AU was thinking....

Makes you wonder why people have different opinions on different things at all...



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Kantor on 16 July 2009

So IGN UK are good reviewers?



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9Chiba on 16 July 2009

so which IGN review does metacritic take? USA? or all?



Galaki on 16 July 2009
9Chiba said:
so which IGN review does metacritic take? USA? or all?

They'd pick whichever they feel like at the moment. Quick, someone send 'em a bucket o' money.



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Kantor on 16 July 2009
9Chiba said:
so which IGN review does metacritic take? USA? or all?

Metacritic takes everything. IGN US, UK, AU, they'd even take one from Portugal (they have Eurogamer Portugal on there. Hell, they have The Onion as a credible review source. How long before they add Comedy Central?)



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txrattlesnake on 16 July 2009

Looks like reviewers are finally getting in touch with what gamers want out of games nowadays. Of course I dread the 25 to 50 or more clones of Wii Sports Resort that third parties will put their efforts into making for the Wii now in an attempt to replicate WSR's success.

In my opinion if Nintendo is destined to be number one in this industry again, then they really need to bring back the NES' old Seal of Quality.



Linkasf on 16 July 2009
Dazkarieh said:
KylieDog said:

Or they just have a different opinion.

 

The bias in Wii owners on who is a good reviewer or not is amazing.  Usually the good reviews are thes who give high scores it seems, based on the latest game release only, of course?

 

Look at yourselves, IGN AU give the game a 6.5 which is one opinion, then IGN UK give an 8.9 and this one opinion is suddenly the trump card which overwrites IGN AUs opinion with claims "WTH IGN AU was thinking?" That clearly makes sense.

 

If Eurogamer gave a 7/10 then it seems IGN AU was more in line with the general scores so far.

 

 

 

Quote for truth, my friend!!

I really don't get the trend. They actually like to play bad games... it's so weird. And weirder thing is that they say it's good anyway.

In the Water Warfare review the same thing happened. Bias Nintentards, for sure...

I could say the exact same words as you except throw in Sony, or Microsoft and a flame war would erupt.