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It seems odd to me to knock off points for not having something; shouldn't games be rated, within the category of gameplay (if you will), on how fun, long-lasting, and/or (enjoyably) innovative they are? If such a game had those qualities to the extreme, would it not get a perfect score (in that category, of course)?

I mean, one could always add more to any game, and, hypothetically, make it more enjoyable, whether it be in modes, levels, number of players, never-ending download content, etc. So, to score a game on lacking those things would always result in a score of 0. A game should be rated, then, on how enjoyable it is; if most people would play it for thousands of hours, then that would be a 10.

Unless, of course, IGN was only saying that the game wasn't altogether as long-lasting level 10-scoring game, and were only suggesting online as a remedy to that.



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I just noticed something. Why is the lack of features (including online multiplayer) under the Presentation score and not the Lasting Appeal score? Is there no consistency where online multiplayer should land in the scoring of titles?



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In another example,
"While I played this offline game 10 thousand times longer and enjoyed far, far more than any other online game I've played, I'm gonna score it lower than those in the gameplay section", is the oddness at which I'm getting.



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this was for kirby air ride that ign posted for its "lasting appeal"

5.0 Lasting Appeal
Lots of four-player split-screen and LAN-enabled multiplayer options. But it still comes back to sloppy play mechanics.

so as you see... I probably played 40 hours of this and only one time was boring was...boring (im sorry kirby :'( )

... at the end... if you dont agree with the reviewer, then simply ignore him and enjoy the game you think it would be fun. Also, reviewers can do anything they want with their reviews... i think, they can down and up the scores for multiple features or no new features...also... in the kirby air ride review it got a really low score because
1. it was simple (they meant it in a bad way)
2. they compared it to f-zero and mario kart double dash
3.it came out late...
4.nothing innovating...
so after this I should stop reading reviews... most of them anyways >_>




              

That's sounds like a great game. I'm picking that up for Christmas. :P



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SuperAdrianK said:
this was for kirby air ride that ign posted for its "lasting appeal"

5.0 Lasting Appeal
Lots of four-player split-screen and LAN-enabled multiplayer options. But it still comes back to sloppy play mechanics.

so as you see... I probably played 40 hours of this and only one time was boring was...boring (im sorry kirby :'( )

... at the end... if you dont agree with the reviewer, then simply ignore him and enjoy the game you think it would be fun. Also, reviewers can do anything they want with their reviews... i think, they can down and up the scores for multiple features or no new features...also... in the kirby air ride review it got a really low score because
1. it was simple (they meant it in a bad way)
2. they compared it to f-zero and mario kart double dash
3.it came out late...
4.nothing innovating...
so after this I should stop reading reviews... most of them anyways >_>

Well, that's not really a good example; Kirby's Air Ride was trash.



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SaviorX said:
SuperAdrianK said:
this was for kirby air ride that ign posted for its "lasting appeal"

5.0 Lasting Appeal
Lots of four-player split-screen and LAN-enabled multiplayer options. But it still comes back to sloppy play mechanics.

so as you see... I probably played 40 hours of this and only one time was boring was...boring (im sorry kirby :'( )

... at the end... if you dont agree with the reviewer, then simply ignore him and enjoy the game you think it would be fun. Also, reviewers can do anything they want with their reviews... i think, they can down and up the scores for multiple features or no new features...also... in the kirby air ride review it got a really low score because
1. it was simple (they meant it in a bad way)
2. they compared it to f-zero and mario kart double dash
3.it came out late...
4.nothing innovating...
so after this I should stop reading reviews... most of them anyways >_>

Well, that's not really a good example; Kirby's Air Ride was trash.


sorry... maybe im just a few who liked this game and my friends...

but this was my opinion of course... you may think its trash to... but if they review a game you liked and had fun with a 5 then you simply try your hardest and pretend you never saw that score...




              

SuperAdrianK said:
SaviorX said:
SuperAdrianK said:
this was for kirby air ride that ign posted for its "lasting appeal"

5.0 Lasting Appeal
Lots of four-player split-screen and LAN-enabled multiplayer options. But it still comes back to sloppy play mechanics.

so as you see... I probably played 40 hours of this and only one time was boring was...boring (im sorry kirby :'( )

... at the end... if you dont agree with the reviewer, then simply ignore him and enjoy the game you think it would be fun. Also, reviewers can do anything they want with their reviews... i think, they can down and up the scores for multiple features or no new features...also... in the kirby air ride review it got a really low score because
1. it was simple (they meant it in a bad way)
2. they compared it to f-zero and mario kart double dash
3.it came out late...
4.nothing innovating...
so after this I should stop reading reviews... most of them anyways >_>

Well, that's not really a good example; Kirby's Air Ride was trash.


sorry... maybe im just a few who liked this game and my friends...

but this was my opinion of course... you may think its trash to... but if they review a game you liked and had fun with a 5 then you simply try your hardest and pretend you never saw that score...

Yea, I feel what you are saying though. Some of my favorite games have been rated pretty low. Nowadays, reviews are written solely to describe what a game does wrong instead of what it does right.

Wii games usually are docked just because of the console they are on, so it should be standard procedure to those reading these reviews to add 0.3-1.1 points to any game that interests you. Overhyped games get docked 1.4 average lol.



Leatherhat on July 6th, 2012 3pm. Vita sales:"3 mil for COD 2 mil for AC. Maybe more. "  thehusbo on July 6th, 2012 5pm. Vita sales:"5 mil for COD 2.2 mil for AC."

like I said during my game play stream yesterday, the game is frustratingly good, whatever that means, I give it an 8.8



oh and by frustratingly good, I mean I don't like the controls that much, I wish I could have used classic controller with the game without the motion controls, and that I'd rather use dualshock with it because of the dpad. if it weren't for the controls, I'd give it a 9.5 instead of an 8.8/10.