| baph777 said: Whatever you want to say about how great the Wii is, it doesn't change these facts. Wii Sports Metacritic score of 76. Wii Fit Metacritic score of 80. Mario Kart Wii Metacritic score of 82. Dave Halverson in Play magazine's recent report on the 7th generation says Wii Sports is one of the most overrated games of all time. And the only reason it has sold so well is because it is bundled with the Wii. The 360 has 100 games that have Metacritic scores in the range from 80 to 100. The Wii only has 25. The 360 has 14 games with Metacritic scores in the 90 to 100 range and the Wii only has 5. GTA IV, the top game on both the PS3 and the 360 has a higher Metacritic score 98 than does the highest scoring game on the Wii -- Mario Galaxy at 97. If both Microsoft and Sony (if Sony is still in the console race next time try out) to emulate the Wii by releasing significantly underpowered pieces of junk next time out that only sell because they have a waggle controller, then Nintendo will have officially ruined gaming. And when people ask Nintendo to bring out more "core" games like bringing all of the Earthbound games to America, etc, they flatly refuse to do so and instead present a piece of **** product like Wii Music instead that does nothing at all for the already oversaturated music game industry, yet they act as if it is the best thing since buttered bread since it is a Nintendo product and they expect millions of people to be so stupid that they swallow it hook line and sinker. Finally, much like cultists, Nintendo's fans on boards seem so deluded by the Wii that they really seem to think that this last gen console (The Conduit's graphics look no better than those in Halo 2) with inferior games is the best gaming platform on the market when all other signs except for sales indicate otherwise. |
I'm sorry, this devotion to Metacritic and Gamerankings as a way to determine game quality is kind-of pathetic ...
The game review system is broken and only (really) reflects the preferences of a small section of the population, and are often more reflective of how much marketing money was given to reviewers' magazines or sites. Grand Theft Auto 4 is the perfect example of the problem because in most ways it is noticeably worse than GTA:SA and yet it received higher review scores across the board.
