"It's odd because everyone I have asked about it has prefered Mario Kart Wii over MK Double Dash, and most over MK64.... and yet the ratings on metacritic don't seem to reflect that."
You expect more out of a current gen game than what you got out of a last gen game. MKWii may have motion controls, but like most Madden games of recent years it really hasn't built upon the older games all that much. It's still a cartoony kart racer and it will never grow out of that mold.
"It's also odd that most people on here who own GTA4 seem to be of the opinion that it is inferior to either Vice City, San Andreas or just GTA3, and yet the reviews don't seem to reflect that either.
Similarly I can't say I have heard many people who actually own Mario Kart Wii complain about it, just 1 issue being the friend list restricted to 30 users (although you can have 4 friend lists) Wheras many people have been complaining about GTAIV, be it glitches or just generally being dull once the story is complete."
Here are the three main groups of people that have raised issues with GTA IV. 360 fans that didn't like the fact that critics were saying the PS3 version had better graphics, etc, so they decided to complain about the game and say it didn't deserve a 10, people that prefer fairy tales, and those that didn't like it because it didn't have the same "gangsta cool" as San Andreas and didn't like that it chose to concentrate on Eastern Europeans instead when that is actually a much more interesting story on an international level.
My most anticipated games: Whatever Hideo Kojima is going to do next, Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Gran Turismo 5, Alan Wake, Wii Sports Resort. Cave Story Wiiware.
