Grampy said:
I think you picked a very odd time to make this particular argument. I don't think anyone ever dismissed Madden, Tiger Woods or Guitar Hero as half assed games. They are have been very successful IPs on all platforms. There is no evidence that the Wii has any particular advantage on Guitar Hero but it has done well. The first time Madden and Tiger Woods have made a serious effort to build a version for the Wii with All Play, the scores and the sales show an immediate and dramatic increase. I would say that this supports the argument that when developers quit shoveling poor quality ports to a platform that is fundamentally different and make versions for the platform from the ground up suddenly the competition is tighter on a more level playing field. For example the critic from Cheat Code Central (not a particularly Wii biased site) said: “By far the most exciting aspect of Tiger Woods 09 is the Wii-specific control. It's executed wonderfully and after playing with the Wii Remote, it's going to be hard to go back to the traditional analog-stick control schemes.” “it's nice to see a game that really takes advantage of the system's capabilities and provides a genuinely immersive, satisfying control experience. The Wii Remote gives you an awesome amount of control over your swing and employs nearly one-to-one reflection on-screen of your actions with the remote (imagine what they'll be able to do with MotionPlus!)” So I’m not trying to have a damn thing both ways. I think, these results support what a lot of us have been saying all along. If that point is apparently lost on you, I’m sure it will not be on game developers.
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I'm not sure what you think is lost on me since everything you just said is exactly what i've been saying in this topic. Nice job reiterating my stance on the issue though.
@wfz-I never put much effort into the SSX Blur reviews so I can't comment on it, but it's probably either bias or simply franchise overload. The same thing happened with Tony Hawk. It never got fundamentally worse, it just didn't improve enough to warrant good scores any longer. However, a lot of games got shafted in reviews during the Wii launch cycle, because reviewers had no clue back then, so I do agree it was probably straight bias. Wii Sports scores were a fucking travesty, so I'm sure that mistake could have been made twice.