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Phendrana said:
Gamerace said:
I expect review scores will depend on if the reviewer knows anything about music.

The reviewer at 1-up is a musician so he 'gets-it' and scores it well, but obviously Matt at IGN is freaking tone-deaf so expect a low score from them.

 

I fully expect IGN to completely trash it. According to people on their boards, Matt was saying months ago that he was going to give it a 3. I don't think he'd actually give it a score that low, but I wouldn't be surprised after the way he's talked about it.

Know what though?  If Matt gives it a 3 then I'll say that's a fair score.  Why?? Because for someone with no musical ability like Matt & Bozon Wii Music is just a noise maker.  It's just not that fun.  So people buying it with no native appreciation or ability for music won't like it either.   I'm not talking appreciation for rock, rap or top 40 hits here either.  Anyone who really appreciates music will appreciate classical music for the artistry of it.

Funny come to think of it, people in the industry keep talking about wanting the VG industry to be appreciated as an art form.  Yet Wii Music is perhaps the closest any game has ever come to truly being a work of art.  Unfortunately, art is highly personal and not everyone appreciates it.