makingmusic476 on 22 October 2008
| Garcian Smith said: Thus far, only the 1UP reviewer - perhaps not coincidentally, the only one of the bunch who admits to being an actual musician - seems to really "get it." Asking a non-musician to review Wii Music is just as silly as asking, say, someone who knows absolutely nothing about football to review the latest Madden iteration. Of course they'll hate it, because they don't get what it's supposed to represent. The IGN review, for example, is just terrible. The reviewer approaches it as though it were a "rhythm game" a la Guitar Hero, and soon the review lapses into a tirade of "lol Midi," "lol non-gamers," and "lol kiddy." Gaming journalism sucks. |
I'm a musician, and thus Wii Music holds little value for me, as I spend my time playing real instruments. The game is designed to make music easy and fun for non-musicians. If non-musicians don't "get" the game, then what's the point?
