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Wii_R2_Hardcore on 03 November 2008
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SHMUPGurus said:
Wii_R2_Hardcore said:

I cannot argue with you, because you are a fan. You know it all about the saga and I know nothing. But since you put so much detail in your answer, I am giving you a more extense response now, as a cortesy.

All the series overrated? I don't think so, but still how can I know? I didn´t play those games. I suppose they were excellent in their way, in their moment. But this single game, alone, without the story and the love of its fans, is just not a 99%. It is more like a 75%-85%, to me.

If you see the reviews, you will notice that all of them rate the game always taking the saga into account, but not as an isolated experience played by someone who just happened to have a Wii. To some extent, is the same thing with some sequels like, GTA IV, Halo III, and others.

The single game, without the prequels, is not that good. Is it a bad game? No at all. Just overrated, specially if you are not a fan.

Yeah, I get it. As long as what you say makes sense, then it's all good. If it was a fanboy reason or something, then it would have been different! It's like 360 fanboys downgrading Metal Gear Solid 4 when they never even played any games from the series anyways.

Oh, and I was talking about game series in general, not just the Metroid series.

  When I said you are a fan, I meant no offense. I wasn't saying you were blinded with irrational passion. I was saying that I am doom to a failure in a debate against your knowledge about the Metroid games. But I did played MPC, like half of it, because I got bored. Why? I asked myself: everyone says it is great. But I just couldn't get my self to finish it. I just don't care about it...

All the series that were once good have the risk to get overrated by hype and fanatism. MPC was to some extent, probably not as bad as GTA IV or Halo III.

Is there something wrong or weird with fans? Maybe. I, for example, don't care about the bad reviews of Star Wars TFU or Light Sabers duels. I will get them anyway and enjoy them, and appreciate them way more than anyone unfamiliar with Star Wars. I am probably, going to find them less sucky, compared to anyone else, because I can see a lot things very meanigful to me in very little details of the Star Wars world.

And, in the case of the Nintendo Wii, there's a considerable expanded market. People who didn't have a Nintendo machine before. That's my case. So i got the game because all the great reviews and the game treated my like an inconditional fan it took me for granted. For me it was good but not great.