IGN slams Boogie - 4.5

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Legend11 said:

shams said:

It should be noted that IGN / Matt gave Mario Party 5/10 - and its approaching 2m sales worldwide, with only a couple of months on the market.

Still - no question that EA screwed up the execution of this. I didn't realise you couldn't sing AND dance at the same time... :(

 

So if EA had licensed the Mario name and had branded the game "Mario Boogie" complete with Mario characters instead of the ones they're using but with the exact same play mechanics it's likely that the game would be selling a lot more than it is now?

You slap a big brand name on anything and it sells more - fact. Brand this as Spiderman Boogie, Shrek Boogie  or even Halo Boogie (etc) - with the same game - and it would definitely sell more.

That said, MP8 got marked down because it was too similar to previous entries in the series. It has solid gameplay, and many, many hours of enjoyment in it.

Boogie (from the reviews) has no/minimal gameplay, and can be over within a couple of hours.