X-Play reviews Rygar: The Battle of Argus: 1/5

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Firstly the review is correct on all counts. Specifically due to one unalterable fact he is providing a service to his audience. That audience being comprised of core and hardcore gamers. A audience that holds its games to a higher standard of quality not a lower one.

What we have here is a port of a seven year old game. That is being sold at a retail price with less then a bare minimum of updating, and without any control innovation. There is no other word for that other the insulting. The consumer is being fleeced, and that is worthy of the tongue lashing it received. Sure Nintendo and others release old games without any improvement, but here is the problem with the Virtual Console debate. Firstly those games are not being advertised as new. Secondly those games are not being sold at a retail price.

I ask how can anybody defend this level of quality for the price. The answer is it is not defensible. For that price you should expect updated graphics, updated world design, a good control scheme, and much greater content. That is not unreasonable. This price point is unreasonable. Speaking to the question can good games become bad. Yes they can even without the price analysis. Concepts can and will become dated, and other reviews reflect this even for the Virtual console. The games that once got top marks do not necessarily get top marks anymore. The market shockingly enough does mature. They expect more from a game over time.

That is just the way gaming works. I applaud this review, and I deride those that are bitching. Have some self worth. Do not just take what is handed to you. Have some expectation of quality. Would you accept a drink served to you in a shit lined boot? Now if you answer no to that then do not accept this game. Do not defend this game. This reviewer has reviewed a lot of games that have received a three on their scale. That are miles beyond this game. In that they were both originally developed, and reasonably playable and fun. To have this game anywhere near those is an insult of the highest order.