IGN Reviews Sonic & the Black Knight (Ruh Roh!)

[mike_intellivision]

MontanaHatchet said:
Ehh. I was going to say things similar to what Gameboy is saying but I think he has it covered. I'm sure IGN isn't worried. It's fairly likely that the next time they give a Wii exclusive a high score, no one will be complaining about things like the author using the word "retarded" in the review. Seriously, what a minor thing to complain about.

And so what if the score is so low? Would it make much of a difference if the score was some other random number, like 4.8 or 5.2? The game would still be "meh," at best. These days, with dozens of high quality games coming out, who wants to buy below average games anyways? I'm struggling to finish old games and balance new ones like Killzone 2 and No More Heroes (the former is a planned purchase, the latter having already been purchased).

I realize that a lot of die-hard fanboys were excited for this title, and that's fine. But so far I've only heard two reviews (an 8/10 from Nintendo Power and this score from IGN). So, which should I trust more? Nintendo Power reviewing a Wii exclusive or IGN? I'm sure IGN has so oh-so-terrible bias against the Wii, or just this random reviewer.

Meh.

I included the Nintendo Power information as a balance. But if you are worried about its credibility, in the same issue Deadly Creatures got a 7.5 and NASCAR Kart Racing a 6.0.   I have generally found its reviews to be fairly balanced and accurate -- it even mentioned control issues with Mario Power Tennis New Player Control and that's a first-party game.

So if you are asking me who I believe, Matt or Nintendo Power, I will go with NP. Still, I would like more information.

Also, I doubt people are sick of all the Mario spin-offs. Of the seven Mario games that have been out a while on the Wii, only Sluggers is below 1M (960K) and only Sluggers and Strikers (1.94M) are below 2M.  Meanwhile, Sonic sales have struggled this generation (except when with Mario) regardless of what game-play approach is taken. They have generally been better on Wii though with Secret Rings going over 2M. My guess is this game will sell 1.5M regardless of what Matt says/thinks.