*GameFaqs Poll* Most hated Videogame company Right now.

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albionus said:

IGN in particular is getting complaints because they are really hitting Wii games hard as part of an editorial decision. If the game doesn't have 16:9 and 480p it loses points regardless if its good for example. They also mentioned a while back that they would purposely lower the score of early Wii games to allow later games to get higher scores for better graphics/gameplay. With the Gamecube they gave too many early games like Star Fox Adventures a 9.0 and Super Smash Bros. a 9.6 it didn't leave much room for improvement for later games. This is all the more problematic since IGN-Sony hands out high scores like candy. That causes anyone just trolling their review scores without reading them or knowing how the scores are derived to think Wii games suck while PS3 games are cool.

I'm not sure about other sites but I would say the problem is that most games are purchased by non-hardcore gamers (most especially for the Wii) yet they are reviewed by hard core gamers. Gamespot gave Excite Truck a 6.8. To anyone who mainly plays Gran Turismo, NASCAR, Tokyo whatever it is, that may seem right. I never could get into ultra realistic hard core racing games and I think Excite Truck is awesome. So does everyone I know who's played it, both my brothers (one who hasn't play video games until now), my gf and my brother's gf, and my cousins' little kids. Excite truck has sold reasonably well (around 400k I think) and is much better than a 6.8 game to most people. That's why it's important to read reviews, when they start saying the reason they dropped the score is because the game wasn't complex or hard enough for them or that the graphics and sound weren't mind blowing that's a sign that the larger casual gamer market would like the game.

 

Editorial choice huh. I understand... it bothers me when I see a 360 or PS3 game get marks down for poor multiplayer/internet play. But then I sat back and thought about it. It is a feature comparison. And I think that you calling them for handing out PS3 scores is quite humorous. The PS3 scores for multiplatform games are generally lower even by a point or a few than the 360 ones. Does that mean that IGN has a 360 bias?...... I don't think so. They rate their games based off of their standards of expected marks and the merit of the games themselves. I have played alot of games for each system and I am pretty sure they get fair reviews. The wii games have been rated poorly because they actually are very poor games. It gets worse when you start to comparisons.

It has nothing to do with difficulty it has to do with the game itself. Burnout scores very high and I consider it to be very unrealistic (except for the crashes) and arcade like. Same for titles like Ridge racer. Exite truck is not a great title. It is satisfactory for some and was rated as such.