Edge gives The Conduit and Another Code: R 4/10

[pearljammer]

SaviorX said:
The only site that seems to have given The Conduit a sensible review was IGN. Maybe because it was a favorable review, it may seem why I think that way. However, literally 90% of the people here have opinions that match IGN's the most. The gaming media just hates the Wii too much to ever see its games for what they are, so why bother believing them.

I can understand the backlash of Wii fans to a certain extent as near the beginning of the generation it was quite hard to argue otherwise. But even as one of Grampy's most recent threads shows, the has been getting much fairer treatment as of late (I'm inclined to believe that it has always been generally fair with some obvious exceptions).

User reviews and anecdotes are great and all. I often base some of my purchases on them as well. But none of that makes this review any less valid or biased. Edge is often criticized for its marking scheme, which I think is completely unjustified. I mean a 4 from Edge is the equivalent of a 6-7.5 from most other sites. They simply thought it was slightly below average.

It's not as simple as saying most gamers' line of thought aligned with IGNs moreso than any other and therefore all other reviews are 'hating'. Hell, I don't even know why I'm debating this... Edge gave many raving reviews for exclusive Wii titles.

For God's sake, Indiana Jones got a 3, with endless waggle, PS2 graphics, and brief length. The Conduit is better in every regard and only gets a 4? Cut the crap.

I have said this before and I will say it again:

From now on, NO 3rd Party Wii game will ever get a 90% average on metacritic, gamestats, gamerankings etc, again. There have already been four and I'm sure there will be more. My guess at the closest one - Beatles: Rock Band, maybe Little King's Sory.

Just for some context, here are some score Edge has given to some popular Wii games:

Galaxy - 10

Zelda:TP - 9

Brawl 9

Mario Kart Wii - 6

Punch Out!! - 8

MP3 - 7

RE4 - 9

LKS - 9

Zack and Wiki - 8

Boom Blox - 8

Super Paer Mario - 7

Mad World - 6

Wii Sports - 7