IGN Review: Wii Sports Resort. Right in the middle

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Torillian said:

I can't say what value score I would give to Wii Sports Resort. I would have to play it first, but when I do it usually I look at how long it took me to play through all the content, what incentives they programmed in for replaying like different difficulty levels, multiplayer options, cost of the game, and what else you get for your dollar like a soundtrack or in this case the WM+ addon. If a game can get away with being infinitely replayable just because it has a top score system then almost every minigame collection would be infinitely replayable.

also, they aren't grading just replayability, it is lasting appeal which should include replayability, how long it takes to play through all the content, and what kind of collectables and unlockables there are.

 

Ok, thanks, I never understood what Lasting Appeal was, I thought it was just replayability. With that said.... so now the time it takes to finish a game is scored, and the more time the better? If true I don't agree with that. I know a lot of people like their games of 20 hours at least to unlock everything, but for me that's not necessary, if the game is good and fun I will continue playing it even if I unlocked everthing after a few minutes.

For example, TMNT 4 was one of my favorite Snes games and that game was what? 20 min long? But I played if for hours and hours. I can't imagine playing it that much if the game had been 10 hours long or so.