Kenryoku_Maxis said:
His post wasn't ignored. There's just a lot more behind reviews than a cut and dry 'this game is good, that game is bad'. Sure Mario Galaxy got high reviews, but much of that was because of hype. The same hype that pushed GTAIV up to a perfect score on many sites. At the same time, its the counter-effect to that hype which lowers many Wii game scores, as reviewers see the Wii being so popular with no solid basis in their minds. The system isn't the strongest graphically, isn't the most popular with 'hardcore' gamers and isn't generating the most marketing. Yet it sells the most systems and software. In short, they review Wii games more harshly than other games, and only a few games, such as Mario Galaxy or Metroid Prime 3, get high scores because they have strong hype behind them and are popular even with reviewers. And if anything, I'd like to point out that if Edge gave Mario Galaxy a 10, it just shows their inconsistency with scoring even more. |
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