So Shaun White Snowboarding is coming exclusively to the Wii this year and I wandered over to IGN (who really knows why, as they seem to publish rubbish recently) and read their review. It got a 7.6, which is respectable (higher than PS360, lower than last year Wii), but this is what really stood out.
The first thing you should note is that this game is aimed squarely at kids. Everything from the simple arcade gameplay to the exaggerated graphics to the Saturday Morning cartoon humor is very kid friendly. That's not a bad thing -- it works well as a kids' game. Just know that this isn't the realistic snowboard sim that a seasoned gamer might want.
So, do you agree with IGN's latest statement that seasoned gamers wasn't extream realism and no longer enjoy arcade style games? I don't really need to post my thoughts, as a seasoned gamer I like pretty much all styles of play and actually prefer arcade games myself.
Oh, and I'll throw in that this is one of the worst reviews I've read at IGN, because they gave so few details (7 total paragraphs, each maybe 3 sentances long) and spent more time mocking it than anything. Considering I loved the last one it would have been nice to actually read a review on it.
