When game "journalists" have their trolling exposed.

[LordTheNightKnight]

Mr Khan said:

LordTheNightKnight said:
I know this is going to be controversial, but I wonder if Dead Rising Chop Till You Drop would have gotten better reviews had Capcom courted the reviewers. I mean something along the lines of what was done with Halo 3 and Modern Warfare 2 (fly them out, pay for their hotels, let them play the game only in the facility in controlled conditions, although the latter wouldn't be to ensure the best online). Graphics and zombie count be damned, they would be treated like kings, and reward Capcom accordingly.

Actually, a lot of the Wii reviews seem to reduced because the reviewers weren't coddled and kissed up to. Take some of the contested reviews of The Conduit and MWR.

This line of thinking ties into the whole "nobody wants to put effort into Wii games, and that lack of effort means publishers won't put up for really promoting them" thing. Kissing up to the media is just another part of that advertising blitz that Wii titles don't get. Though Nintendo doesn't really do it as much themselves.

But that's not effort in the game. It's effort in getting reviews. It doesn't necessarily make the game better (see the non-reviewer backlash over GTA IV of why there is a difference).