I think we're all missing the point here.
1) A reviewer calling the shadow effects on a modern game like SH:SM "the worst [he's] ever seen" is blatantly ridiculous. Really? Worse than a launch PS1 game? Worse than the tons of (often highly rated) PS2 games that just put a simple shadow "halo" around the character and called it a day?
2) The reviewer cites the fact that Harry moves slow, but Harry's just a normal guy. Normal guys move slow. Do they expect him to move like Dante in DMC or some shit?
3) The reviewer is apparently really insecure about himself - he thinks that holding the Wii Remote up to his ear will both make him look like an idiot AND annoy everyone else in the room. Hmm, projecting your own insecurities much, Mr. Turi?
4) The "horrendous grinding sounds" coming from the Wii Remote are static. Hasn't he ever played another SH game? Having the radio static come from the Wii Remote helps immersion quite a bit.
tl;dr: Game journalists suck.
"'Casual games' are something the 'Game Industry' invented to explain away the Wii success instead of actually listening or looking at what Nintendo did. There is no 'casual strategy' from Nintendo. 'Accessible strategy', yes, but ‘casual gamers’ is just the 'Game Industry''s polite way of saying what they feel: 'retarded gamers'."
-Sean Malstrom
