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Sempuukyaku on 25 January 2010
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jammy2211 said:
Cheebee said:
- Galaxy 2: 85-95 (it will be criticized because it's a sequel, thus not as original and fresh as Galaxy 1. 1st Party Nintendo games especially seem to really get criticized for that, *a lot*, while other -mainly 'hardcore' HD games- don't, at least not as much. I don't get this. If a game's considered brilliant, people shout out for a sequel, then when they get that, they whine and say it's too much like the original. However when they DO get a sequel that's innovative, they whine it's too different from the original. This happens a lot, and that's one of the reasons I hardly pay attention to 'professional' reviewers' opinions anymore).

 It's a fair complaint of Galaxy 2 though, from what I've seen. It doesn't even look like they've added much dramatically different, just a few new costumes and yoshi for certain bits. I've no real problem with this, as the original is absolutely amazing and all I want is more of the same, but as someone who writes reviews for a website - it is obligatory to mark a game down for being 'more of the same', as I feel only truly great games (9.6+) are those which are fresh and innovative.

 I've never really seen a bias towards PS360 games in this sense more then Nintendo games.

 Capcom vs tat-i-dont-know-what-that-is is headed to 90+ too, I'm actually tempted to get it. Wish it was on my PS3 though >_>.

 

So then, why did Halo 2 and Halo 3 get top notch ratings across the board?

Or Gears of War 2 for the matter?

Or MGS4?

Or Soul Calibur 4?

Modern Warfare 2?

etc etc etc.

 

If Super Mario Galaxy 2 gets great reviews based on what IT is as a game, then cool. But if they give that "it's more of the same" crap, then it's pretty clear that they're doing that because it's a Nintendo game.