At Metacritic, the game has a metascore of 59, based on 9 reviews.
The user score is 85, based on 10 reviews.
That's a 26 point difference.
First of all, does anybody know of a game with a bigger difference between metascore and user score?
(Other than Just Dance, which has a metascore of 47 and a user score of 80, making the difference 33, but that's a casual dance party game, so of course the reviewers hate it more than the target audience.)
Now... onto my rant:
The main complaints by most of the reviewers seem to be
A) it's too hard
and
B) the save points are too far apart.
Those are valid complaints, but I think they are awkward when they are made about a retro remake of a game from 1988 that was
A) much harder
and
B) had NO save points, making it impossible.
So far I'm only in the water area, but I have to say that hovering is much easier, having your hover-fuel recharge (instead of hunting it down for hours) makes it MUUUCH easier, and being able to save your game makes the game actually possible, especially with the map that shows you where save points are. Now when I die, I go "aw crap I have to go back to my save" instead of throwing a NES controller through my TV and getting grounded.
They also complain about the controls, saying they're frustrating and/or cause cramps. I have no idea what they're talking about. Can it be that many reviewers hate simple platformer/shooter controls where you have 1 button for shooting and 1 button for jumping? Or can it be that somehow all reviewers are bad at 80's games and I am a pro because I'm such a crazy retro nerd?
This is all mind-boggling. Anybody pick this game up? Does the game have horrible controls but my nostalgia-goggles won't let me admit it? Or are these reviewers just picking on a small cheap WiiWare game that's great for its price and for its target audience (which is apparently just me)?
