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Rpruett on 05 June 2010
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dtewi said:

She thinks Mario is cartoony due to the fact that it has colorful graphics and non-sense characters. There's nothing to argue here, that's what she thinks. Why else would she think the game is cartoony, huh?

Are you fucking kidding me? She wants the game to be more 3D when a good 25 hours of the game already are. She plays in 2D more for 30 minutes tops. That is not a valid complaint. She didn't say she didn't like the 2D, just "Moar 3D". You think there isn't ENOUGH 3D platforming in the game?

 

I can most certainly prove it. The Mario and Luigi games are cartoony as well along with Ratchet and Clank and she still likes them. She is using invalid reasons to construe the idea that SMG2 is bad. 

 

She's saying that she wants more 3D when there's 25 hours of 3D platforming and is being a hypocrite for the cartoony graphics reasons. She's pretty obviously biased.



1.)  Wait so a game that has colorful graphics and non-sensical characters isn't liked by someone because they said they felt it had too much colorful graphics and non-sensical characters?  Isn't that again the very foundation of a basic opinion.  She feels it is over-done.  Over the top.  Too Cartoony.   Who are you to say which degree is too cartoony to complain about?  Again, it's subjective.

2.)  Again,  some people are picky SOBs.  That 30 minutes of 2D might have really been a deal breaker for her.  It's just like anything else.  Kill Zone 2 got panned critically for it's controls because they didn't resemble Call of Duty's.  (Well no shit it's a different game), but that doesn't matter.  Everyone has an opinion on a subject.   An incorrect opinion on this would be her saying that a game that contains NO 2D, has too much 2D.  Since this game has 2D portions, she is incorrect in her opinion.

3.)  Again, they are different games.  Maybe she felt they were fitting with what was being presented in the game.  Maybe she has different expectations from DS games or Wii games.  A console with more horsepower than a handheld you might hold with different regards in terms of appearance and how games should look.   Ratchet and Clank is a totally different ball of wax.   Just because Ratchet and Clank is a cartoon game doesn't mean it suddenly is Mario's equivalent in cartoon appearance.  Maybe, she feels that Ratchet and Clank is the right amount of Cartoony and Mario is too much.  I certainly would say in my opinion that R&C is less cartoony than SMG. (Even though both are cartoons).  Again, you can't prove this point.

4.)  People dislike games for different things all the time.  People complain about swearing in games. People complain about controls, appearance, etc.  What's your point?   The points she raises certainly exist in the game and while some people love them, some might absolutely hate them.  Thus making the opinion valid (Able to be questioned, but still valid).   There is enough 2D in the game for someone to be bothered by it obviously and I'm sure she isn't the only one saying it.     Just because she didn't do the routine ball wash of Super Mario Galaxy 2 doesn't mean she is biased.