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The_Joker_Product on 10 November 2011
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MasterVG71782 said:
The_Joker_Product said:
 

Thats the thing, its just jump and run, thats all you've done in these games since the first one, Little Big Planet had jump and run, but unlike Galaxy it allowed anyone to create their own levels to the extent of their imagination, the levels some of the people have made far exceed the official levels in the game. Theres literally millions of levels and never ending content.

The sequel introduced racing and other things, yet those games get a metacritic of 95 and 92. Whereas Mario can magically get a 97, but its only because its Mario.

Graphics are fine for a Wii game but still inferior to PS3/Xbox, not its fault but anothe reason why its no match. Musics also fine its that the characters dont talk and mumble out some childish babble instead.

Even if people dont play the games for the story they still have one, and everyone one is the same, they cant change it up even a little bit. A game that just involves you running around and jumping like in all the previous games should not get a 97. That 97 is higher than every single PS3 or Xbox game except for GTAIV which its reviews were paid for anyway.

If LBP was just the single player game with no online and no creation system, the scores would've been horrid for it (or at least I think so). The mechanics of the platforming in LBP just didn't feel right.

I think that's why the scores for Mario games are high. The mechanics for the platforming is just done so right that it's easy to play, and it's actually very fun. It's one of those games where you can just pick it up to play it and have fun. The level designs are almost always good as well and the soundtracks for Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 have been phenomonal. I've only played a little bit of Galaxy 2, but Galaxy stands as my favorite 3D Mario game. I've played A LOT of platformers and Mario games have always been up there as some of the best.

Course it wouldve been horrid, but it does have those things, you could never even begin to play all the levels in the game. Its like endless DLC. Everything you just said other games have but they dont get a 97.

Uncharted 2 had a great level design, its platforming was fun, its music wasnt as good as Marios but it unlike Mario had voice acting, it was funny, the characters are all likable, you do more than just climb things, it had a story, it had online, it had fantastic graphics, it won a ton of GOTY awards, is one of the highest rated games this gen.

And it still doesnt have a score like Galaxy.

If you took Galaxy exactly as it is, then swapped out the Mario characters for new original characters and it was made by Namco, it would never under any circumstances get a 97 or anywhere close to it.