NSMB2 is an exceptional game in the eyes of reviewers

[wfz]

RolStoppable said:

wfz said:

Oh, I was only addressing the things you brought up in your table. Questions such as quality, "how much" it's like the original, and other such factors aren't caught in a simple "Yes or No" response.

Which is why the mentioned features are framed in a way that allows them to be answered with either "yes" or "no".

I was hoping you would be giving a more practical response, like in this or that aspect SMG2 and NSMB2 are clearly different which would justify the difference in their scores. Although SMG2 is just one of many examples that could be used. There are really countless sequels that got away with just a little bit more, a little bit better.

SMG - 97

SMG 2 - 97

NSMB - 89

NSMB 2 - 78

 

The prequels' qualities, according to those reviewers, were very different from each other. Perhaps it's likely that when you have such an amazing quality game, reviewers are more lenient when you repeat a lot of the aspects. When you repeat a lot of the aspects found in an 89 reviewed game, they are less lenient.

 

The extent to which features are repeated and their overall enjoyment, regardless of similarities, is what drives review scores. Sorry for not getting super detailed and giving insights into certain aspects, I just feel like it's fairly unnecessary and I just finished a 10 hour work day. I figured it would be enough to merely bring up why the basis for your argument is off a bit.