DEAR VIDEO GAME JOURNALISTS......

[forevercloud3000]

RolStoppable said:

forevercloud3000 said:

Soooooooooo what you are saying right now is NSMB2 is higher in quality simply because SS's aesthetic design? The flash look is entirely on purpose and yes that means it was a lot cheaper to make but doesn't mean it is of less quality. If anything it only shows value.....which is right on the money with it's cheaper price.

For example, Angry Birds is of great Quality and does exactly what a game like that should. Its Value on the other hand dictates it should be priced cheap to free, as no one would bat an eyelash at if for $40 but for $2 its a steal.

You forget that NSMB2 is just another sidescroller in the very long line of 2D sidescrollers in the series. By your logic, LBP Vita and almost any other Vita retail title are 12/10s because their budgets are assuredly larger than NSMB2 and most other games on 3DS.

No, I am saying SS is of low quality, because it screams low quality in all of its aspects. This is the kind of game where even free seems expensive, because it would cost you time to play it. This has nothing to do with production costs, it's all about entertainment value (or perceived value). When looking at SS, the first thing that came to my mind is that I could play much better games than that. It's the exact same thing I thought when watching a video of VVVVVV which is available on the 3DS eShop. This is the kind of game that is suited for people who see the word "indie" as a term of approval.

I know there are people who like indie games, but putting these games on the same level as Mario is... well, it's just wrong. Compare them to other downloadable games first before you draw comparisons to the top dog of the entire genre. Shantae: Risky's Revenge has already been mentioned in this thread, that's a DSiWare game that sells for $12. It's leaps and bounds ahead of Sound Shapes (graphics, sound, design, depth).

If you don't like the game, that is your opinion. But back to what we spoke of before, that reviewer stated he DID think SS was a better game than mario........yet rated it lower. Doesn't make sense. Its value has nothing to do with the score because prices change constantly.