| FishyJoe said: A game magazine whose audience is hardcore gamers would be biased against the Wii? Unpossible! |
No FishyJoe...its non-possible, not unpossible...lol sheesh...
Oh and windbane, outlawauron, relaaxx...you are right, it isn't the job for IGN or 1UP to love all Wii games nor is it the job for each section of IGN and 1UP to know and cover games for other systems, but neither is it their job to unfairly judge games they don't know very well. One IGN podcast had members from the other console sections and the topic came up about SSBB. Of course, they came up and said straight out that they didn't like it. Fair enough, its their opinion. But to not like it and actually not know what they are talking about, is a bit irresponsible. Yes, they are entitled to their opinion, but if you are being paid to give opinions to fellow gamers of what game to play or not, you better damn well know what you are talking about.
I guess this is the trouble people have. Reviewers are in the end giving their opinion and we just have to understand that. But what ticks people off sometimes is the fact that the reviewers are being paid to their job, yet sometimes don't know what they are talking about....or sometimes it is evident that they haven't really paid much attention to the game, ie. an episode of X-Play where they reviewed Mass Effect. They criticized the game because they didn't know how to use the grenades and that it blows up "randomly." If they played long enough they would have realized that you hit the "back" button once to send the grenade, and a second time to actually blow it up.
It's okay to not know everything in the world about videogames, but it is inexcusable to act like you know enough to pass judgement on a game when it is your job to pass judgement.
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