jimmay said:
We are talking about the wii's games so yes we are talking about the wii. This is what you don't seem to grasp, their are such things as good party games. Party games/mini games aren't automatically doomed to receive a low score just because they are a party game. If a party game got a low score then it's because it had bad gameplay not just because it was a party game and their for can never be good in the first place. I've been describing to you some of the tangible differences between games such as graphics, sound and online, however if the gameplay of game sucks, then it sucks, you seem to think these party games with bad gameplay are some how great and reviewers and myself are biased against them, when we are not. As well as gameplay being the problem these games have a lack of basic features. Taking away peoples options is a bad thing, full stop no debate. If some people don't use them then no harm done. How do know that all, most or some of casual gamers wouldn't like a game more if it had a decent set of features. This is a reply i gave in another post about wii bowling and i'll use to show what i mean: 'Using your wii bowling example i'll show you why these features would make it better. As well as being able to play as mii's why can't you play as real life professional bowlers, how would having the option of playing as these people make the game any worse? As well as having an exibition mode to play one off games, how would the inclusion of bowling tournaments to win trophies that you can show off make the game worse? As well as playing your friends round your house how would the addition of adding online play make the game worse? If you wanted to look at it, how would the option of looking at your detailed bowling stats make the game worse, if you don't care about them then don't go to the stats page, if you're interested and wanted to see what type of shots you do the most and what type of shots you do best/worst at then why shouldn't you be able to? If you don't want to listen to music when you bowl then fine you don't have to, but why not include the option to have custom sound tracks if you want them? Why not add proper leaderboards that track your scores, how would that make the game worse? Also why not add more game modes, you don't have to play them, but if you want to they are their. Also why not make the game so you can create custom bowling balls, custom pins and custom bowling clothes to bowl in. None of those things make the game worse, they only make them better.'
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Certainly, there are good party games but (on the whole) their reviews do not demonstrate this; there are only 4 party games to ever receive a score over 80% on Gamerankings.com and 3 of them probably do not belong in the genre (Super Monkey Ball, Super Monkey Ball 2, and Super Monkey Ball Deluxe). Mario Party for the N64 defined the genre, revolutionized how people think of local multiplayer gaming, and was one of the definitive games of the generation and yet only averaged 76% ...