oniyide said:
MDMAlliance said:
oniyide said:
Ok and...? Jim Sterling doesnt have a Ninty bias. He likes that company. Maybe score wise you can argue that they are too low. But IMHO his is dead on about the actually words. MK7 didnt change the formula too much. THat wasnt a lie. KI U IMO had crap controls so i agree with him there. Wasnt a lie. So where is the bias?
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Let me say one thing first... I didn't use the word bias anywhere in my post.
What I'm saying is that kart racers (especially Mario Kart) follows a rather strict formula, because it's not exactly the same kind of racer as Need For Speed. Jim Sterlings review of the game is as vague as ever when he complains about the formula and why he thinks it's so bad. He tries to cover it up saying he doesn't think changing is always necessary, but it also seems like he doesn't even understand the game either. In fact, I don't exactly get why they let him review it if he in general doesn't even like these games (kart racers).
As for KI: U, it is pretty obvious how melodramatic his review of the game is. Even all of those things considered, it doesn't make sense to give the game a 5/10. The only review that appears lower than that on Metacritic isn't even on a numerical scale and was removed even (most likely due to how poorly the review was).
I wasn't saying Jim was lying, I am saying his scoring is quite obviously outliers in the grand scheme of things. The controls were not as bad as he makes them out to be, and he assumes he has a higher understanding of something he clearly does not have. Then, he goes on to count the negative points as if they are the most fundamental part of the scoring for the game. That was my problem with Jim. If he gave the games 7/10's, that would make more sense given the descriptions he came up for each rating.
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fair enough. He feels that sometimes change is neccesary, while others it isnt. MK7 for him was the former. I dont buy the formula thing. those two sonic kart racers were different from each other. But i dont think he reviewed those so its not fair to say he hates kart racers.
The score makes sense, because he is actually using it inthe right way. 5 is average imho KI U is an average game. Now if people want to take that 5 and apply their own (wrong) value to it, thats on them. But to be fair he is an outlier as he seems to be one of the few ones using the numbers right. Anything below 7 is bad attitude has to go.
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I kind of doubt that he was using it as an "average" score. He has given out 10's before. If he were using it right, I don't think any game should be given a 10.
