Twilord on 10 August 2014
| the_dengle said: I assume you're referring to Captain Toad. IGN has been talking the game up a lot, so no, they're not afraid to risk their "street cred" by giving praise where praise is due. Great games deserve great scores. Unfortunately, I have no faith in most game journalists to correctly identify a great game when they play one. |
You're definitely right about IGN talking it up already, but the pessimist in me feels like this is early damage control because they suspect it could easily warrant/demand 9.0/10. The fact it was possibly demanded into existence though does it a significant benefit.
But it still presents the opening for a fascinating hypothetical - could it be docked even 0.1 of a score from reviewers afraid of backlash due to it being so immensely pre-judge-able by consumers?
