Exclusive: Critics Admit To Lowering Scores For Attention.

[oniyide]

DanneSandin said:

oniyide said:

fair enough. IMHO i think some series get a pass because they release so infrequently. Ill pick on the NSMB series. The original actually TOOK stuff away. Less items. No Yoshi, more bland worlds(imo) and what it did add was one new item that only showed up in the first wolrd a wall jump and new graphics engine. But it got praised all over. The AC series add more stuff between the original and 3 and it didnt take 20 years but thats up to each person to decide.

I dont think adding new items automatically makes ot a better game. NSMB was the first  Mario 2D platformer in years, amd it probably was one of the better ones for its day and age. You also have to remember that the games are compared to the competition of the time.

hmmmm... i dont think ive ever looked at it like that before. Yeah 2d Mario still craps on alot of other 2d platformers especially in that time when NSMB came out there wasnt that much in that genre anyway. I compare Mario games with each other and i just found NSMB...hell the whole series wanting. While they did get better over time. the NSMB games dont hold a candle to 3 or World. IMHO they are not even as good as those. And after 20 years am I expecting too much if I want them to be at least as good as games that came out on NES/SNES