Anyone think the Dreamcast is over-rated now?

[MikeRox]

spemanig said:

MikeRox said:

The 6-7/10 cap was more in jest. However I have frequently seen games score lower for not having online modes because they don't have as much content/longevity.

Mario 64 certainly wouldn't be given 10/10 if it was released today. The response would be there are already much better games on the market doing more.

I don't even think it should have gotten a 10/10 back then, but that's not my point. Even in retrospect, aside from the absolutely terible framerate and dated graphics, the game is a B to B+ game. There aren't "already much better games." 64 is still one of the top 3D platformers of all time. If you applied the same pardons to the Adventure games, they would score an F today, because the games themselves aren't good. And it's not an age thing. Infact, every time the games have resurfaced, their metacritic scores have gotten lower and lower; as low as 48. When Mario 64 resurfaced for the DS? 85.

When Mario 64 resurfaced on the DS it was released onto a market that was still driven by 16 bit era games. They also added an awful lot of extra content, it wasn't just the N64 game.

As for the Sonic scores dropping and dropping. They also introduced more and more bugs into the mix with each subsequent port.