Double Standards In The Gaming Industry. Which Ones Do You Hate/Find Suitable?

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Johnw1104 said:

My biggest issue lately is the almost guaranteed point off I see for most Nintendo releases on account of it being "too familiar". I kept seeing that line with the recent Yoshi game, the Kirby game, Super Mario Maker, DK Tropical Freeze etc.

What bothers me is they'll often spend much of the review praising the game but then complain that it's too familiar to them, as they've played similar games before. This is something I almost never see said or held against games like Call of Duty/Assassin's Creed etc, games that are often almost carbon copies of previous releases and release far more often than most of Nintendo's franchises.

I think it's inadvertent and subconscious on the part of most reviewers as they've been seeing these characters since they were young, but it's also irresponsible.

Assassin's Creed games are seldom carbon copies. Each iteration adds something new along with a new world and sometimes try to push boundaries or entirely shake the formula, along with different story everytime. Not a carbon copy, not at all. Oh, I don't see where DKC TF was scored poorly for being similar to previous entries, it scored well on Metacritic. Talking about Nintendo lets not forget about Pokemon though, its the same game every year which scores very well.