Shaunodon said:
With the amount of attention you can garner on the internet with controversy I'd say we'll never see a 98 in this day and age. Also wouldn't rule out Jim Sterling walking back his 'over reviews' skit just to swoop in with a 5/10 after a few days. And I honestly don't put as much blame on the certain reviewers as I do on Metacritic, who don't do a good enough job vetting the publications they allow to have official scores on their site. There needs to be a universal standard, considering how much importance people place on Metacritic nowadays. At the very least, the reviewer should be capable of getting past the tutorial. |
I just wouldn't say never considering how close BOTW just came to doing it, even with 3 mediocre/poor scores. Jim gave BOTW a 70 after all, which is still hardly panning it. And that's factoring in that Zelda is inherently a much easier franchise for a critic to pick apart if they want to than Mario, considering it takes itself more seriously. The thing about a truly well made mainline Mario game is that it's just going to be a lot of fun, so even the most cantenkerous of critics will have a hard time nitpicking at a game like that. It's a lot harder to hate on, so someone really would have to be out solely for the attention. Of course that's possible, I'm just saying that if any game can pull off a 98 today, my money is on 3D Mario.
