That review was hard to watch: petulant, crude, and mostly unhelpful. If he spent as much time breaking down and describing the game as he did creating clever metaphors and running off on tangents, then maybe he'd have something.

As for some of the commentators in this thread: do you honestly believe price, quality, and game hours are or should be directly proportional? That's madness.

Some games lend themselves to 60 hour + campaigns, others lend themselves to 90 minute campaigns. If those 60 hours are painfully boring, what good are they?

It took me 60 minutes to beat Super Dodge Ball, and it's an outstanding game. It took me 40 and 30 hours to beat Two Worlds and Gods Eater Burst, respectively, and they're both pedestrian.

I just don't buy the argument that you can't charge $60 for a short game, or that longer-running games are inherently superior.

I guess I don't get anything.

Though I do get that Prime was a great direction for the series. It perfectly captured the essence of Metroid, in my opinion.

Given how miiverse also thought sonic boom and Devils third were good games, I wouldn't really take miiverse seriously

With regards to the price, you do have a point. A short game can justify a $60 purchase. However, star fox zero does not immediately fall into that category by default. Many people in this thread are under the assumption that it does and they just throw around "replayability" as an excuse when they really shouldn't 

Only other example from this gen I can think of is Crimson Dragon. That launched at $15-20 iirc. 

Not sure what your point is.

Fair enough. I really like Star Fox Zero, but I understand and respect those who don't. And replayability isn't necessarily a great thing. If the gameplay stinks, who cares how long or how re-playable it is?

I guess I just don't like the philosophy that argues longer = better (that's what SHE said). I did a little aritmetic with my top 20 games, and there is a lot of diversity when it comes to play time.

1) 40 hours
2) 30 hours
3) 10 hours
4) 20 hours
5) 40 hours
6) 15 hours
7) 20 hours
8) 70 hours
9) 18 hours
10) 8 hours
11) 18 hours
12) 25 hours
13) 5 hours
14) 15 hours
15) 25 hours
16) 8 hours
17) 10 hours
18) 20 hours
19) 20 hours
20) 5 hours

That's kinda his review style. He incessantly lays into games he likes too.

I havent played SF0, but a game that does very well at making you look back and forth between the TV and gamepad is Splatoon. Maybe because what the gamepad shows is minimal (which is partly true), and you can practically go through the game without looking at it. But still, changing your view from TV to gamepad happens often and they show 2 very different things.

I'm guessing SF's problem is either how action-oriented is meant to be, but gets limited by the gamepad, or it simply wasn't optimized correctly for that game.

Highly likely, there won't be a new starfox game for the next decade or newest gameplay gimmick like motion controls.
I would really like a full fledged out storyline with memorable characters :(