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bigjon on 26 March 2008

I have been noticing a pattern of Eurogamer dragging down Wii scores on Gamerankings so I did some research. And it is very true, Eurogamer almost aways has one of THE lowest reviews for any Wii game. They need to cut it out...  Some of these reviews dont even make any sense... 7/10 for RE4? 5/10 for RRR2? 6/10 for EO? They are really ridiculous.

 Other reviewesr that I have seen that give really bad score for some games, you know the kind that make you go WTF!!, usually give higher for some others. Not Eurogamer....

RE4- 7/10 (lowest review on Gamerankings)

MKWii- 8/10 (again lowest so far on GR)

Z&W- 8/10 (bottom 20% of scores)

Super Paper Mario- 8/10 (again one of the lowest scores)

NMH 8/10 (below the average, not as bad as the other were)

TP- 9/10 (great score, but again one of the lowest.... besides gamespot and some other unknown sites)

Wario Ware - 7/10 (5th lowest out of 63 reviews)

Bully 8/10 (15th out of 20 reviews)

Endless Ocean 6/10 (only 2 reveiws out of 35 were worse)

Ghost Squad 6/10 (40+ reviews this is one of the lowest)

RRR2 5/10 (terribly low score, out of 36 only one was lower)

RE:UC 7/10 (again right near the bottom)

RRR- 7/10 (much lower than the average score)

Monkey Ball- 6/10 (right near the bottom out of 60 reviews)

Exceptions.. SMG(they gave it a 10) MP3(a 9) and the trauma center series... those were the only 4 games they were actually higher than the average

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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Words Of Wisdom on 26 March 2008

Or maybe they just don't do the decimal thing.



NintendoMan on 26 March 2008

I agree with all the review scores you posted, I think Eurogamer just tend lean towards being harsh rather than being generous. Why complain that Mario Kart and Twilight Princess got 8/10 and 9/10, that seems a bit silly to me - did u want perfect scores.



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bigjon on 26 March 2008

No I am just pointing out how flawed their system is. Like I pointed out they tend to take the low side on Wii games. Like if it is an 8.7 game for most places they give it a 8, instead of a 9... ALWAYS.



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360- 37 million   Should trend down slightly after 3rd year peak

PS3- 29 million  Sales should pick up next year, 3rd year peak and price cut

pastro243 on 26 March 2008

Thats just.....fails, maybe they did think tose games werent good



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izaaz101 on 26 March 2008

Well, to claim that, we have to look at their 360 and ps3 reviews. If they are generally higher up on these console reviews, then we could say that they are biased against the wii. If they are just as low on the 360 and ps3 reviews, then there is no bias, and they are generally harder reviewers than most.



dschumm on 26 March 2008
NintendoMan said:
I agree with all the review scores you posted, I think Eurogamer just tend lean towards being harsh rather than being generous. Why complain that Mario Kart and Twilight Princess got 8/10 and 9/10, that seems a bit silly to me - did u want perfect scores.

I agree that people need to let up on who gives what scores. But in the OP's defense 7 for RE:4. That is retty rediculous.

 

How are their rating for other systems. If they are harsh on everyone that is fine but if they are all Kane & Lynch RULZ 10++++ then I get suspicious. 



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Game_boy on 26 March 2008
bigjon said:
No I am just pointing out how flawed their system is. Like I pointed out they tend to take the low side on Wii games. Like if it is an 8.7 game for most places they give it a 8, instead of a 9... ALWAYS.

 

Please compare it to their record on PS3 and Xbox 360 to see if they are merely being harsh. Your evidence as stated does not back up the claim of bias against the Wii in particular.



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MontanaHatchet on 26 March 2008
bigjon said:

I have been noticing a pattern of Eurogamer dragging down Wii scores on Gamerankings so I did some research. And it is very true, Eurogamer almost aways has one of THE lowest reviews for any Wii game. They need to cut it out... Some of these reviews dont even make any sense... 7/10 for RE4? 5/10 for RRR2? 6/10 for EO? They are really ridiculous.

Other reviewesr that I have seen that give really bad score for some games, you know the kind that make you go WTF!!, usually give higher for some others. Not Eurogamer....

RE4- 7/10 (lowest review on Gamerankings)

MKWii- 8/10 (again lowest so far on GR)

Z&W- 8/10 (bottom 20% of scores)

Super Paper Mario- 8/10 (again one of the lowest scores)

NMH 8/10 (below the average, not as bad as the other were)

TP- 9/10 (great score, but again one of the lowest.... besides gamespot and some other unknown sites)

Wario Ware - 7/10 (5th lowest out of 63 reviews)

Bully 8/10 (15th out of 20 reviews)

Endless Ocean 6/10 (only 2 reveiws out of 35 were worse)

Ghost Squad 6/10 (40+ reviews this is one of the lowest)

RRR2 5/10 (terribly low score, out of 36 only one was lower)

RE:UC 7/10 (again right near the bottom)

RRR- 7/10 (much lower than the average score)

Monkey Ball- 6/10 (right near the bottom out of 60 reviews)

Exceptions.. SMG(they gave it a 10) MP3(a 9) and the trauma center series... those were the only 4 games they were actually higher than the average

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 Those aren't the most absurd scores...



 

 

elnino334 on 26 March 2008

Would it make you feel better if they add .5 to their ratings are maybe go the 1up way with letter grades. I don't know they seem to follow a system and are sticking to it. If you don't like then start your own or don't read or follow their reviews. I understand people disagree with reviews. Basically if their views don't align with yours then ignore them.