God Hand.

God Hand.

God Hand.

I think Playstation: The Official Magazine is the worst of the bunch. They have ZERO Wii and 360 coverage...ZERO!

 They gave it a 3.5... I should have stopped after that./

I wish I could PUNCH them in the FACE.

you are defending sonic and wii music?

dude its not brawl thats its getting a bad score, but 2 most awful games ever.

Have you played both games and fully evaluated them?

Sonic Adventure DX was actually pretty sweet, thanks.

OP, you have caused general discomfort to my mind, body and soul.

Also, I agree.

The key to reviews is the audience. Who are they writing for? If the horror movie buff has an audience that only loves horror movies then there is nothing wrong with reviewing The Godfather on the basis of whether it was scary or not.

Game sites are mainly viewed by the so-called "hardcore" audience, why would they tailor their reviews for people not reading their site? It wouldn't make sense. It is therefore perfectly reasonable for a site like IGN to review casual games poorly if they are not the type of games that appeals to their audience and given that the idea of a review is to tell their audience whether a game is worth buying this is exactly the way it should be reviewed.

If you want to know how well a really casual game caters for a casual audience, then you read or watch something that appeals to that same audience. They will give you the type of review you're looking for.

Reviews are ultimately about catering towards an audience and it's surprising that no one seems to get this (and provides yet another reason why aggregating reviews is stupid but that's another point for an entirely different argument). Although I will admit that its amazing that no one has come up with a review site for casual gamers (perhaps there just isn't the audience?).

I can't say anything about Wii Music but Sonic Adventure was nothing short of awesome. Clearly you never played it.