Just confirms what I believe about game critics. They aren't here to give us reviews any more, they want to actively control sales and drive people towards *only* the kinds of games they want to see more of. (And we know Wii isn't what they want...)
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Wow--I came into this thread expecting some sort of repentance. What's happening to all the good gaming media sites? Gamespot, IGN, 1up--they're all mere shells of their former selves.
IGN failed since back in 2001, IMO
| BTFeather55 said:
Even if I had a Wii, I wouldn't buy Wii Music due to its its review scores. I don't like to spend $50.00 on something in order to have the priviledge of trying out for myself. Only if a game is in a genre I like, and music games don't tend to be a genre that I instantly feel compelled to buy games from anyway, rarely do I buy a game that has a review score less than 9. Exceptions are Final Fantasy Tactics IGN gave it an 8.5, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete on PS1 IGN gave it a 7.5 and I never had a Sega CD, so I bought it, and Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix IGN gave it a 6.9 and I bought it used and didn't buy it based on expectations for what the gameplay experience would be but because of the character designs of Hannah and Raine. What do you think accounts for the fact that Nintendo fans are willing to spend $50.00 on such poorly reviewed games other than the fact that they are Nintendo fans? A game I would buy for Wii that hasn't received a review score of 9 overall, and that I would buy much quicker than I would Wii Music is No More Heroes.
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IGN is not the end all/be all of reviews. It has already been posted on this thread that Wii Music has a wide range of review scores (thanks Happy Squirrel). Many Wii games are like that because those doing the reviews don't like motion, non-HD graphics, Nintendo in general (been discussed herein ad nasueum). But Wii Music is an extreme case of no general consensus on scores.
Because of the tendency for Nintendo games to get such bad reviews, people often disregard (or look beyond) the score. In this case, Matt's video he posted on IGN really told people he wanted to trash the game. (Any previous positive sentitment toward Wii Music at IGN disappeared when it was featured at E3 rather than the still only IGN-rumored Kid Icarus Wii).
Also, if you are unsure, one thing to do is buy used games at Gamestop. They still have the seven days no questions asked return policy on used games. So you can try before you buy.
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im_sneaky said:
It's because Wii Music was sort of a "big name" game...for the holidays. It turned out to be somewhere between mediocre and bad, and yet it still selled well. I don't think there are any replacements for Wii Music though... like Rockband/Guitar Hero... so there's no good game of the same type to buy instead. That softens the blow. |
or maybe it has to do with all the advertising money that EA is throwing around for their games on IGN.
Heck if I was a reviewer and I had to review two games that were basically the same game, but one game the company had thrown me 10k to throw up some ad they made or banner on my website, and the other game didn't give me anything. It would be very easy to have a subconscous thought of reviewing the game that you got money from that company a bit better.
IGN's just been determined to ruin their reputation this gen, huh? Bogus predictions, bonehead reviews (and this applies to everyone, like the proof that was found that the Sonic Unleashed 360 reviewer didn't finish the game, or the ridiculously low Football Manager score), and their recent hop on the Nintendo hate train
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
sonic unleashed is a terrible game, can't blame him for that >_>
I have only played one 3d sonic game and that was on the gamecube. the first 3d sonic game on the gamecube. (not sure what it was called right now so in case more than one released)
But I actually found it to be really fun. Running super fast down the streets and all that stuff. I had fun, so did my brother and sisters. Me and bro were probably 16ish at time. And the sisters had a lot of fun too, and even more fun they had doing the weird little creatures thingy it had.
So I dont' know if all sonic 3d games are like that, but if they are. Then sonic is getting quite the bad rap for his games when they aren't that bad. If I had a steady income I would own more sonic games. But when only buy 4-5 games a year at most then it gets quite picky on which games to buy
PhalanxCO said:
This reminds me of a conversation overheard playing TF2... Player 1: I'm so hardcore, I masturbate with sandpaper! Player 2: Pfft, that's nothing. I'm so hardcore, I just bang my junk between two rocks!
Personally, I think the concept of Wii Music is interesting, but I have the musical talent of boiled cabbage. However, my wife plays piano and both my kids seem to have an interest and/or aptitude for music, so I may get it at some point. I'll probably try it (and suck, no doubt), but I'm certain that I will enjoy it. I guess that means I can't be hardcore. :( Though apparently, I gave up my right as a hardcore gamer as soon as I bought a Wii. |
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| irstupid said: I have only played one 3d sonic game and that was on the gamecube. the first 3d sonic game on the gamecube. (not sure what it was called right now so in case more than one released) But I actually found it to be really fun. Running super fast down the streets and all that stuff. I had fun, so did my brother and sisters. Me and bro were probably 16ish at time. And the sisters had a lot of fun too, and even more fun they had doing the weird little creatures thingy it had. So I dont' know if all sonic 3d games are like that, but if they are. Then sonic is getting quite the bad rap for his games when they aren't that bad. If I had a steady income I would own more sonic games. But when only buy 4-5 games a year at most then it gets quite picky on which games to buy |
Imagine you had a friend who was really funny and a lot of fun to be around ...
Suppose this friend started to experiment with drugs and this changed his personality a bit, he was still an interesting and fun guy but he did some things that questioned whether he was really all that good of a person any more.
Over the next few years this friend whored themself out a whole bunch to get money for the hardest drugs available, and these drugs so warped their personality that they were constantly a gigantic ass and you were worried that they were going to mug you for your change.
Now your friend is trying to get sober and sometimes reminds you of why you liked them in the first place while other times they are lying naked in the street all "Wacked out" on something.
The 3D Sonic game you would have played would have been Sony in his experimentation stage ... Sonic and the Secret rings represents a clean and sober Sonic, and most other new Sonic games are Sonic naked in the street.
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