Well, that's not how Edge does it.

@Rainbird

Well that sucks because this thread is straight boring and confusing if there isn't a written review to know why the gave that score.

Haha.

Good score for Battlefield and Fight Night.

Ouch @ conduit

Yeah, many people found the game awesome, or, at least, a good game (-->>>6.5-8.5 ).  Many reviews scored it 70's or even 80's, just few of them scored it like a crap (40!) and you say it's all fault of Wii's Fanboys? You don't know what you're saying, it's not a single review that make great a game, is the global view of it to make it in that way...and The conduit is an enjoyable game (Said by many people that has played it, and not just start giving us stupid reasons like yours...).

That said, there's another 40 review on metacritic, by Giant Bomb...

Are you serious dude?  Some of these so called "profesional" reviewers are complete noobs with the Wii remote and don't even understand the concept of pointing at the screen.  Gamepro complained about the controls but didn't even both to adjust them and didn't even try online (big selling feature).  I'm also curious if some of these reviewers tried different difficulty levels.  Conduit isn't a AAA game thats gonna win GOTY, but a good 8/10 game, at least from what I've seen playing it.  Also by the massive contrast in reviews it just seems that some people blatantly want to do all they can to ensure the game fails just because it's a FPS on Wii that wants to show people Wii FPS games can be just as feature packed as the HD console games.

Meh. Edge gave Killzone 2 a 7/10. IIRC, they scored 50 Cent: Blood in the Sand higher than KZ2. They are largely on my ignore list.

It really isn't though. While true, it gives the impression that that treatment is exclusive to the Wii. Edge are notorious for lowballing many games of all platforms (e.g. both Killzone 2 and Fallout 3 received a 7/10). Take Prinny for example. It mirrors The Conduit in both meta scores and in their Edge score.

I posted earlier some Edge scores on some major Wii releases. Most of them were near or on the average and some were below. Very much similar to cases with the 360 and the PS3. More often than not, Edge seems to be among the low end outliers (see: Mass Effect, MGS4, Killzone 2, Fallout 3, Bioshock, Gears of War, Oblivion, etc.).

@outlawauron
Yeah, the Prinny game should be an 8 atleast, because it features a Prinny.

OT(eh, almost): I'm getting tired of all the Conduit this, the Conduit that now...and I haven't even played the game yet. I think the expectations were far higher than it could handle, really. But 10/10 to HVS for doing what they do and really trying to make good games for the Wii.
And btw, 20/10 to SEGA for being awsome :)

exactly, they gave good (passable)scores that people expected from them from typical nintendo games(galaxy) that would get them stoned and killed for lack for credibility.If you give mario galaxy a bad score nobody would believe your reviews again,they were forced even if they hated the game to give it a high score.Games that didnt alter to threat the status quo, that arent bold or different for the wii. Boom blox, a typical wii game, why would you criticize it? its the typical game you expect on a wii(good as it is) , why bother giving zack and wiki a low score, nobody cares about the little game, so even if i bomb the score for it, nobody would get angry...

Buuut the conduit is a whole different breed, its a game that threatens to show wii entering the "hardcore realm", is not 1st party, is a easy prey, since it is not an stablished franchise,a and you know you will upset wii owners.You have to give a horrid score to show the wii is meant to casuals!  If theres big expectations for a bold game and theres people wanting to hear them put it down(namely , a number of non wii owners) regardless of quality, you will.