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famousringo on 24 December 2009
dtewi said:
Smeags said:
Carl2291 said:
dtewi said:
Considering we're rating the GAME and not the impact it had, 5.6.

I was just reading through the thread, and was thinking those exact words on a lot of posts here.

That's fine for you two, but what if the game had an impact on me while I was playing it? It impacted me because it introduced me to a wild and wacky (read: fun) new way to play games. It also impacted others too, others that have never touched a controller before, but was up there with the best of us having the time of their lives (my family playing games with me for the first time since the Sega Genesis, so that was really important for me). This impact that the game has had on this generation not only changed the industry, but changed my view (and others views) on video games too. And because of that, it recieved a great score.

But that's just my thought on it, you'll have to ask the others why they scored the way they did.

That is great.

Does that make the game have any more depth or replay value?

What could possibly be more deep than changing society's perception of video games?

A game that changes society's perception of itself, perhaps, but I'm not sure even Nintendo could make a game that profound.



"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event."  — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
*Image indefinitely borrowed from BrainBoxLtd without his consent.

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TWRoO on 24 December 2009
dtewi said:
Smeags said:
Carl2291 said:
dtewi said:
Considering we're rating the GAME and not the impact it had, 5.6.

I was just reading through the thread, and was thinking those exact words on a lot of posts here.

That's fine for you two, but what if the game had an impact on me while I was playing it? It impacted me because it introduced me to a wild and wacky (read: fun) new way to play games. It also impacted others too, others that have never touched a controller before, but was up there with the best of us having the time of their lives (my family playing games with me for the first time since the Sega Genesis, so that was really important for me). This impact that the game has had on this generation not only changed the industry, but changed my view (and others views) on video games too. And because of that, it recieved a great score.

But that's just my thought on it, you'll have to ask the others why they scored the way they did.

That is great.

Does that make the game have any more depth or replay value?

I have a hard time explaining depth, to me most of Wii Sports depth lies in the mastery of controls (at least for Tennis, Boxing and Bowling), but Wii Sports for me has had a bejesus lot more replay value than say Mario Galaxy.



dtewi on 24 December 2009

Going by everyone's standards (its impact), I give the game a 9.7.

But the game itself, which people seem to be negelecting to review, isn't that great of a game. It quickly becomes boring and not much replay value. There is no reason to give Wii Sports higher than a 9 in all honesty.



Kimi wa ne tashika ni ano toki watashi no soba ni ita

Itsudatte itsudatte itsudatte

Sugu yoko de waratteita

Nakushitemo torimodosu kimi wo

I will never leave you

famousringo on 24 December 2009
dtewi said:
Going by everyone's standards (its impact), I give the game a 9.7.

But the game itself, which people seem to be negelecting to review, isn't that great of a game. It quickly becomes boring and not much replay value. There is no reason to give Wii Sports higher than a 9 in all honesty.

It's fine that you rate Wii Sports based on your own personal experience. Some of us just like to look at the broader picture. We were challenged to explain our reasoning, and so I did.

BTW, in the broader picture, your complaints of replay value seem to be an outlier. I'm not at my Wii, so I can't check the current stats, but as of August the typical Wii owner who submits data to the Nintendo Channel played Wii Sports for over 36 hours. It's a much higher play time than such well-regarded games as Super Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart Wii, or Metroid Prime 3.



"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event."  — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
*Image indefinitely borrowed from BrainBoxLtd without his consent.

dtewi on 24 December 2009
famousringo said:
dtewi said:
Going by everyone's standards (its impact), I give the game a 9.7.

But the game itself, which people seem to be negelecting to review, isn't that great of a game. It quickly becomes boring and not much replay value. There is no reason to give Wii Sports higher than a 9 in all honesty.

It's fine that you rate Wii Sports based on your own personal experience. Some of us just like to look at the broader picture. We were challenged to explain our reasoning, and so I did.

BTW, in the broader picture, your complaints of replay value seem to be an outlier. I'm not at my Wii, so I can't check the current stats, but as of August the typical Wii owner who submits data to the Nintendo Channel played Wii Sports for over 36 hours. It's a much higher play time than such well-regarded games as Super Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart Wii, or Metroid Prime 3.


It's fine that some people can find replay value in Wii Sports and like the game for it. But what I am saying is people are not rating whatever they thought of the replay value or controls or whatever.

Wii Sports is a difficult game to rate. It changes the perception of games yet at the same time it isn't that great of a game. It deserves a high score in one area and a low score in another. But most people are not looking at all areas of Wii Sports and that's what's bugging me.

I'm probably rambling though.



Kimi wa ne tashika ni ano toki watashi no soba ni ita

Itsudatte itsudatte itsudatte

Sugu yoko de waratteita

Nakushitemo torimodosu kimi wo

I will never leave you

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famousringo on 24 December 2009
dtewi said:
famousringo said:
dtewi said:
Going by everyone's standards (its impact), I give the game a 9.7.

But the game itself, which people seem to be negelecting to review, isn't that great of a game. It quickly becomes boring and not much replay value. There is no reason to give Wii Sports higher than a 9 in all honesty.

It's fine that you rate Wii Sports based on your own personal experience. Some of us just like to look at the broader picture. We were challenged to explain our reasoning, and so I did.

BTW, in the broader picture, your complaints of replay value seem to be an outlier. I'm not at my Wii, so I can't check the current stats, but as of August the typical Wii owner who submits data to the Nintendo Channel played Wii Sports for over 36 hours. It's a much higher play time than such well-regarded games as Super Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart Wii, or Metroid Prime 3.


It's fine that some people can find replay value in Wii Sports and like the game for it. But what I am saying is people are not rating whatever they thought of the replay value or controls or whatever.

Wii Sports is a difficult game to rate. It changes the perception of games yet at the same time it isn't that great of a game. It deserves a high score in one area and a low score in another. But most people are not looking at all areas of Wii Sports and that's what's bugging me.

I'm probably rambling though.

Well, I'm sorry to call you out on this, but you didn't give any reasons at all for the score you gave it in your first post. So I don't see how you can complain that others are judging it for the wrong reasons.

I could have gone on about how I've played Wii Sports for over forty hours and how it pulled me more deeply into console gaming than I've ever been in my life (check out my games profile. A few games for this console, a few for that one, 30 PC games, and BAM! Over a hundred retail, WW, VC, and GC games for my Wii), but IMO all that takes a back seat to Wii Sports' role as one of the most influential games of all time. So I talked about that instead.

BTW, thanks for keeping me entertained with this conversation while I wait for work to end and Christmas to begin. Merry Christmas!



"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event."  — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
*Image indefinitely borrowed from BrainBoxLtd without his consent.

dtewi on 24 December 2009

Why I gave Wii Sports a 5.6?

Well, it's shallow, little replay value, but the minigames are fun and multiplayer is nice.



Kimi wa ne tashika ni ano toki watashi no soba ni ita

Itsudatte itsudatte itsudatte

Sugu yoko de waratteita

Nakushitemo torimodosu kimi wo

I will never leave you

TWRoO on 24 December 2009

I don't give a toss how much it has changed the gaming industry, all I know is I love the game, I must have played about 60 hours worth just single player, and another 50 hours with family members, which is what makes it so awesome as I enjoy games more when playing with others, and my family don't get into any other games (hell I bought Tiger Woods '10 simply because I could play it with my dad... I have no interest in golf myself)



Fab_GS on 24 December 2009

4.3/10

+ Innovation

- Lack of depth/content
- Got bored 3 days after I bought the Wii.
- Bad controls
- Graphics
- No online



yo_john117 on 26 December 2009

Vgchartz score--8.68

Gamerankings score--76.34%

 

1. yo_john117 7

2. Boutros 6.7

3. twesterm 8.5

4. Chrizum 8.2

5. famousringo 9.4

6. ramonecaxa 8

7. nubala 7.9

8. Gnizmo 9

9. dsister44 10

10. Barozi 7

11. Khuutra 9.5

12. lestatdark 9.5

13. Wildvine53 9

14. blunty51 9.5

15. Siko1989 8

16. SmokedHostage 8.7

17. bluesinG 9

18. astrosmash 9

19. ameratsu 7.5

20. Lolcislaw 8.5

21. gurok 10

22. rastari 9.5

23. shokenchi 10

24. MasterZack 8.5

25. Rath 10

26. OkeyDokey 6.5

27. JUG 7

28. Shonen 8

29. TWRoO 9.3

30. okr 9

31. Killergran 8

32. KingKold 10

33. Goodlife 10

34. Buzzi 8

35. Reasonable 8.5

36. SuperAdrianK 8.5

37. Smeags 9.2

38. coolbeans 8.5

39. vonboysp 9.5

40. FreeTalkLive 9.4

41. theRepublic 9.5

42. Cheebee 8

43. c03n3nj0 9

44. Chris Hu 8

45. RolStoppable 8.7

46. elmerion 9

 

399.5/46 = 8.68