reviews don't always reflect what quality a game is. its opinion, tastes, likes/dislikes which varies by person. look at me, i bought a wii onlyb/c of redsteel - i thought it was the most precise console shooter i ever played....and look what kind of reviews it got.
but back to alien syndrome..we all knew graphics were gonna be psp quality - sega said so numerous times that wii version would be graphically on par with psp plus some added high rez textures. plus its sorta like contra - so we knew wat gameplay it was gonna have. id say its worth renting.
Meh, I thought so. I'll just rent it for free since I work at Gamestop. Heck, I might even enjoy it. This is coming from a person that enjoyed Red Steel... :D
It seems like IGN dislikes it for picking a bad release date. It also mention the graphics multiple times. It basically says it's the bastard child of Smash TV and Diablo...
Wait a sec! Smash TV and Diablo are critically acclaimed games! It mentions a bit of bugs with the controls (which to me sound...oh I don't know...realistic?) and claims that these were nonexistant in Smash TV (which is a WAY less complicated project). They also fault the melee system. Doesn't the game have an arsenal flexing triple digits?
Seems like the biggest problem with the game is that it's going to be passed over in favor of Strikers by the majority of gamers (or MP3 or SSBB or Madden 08 or Galaxy). I'm gonna call this one as a sleeper hit. A few people will get it, holiday season rolls by, then everyone is gonna wonder why they didn't hear about it when it came out.
one thought tho, why couldn't sega delay this game and up the graphics, fix some of the control issues or add more control config options, add online coop like psp version and it woulda been a best seller. c'mon..look at the developer in the interviews - he's sooo passionate about the wiimote - he talks about what kind of great experience it was developing this game on wii, how great it looks, the effects, etc....why didn't they spend a bit more time on it? now with this terrible score, little amount of ppl are gonna consider buying it and sega (or watever the developer is called) will be deterred from making other wii game sin the future. sad.
'coming from a person that enjoyed redsteel' - lol...but seriously, i have yet to run into any glitches , slow downs or control issues. i really don't know why ppl bash this game soo much..are they influenced by reviews soo much? hmm so wat if this game got a 8/10 from gs..would ppl talk differently about it..i owuld think so. i remember talking about resteel with someone on the wiiboard a while back....he bashed it soo much...and in the end...he said " well i neve rplaye dit myself but my freind said..." yea okay, bashinga game without playing it....okay. sure watever.
one thought tho, why couldn't sega delay this game and up the graphics, fix some of the control issues or add more control config options, add online coop like psp version and it woulda been a best seller. c'mon..look at the developer in the interviews - he's sooo passionate about the wiimote - he talks about what kind of great experience it was developing this game on wii, how great it looks, the effects, etc....why didn't they spend a bit more time on it? now with this terrible score, little amount of ppl are gonna consider buying it and sega (or watever the developer is called) will be deterred from making other wii game sin the future. sad.mkfalcon2007
This isn't gonna empty SEGA's coffers I promise. By your post I can tell you're new to this racket. SEGA made sonic the hedgehog and was a contender with Nintendo in the late 80's early 90's. They've fallen from grace a bit, but have a history of great games. They also have a partnership with Nintendo now to a certain degree and since Nintendo has had them by the short and curlies for a while I'm sure that they will continue to keep the Wii in their development plans.
im not too into that stuff...but what i think is that sega sees these low scores...they won't be doing anything 'new' for the risk of messing up and getting poor sales. this will prolly make em ' stick to time tested franchises like sonic and others.
im not too into that stuff...but what i think is that sega sees these low scores...they won't be doing anything 'new' for the risk of messing up and getting poor sales. this will prolly make em ' stick to time tested franchises like sonic and others.mkfalcon2007
All the cash cows in the world eventually turn to dogs. Plus this is a revamp of a classic title.
Wait a sec! Smash TV and Diablo are critically acclaimed games!
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You disappoint me! Diablo is the grandaddy of today's dungeon crawler. If memory serves me, a large groupd of the people who were following blizzards announcement were clamouring for Diablo 3. Who cares if it's a decade old. It's still sweet!
Well I own the game and I have to say that so far it's pretty damn decent. Based on what I've played and theawesome upgrade/RPG element I'd give it a good 7.5. And I see a definite possible 8 if it keeps it up. I don't regret paying 50 bucks for it. But then again I'm a game fan and not some reviewer for a website or magazine who's so damn proud of the fact thattheir opinion gets posted that they have to try so hard to make it seem like they're so smart as to notice why a game sucks. It's fun. Try it for yourself.
I LOVE ign but 5.5 is ridiculous. You have to try to make a game suck to be that bad.
I guess i'll skip this one. I've still got Dragon quest: Swords, dweuy's adventure and the forthcoming forever blue to keep me going until the big titles hit in the fall
Was anyone really surprised when saw 5.5 on final review score...its psp port, game hasn' created much hype, and doesn't seem to me that is going to atract lots of people when some more bad reviews hit the deck!
Was anyone really surprised when saw 5.5 on final review score...its psp port, game hasn' created much hype, and doesn't seem to me that is going to atract lots of people when some more bad reviews hit the deck!Puto_PT
I don't know if it's exactly a port. I believe that they've been working on both at the same time so it's really a game made for both with the Wii using a slightly beter engine than the psp's. Like I said graphically it suffers in some ways and in others looks just fine. Really it's a fun RPG shooter that's totally keeping me entertained. Not record breaking by any means, but I've fallen in love with shooters again and this one's pretty rad. Plus 4 player Co-op. How can you go wrong?! :D
[QUOTE="Puto_PT"]Was anyone really surprised when saw 5.5 on final review score...its psp port, game hasn' created much hype, and doesn't seem to me that is going to atract lots of people when some more bad reviews hit the deck!Darth-Samus
I don't know if it's exactly a port. I believe that they've been working on both at the same time so it's really a game made for both with the Wii using a slightly beter engine than the psp's. Like I said graphically it suffers in some ways and in others looks just fine. Really it's a fun RPG shooter that's totally keeping me entertained. Not record breaking by any means, but I've fallen in love with shooters again and this one's pretty rad. Plus 4 player Co-op. How can you go wrong?! :D
Like I said: 7.5
I think I'll go pick this up in the next day or two. I might just wait until Strikers is out and grab both at once.
im not too into that stuff...but what i think is that sega sees these low scores...they won't be doing anything 'new' for the risk of messing up and getting poor sales. this will prolly make em ' stick to time tested franchises like sonic and others.mkfalcon2007
Dude, have you ever played a sonic game on any system that is not 16-bit?
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