TIRED of the ATTITUDE Gamespot seems to have towards the Wii ? ........ BE HEARD

I only use Gamespot for the forums, and go to IGN for any gaming news/reviews etc. Gamespot's not very good with reviews, so why complain, it's never going to change. Just go somewhere else for that stuff. Simple. :|XDXDXDXDXDXDXD

The wii is second thought here. that much is apparent. Its time to just forget about Gamespot when it comes to wii reviews, its not lke there aren't other sites lol.

Yeah, the Wii does not seem to be getting many good reviews on this site and many other sites. :( The Wii is a good console, and it has many good games for it, so it should be getting better reviews, in my opinion.

They didn't even review Rock Band 2 yet for the Wii, and its been about 6 months since that came out. :s

Game Spot is very biased. It is terrible. I try to not care about the poor scores too much, but I just feel like the Wii needs an AAA game ya know.. Just for an example, look at the Grand Slam Tennis review. How many times have you read in a review's "The Bad" box where it says, "waggle feels tacked on?" I know I have seen it quite a bit. Now that the WiiMotion+ has come out, they are saying that it is way too difficult, and giva a great game a 6, come on. It is just a load of**** in my opinion. I can just see when a game like Red Steel 2 comes out that they will be saying that it's too accurate and give it a 7, when accuracy is what they've wanted all along.

i am shocked they haven't changed the sites name to 360/pc fansite elbert_b_23

Wouldn't M$GS be more catchy?

Remember when they gave Fire Emblem a 6.0 and slammed it for not having "Mii support'?

Are you kidding?

Most people don't follow GameSpot reviews for Wii games anyways.

Gamespot's discontent with the Wii has been obvious for some time. It's been said by MANY...the only reason we come here anymore is because the forums are the best.

Most people don't follow GameSpot reviews for Wii games anyways.

AjaxNeron

Let's see. In 2009, we have had:

A scores:

Let's Tap
Help Wanted: 50 Wacky Jobs
Klonoa
Marble Saga: Kororinpa
MadWorld
We Ski & Snowboard
Deadly Creatures
Madagascar 2 Africa
Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars

AA scores:

Little King's Story
EA Sports Active
Punch-Out!!
Boom Blox Bash Party
Excitebots: Trick Racing
Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars (Director's Cut)
The House of the Dead: Overkill

Yeah! That's clearly Wii hate, right? :roll:

Hell, I'm surprised that some of those got so high. EA Sports Active? We Ski & Snowboard? Madagascar 2 Africa?! Help Wanted: 50 Wacky Jobs?!!!

Slow reviews? Yes. There are games that I wish were reviewed but weren't. But seriously, this is just silly...

GameSpot can never touch IGN. IGN is THE website for gaming. I hate the mods here to. Nuff said.

GameSpot can never touch IGN. IGN is THE website for gaming. I hate the mods here to. Nuff said.

AsianGammer94

I feel the complete opposite (well, except for the mods, don't know how they are at IGN).

Anyway, to answer moreto the point the thread question, Gamespot unfortunately have to review games after popularity. We all know that Wii games aren't as popular as the games on 360 and PS3. It also has much to do with the enthusiasm of a reviewer. A reviewer will most likely play a game that looks more interesting to him. It's a deplorable situation, but it's something that, for now, we can't do anything to change.

[QUOTE="AsianGammer94"]

GameSpot can never touch IGN. IGN is THE website for gaming. I hate the mods here to. Nuff said.

calvinsora

I feel the complete opposite (well, except for the mods, don't know how they are at IGN).

Anyway, to answer moreto the point the thread question, Gamespot unfortunately have to review games after popularity. We all know that Wii games aren't as popular as the games on 360 and PS3. It also has much to do with the enthusiasm of a reviewer. A reviewer will most likely play a game that looks more interesting to him. It's a deplorable situation, but it's something that, for now, we can't do anything to change.

I'm scratching my head here.

Remember when they gave Fire Emblem a 6.0 and slammed it for not having "Mii support'?

Are you kidding?

redfordo

Yeah! That's clearly Wii hate, right? :roll:

Hell, I'm surprised that some of those got so high. EA Sports Active? We Ski & Snowboard? Madagascar 2 Africa?! Help Wanted: 50 Wacky Jobs?!!!

Slow reviews? Yes. There are games that I wish were reviewed but weren't. But seriously, this is just silly...

Hungry_Homer111

The main crux of my argument however, is not the review scoring, but the amount of quality titles Gamespot has failed to review for the Wii in general. There is absolutely no excuse for this, nor is there an excsue for Wii versions of a game review being reviewed significantly later than on the other consoles.

Gamespot has made it clear that the Wii is not the same level of priority to them as the other consoles, and that indicates bias on some level.

GameSpot can never touch IGN. IGN is THE website for gaming. I hate the mods here to. Nuff said.

AsianGammer94

[QUOTE="redfordo"]

Remember when they gave Fire Emblem a 6.0 and slammed it for not having "Mii support'?

Are you kidding?

kardine

[QUOTE="AsianGammer94"]

GameSpot can never touch IGN. IGN is THE website for gaming. I hate the mods here to. Nuff said.

savebattery

[QUOTE="kardine"][QUOTE="redfordo"]

Remember when they gave Fire Emblem a 6.0 and slammed it for not having "Mii support'?

Are you kidding?

redfordo

[QUOTE="redfordo"]

[QUOTE="kardine"] Thats not the reason they gave it a 6. Not that I think this game deserved such a low score, but I don't understand why people hate that they wanted Mii support. GS did underscore this game, but a lot of the criticisms were meaningiful. Mii support was just one of very many examples on how they could have made it more Wii centric.kardine

When it comes to reviews, IGN generally is the one to be trusted. GameSpot editors try to look as critical as possible. I told one of the editors Mad World deserved a higher score and he said he gave it a 7.5 because he'd already given a few 8's and a 9 that year. That's not professional, that's ridiculous.

When it comes to reviews, IGN generally is the one to be trusted. GameSpot editors try to look as critical as possible. I told one of the editors Mad World deserved a higher score and he said he gave it a 7.5 because he'd already given a few 8's and a 9 that year. That's not professional, that's ridiculous.

Tikicobra

I totally agree with TC. This is just absolute nonsense. So many good games dont get looked at but dont worry Gamespot supplies us with reviews for Night at the Museum or Up. Honestly like everyone else, if it werent for the forums..

This whole thread is hilarious. :lol:

[QUOTE="kardine"][QUOTE="redfordo"]If you re-read my post I never said that. They did however give it a 6, and they did slam if for not having Mii support. Both points I disagree with.

redfordo

As for PS3 games, I never said GS was consistant or fair in comparison to cross consoles.

I could be wrong, but one of the reasons why gamespot may not review wii games and put them as priority, is that no one appreciates it, if they give a game a low score people complain, I remember how many complaints there were for mad world (7.5 I believe) well if no one is going to appreciate it or if everyone is going to ign anyway, why should they review wii games, to them it'll be a waste of time so they get to them eventually or if it's a really big title gamespot will review it usually pretty quickly, I think the big problem is gamespot users complaining, the moment they review something everyone is complaining that gamespot is too hard, if no one likes their reviews, then gamespot will review things where the 360, PS3, and PC users will appreciate it.

[QUOTE="calvinsora"]

[QUOTE="AsianGammer94"]

GameSpot can never touch IGN. IGN is THE website for gaming. I hate the mods here to. Nuff said.

redfordo

I feel the complete opposite (well, except for the mods, don't know how they are at IGN).

Anyway, to answer moreto the point the thread question, Gamespot unfortunately have to review games after popularity. We all know that Wii games aren't as popular as the games on 360 and PS3. It also has much to do with the enthusiasm of a reviewer. A reviewer will most likely play a game that looks more interesting to him. It's a deplorable situation, but it's something that, for now, we can't do anything to change.

I'm scratching my head here.

The games themselves were popular, yes. The Wii version, not so much. But as I say, the situation is deplorable and a bit selectionist.

[QUOTE="redfordo"]

[QUOTE="calvinsora"]

I feel the complete opposite (well, except for the mods, don't know how they are at IGN).

Anyway, to answer moreto the point the thread question, Gamespot unfortunately have to review games after popularity. We all know that Wii games aren't as popular as the games on 360 and PS3. It also has much to do with the enthusiasm of a reviewer. A reviewer will most likely play a game that looks more interesting to him. It's a deplorable situation, but it's something that, for now, we can't do anything to change.

calvinsora

I'm scratching my head here.

The games themselves were popular, yes. The Wii version, not so much. But as I say, the situation is deplorable and a bit selectionist.

That is huge game by any measure of the tape.

[QUOTE="redfordo"]Not to mention that Wii reviews on Gamespot are significantly lower than the collective aveage on Gamerankings or Metacritic.clicketyclick

[QUOTE="calvinsora"]

[QUOTE="redfordo"]Games like Cod WaW, Rock Band 2, and PES 09 for the Wii are all immensely popular games, and the review for the first game I mentioned came signifcantly later than the other consoles, and the second two were not even reviewed at all.

I'm scratching my head here.

redfordo

The games themselves were popular, yes. The Wii version, not so much. But as I say, the situation is deplorable and a bit selectionist.

That is huge game by any measure of the tape.

As I also pointed out, the reviewers pick their games. They were most likely not very interested in the Wii version, which is simple disrespect to the Wii, but I commented on that earlier.

it'd be nice if we could somehow boycott gamespot or something so they'd stop treating it so badly...

it'd be nice if we could somehow boycott gamespot or something so they'd stop treating it so badly...

Dycras

[QUOTE="redfordo"]

Remember when they gave Fire Emblem a 6.0 and slammed it for not having "Mii support'?

Are you kidding?

kardine

[QUOTE="kardine"][QUOTE="redfordo"]

Remember when they gave Fire Emblem a 6.0 and slammed it for not having "Mii support'?

Are you kidding?

AsianGammer94

[QUOTE="AsianGammer94"]

GameSpot can never touch IGN. IGN is THE website for gaming. I hate the mods here to. Nuff said.

savebattery

IGN does better reviews. Not only that, but they are always on time, and they always review the games we care about. They are also honest, and don't show any form of bias--most of the time. I still haven't forgiven them for their Wii Music review though. And really, can we fault them for not finishing Sonic and the Black Knight?

But this site has some of the best forums on the web, which is why I stick around.

Gamespots Virtua Tennis 2009 review is up for those interested: 6.0

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Virtua Tennis 2009 Review

Virtua Tennis is too easy and inconsistent to entertain you for long.

The Good

• Fun minigames.

The Bad

• World Tour mode is way too easy
• Steep learning curve
• Online play is mired in lag.

http://www.gamespot.com/wii/sports/virtuatennis2009/review.html

lol wut?

And MySims Racing. This does not help....

Sounds like some people here just need to find a new forum. ;>DKII

The only Wii review on here I have any gripes with is MadWorld, but I totally understand where the reviewer is coming from, I just don't share his opinion. And regardless of if people feel their reviews are biased, GameSpot has the best gaming forum online, and the Wii component of that forum is no exception. Yes, some reviews are late, and that could (should) be better, but it's a small complaint. What reviews in particular are people so pissed about?holdfasthope

This sounds like some conspiracy theory thread.

This sounds like some conspiracy theory thread.

Durhamster

Mind telling me which part of that sounds like a conspiracy?

at leeast they didnt trash Punch-out!!!1! and excitebots but i was very sad when they game Klonoa a 7.5, is one of my most fav. games fo all time!