Wii Reviews...is it me or...

Has anyone seen a console with such erratic, all over the map reviews as the Wii? So many good games getting awful scores from various sites.

What's everyone's thoughts on games that seriously got shafted?


Conduit - I respect other's opinions ,but it's an outrage gamespot gave this a 6.5. Sure the reviewer makes some ok points, but your review is not just your opinion but a buyer's guide for everyone else. Had I saw a 6.5 before buying it, I may not have gotten it, and that ticks me off, because I love it. I really don't objectively see how you give this a score lower than a 7.5 to be honest.

Obscure The Aftermath - no way this is a 4.5. Sure the story is goofy and it's short, but it's a decent game with good controls, at times impressive graphics, and takes the RE formula and mixes it up fairly well. Gamestop has this NEW FOR $12 - it's a definite no brainer buy at that price. Again, I don't see how someone scores this that low unless they have a chip on their shoulder. The good thing about this getting bad reviews is at least it's dirt cheap.

Red Steel - frankly for me it's a 7/10. The controls take time getting used to and can spaz out temporarily at times, but it's certainly playable and does add to the game just so long as you give it a chance. Not a bad game at all and again, it's a no brainer to buy since it's so cheap now. Frankly I think the graphics are great for a 2006 wii game and at times, exceed the Conduit in eye candy. I do get pissed off because it says it saves at each checkpoint, but it only does so at certain checkpoints and doesn't let you know which ones. I'll stop a game at a checkpoint then when I pop the disc in to pick up, it sets me back two checkpoints and there's no way in hell to figure it out.

Anyone else got recommendations from the "blacklist"?

Some games I'm curious about are the Agatha Christie Point and Clicks, the Wolf/Nancy Drew one (forgot the title) and Secret Files: Tunguska look interesting and seem dirt cheap on ebay (except for Tunguska which hasn't been released in the US yet).

LostWinds, Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn, and Red Steel are the only games that got reviews (here) that I really don't understand the score.

I think The Conduit was a bit over scored.

no the rating are about right. sadly most of the wii 3rd party games are lame excuses for games

Obscure was a cheap cheesy and mainly dumb game IMO

im ganna get burned for this...Wii games just arent interesting,just rip offs,i mean,will wii have Dead Space 1 or 2? no,it will have extraction....will it have RE5? no,and hardly ever good cames come like Zelda,only 1000000 Mario games.....so yeah

Regisland

The Wii was MADE for Rail Shooters. And from what I hear Extraction is a fantastic game even if it is on-rails.

And where is all this Mario? Mario Strikers Charged is pretty much an old game, Galaxy may be Mario but is superb, and Mario Baseball is not very popular.

So where is all this Mario besides Galaxy 2 and New Super Mario Bros Wii?

And does it even matter if it's Mario? His games are fantastic minus the spin-offs.

And you seem to forget all the other excellent games for the Wii you probably left out on purpose. :)

yeah you have to admit a lot of wii games deserve it and make me wonder why anyone wasted money to make them but the main games tend to be great and thats pretty much the reason why we all have wiis

ugh, its not even worth posting on this topic.

1. bad exampels of games that should have gotten a higer score

2. too many people that dont know about good wii games are posting.

3. wii games that should have gotten a 9.0 like LKS,metroid prime 3 corruption and punch-out!!!, get scores like 8.5 one GS just for the fact that they are wii games, while others like metroid prime trilogy that are clearly AAA acording to gamerankings,metacritics and toptenreviews dont even get reviewed here.

No. Its the other way around. Its that most of the games on the Wii have overrated scores. They don't deserve the scores they get. No More Heroes ain't that great. Madworld needs a lower score. Muramasa is just a pretty looking game thats boring to play, etc. Wii version of Twilight Princess is only better than the GCN version cause of wide-screen support but it looks the same and I feel stupid just waggling the remote to swing the sword. Smash Bros. Melee was much more epic at its time then Brawl is. Brawl just looks better and has more characters. But its too much easier than Melee! Mario Galaxy sux. I miss Mario 64 so much. Nintendo has forgotten about the gamers. Not just the hardcore. I'm a casual gamer but experienced in gaming and Nintendo has gone downhill. The Wii is only selling cause its cheaper and its targeting non-gamers. And the DS is more innovative. That is all. blazingneo32089

I guess that's why 2010 is a good-looking year.

Regardless, anyone got some games with bleh ratings that are safe to get in the bargain bin?

I mean sorry if you don't agree with my examples, but I happen to like Red Steel and Obscure. I'm not in love with them nor do I think they're close to being great, but IMO they are both nice pickups at the price they're at now.

I'm also looking into Overlord and Spyborgs...both got iffy reviews with plenty of people liking them. Just seems to be a common theme for the Wii.

:roll:

ugh, its not even worth posting on this topic.

1. bad exampels of games that should have gotten a higer score

2. too many people that dont know about good wii games are posting.

3. wii games that should have gotten a 9.0 like LKS,metroid prime 3 corruption and punch-out!!!, get scores like 8.5 one GS just for the fact that they are wii games, while others like metroid prime trilogy that are clearly AAA acording to gamerankings,metacritics and toptenreviews dont even get reviewed here.

DeadEndPanda

Oh yeah man. Its all conspiracy. The Man is trying to bring down the Wii by making sure game reviewers give the games crappy scores. :roll:

Sucks you're gettinflamed here bro. I think it's pretty true. A lot of fantastic Wii games do get the cold shoulder from many publishers because...I don't even know why. It does also happen to other systems as well. As far as The Conduit goes the game kicks ass. At least smart gamrs like you ad I know know what's up. And hey...that just gives us more sweet Wii games to play :D

I think The Conduit was a bit over scored.

gameofthering

This.

ugh, its not even worth posting on this topic.

1. bad exampels of games that should have gotten a higer score

2. too many people that dont know about good wii games are posting.

3. wii games that should have gotten a 9.0 like LKS,metroid prime 3 corruption and punch-out!!!, get scores like 8.5 one GS just for the fact that they are wii games, while others like metroid prime trilogy that are clearly AAA acording to gamerankings,metacritics and toptenreviews dont even get reviewed here.

DeadEndPanda

Two questions:

1: Does it really matter if a game got 8.5 or 9.0? What's the huge difference?

2: Why should GS take up more time reviewing already reviewed games like the MPT when they barely have time reviewing new Wii games? Isn't that only a waste of time?

Conduit - I respect other's opinions ,but it's an outrage gamespot gave this a 6.5

Psynema

I agree, it is an outrage that the Conduit got a 6.5

That was far too high.

No. Its the other way around. Its that most of the games on the Wii have overrated scores. They don't deserve the scores they get. No More Heroes ain't that great. Madworld needs a lower score. Muramasa is just a pretty looking game thats boring to play, etc. Wii version of Twilight Princess is only better than the GCN version cause of wide-screen support but it looks the same and I feel stupid just waggling the remote to swing the sword. Smash Bros. Melee was much more epic at its time then Brawl is. Brawl just looks better and has more characters. But its too much easier than Melee! Mario Galaxy sux. I miss Mario 64 so much. Nintendo has forgotten about the gamers. Not just the hardcore. I'm a casual gamer but experienced in gaming and Nintendo has gone downhill. The Wii is only selling cause its cheaper and its targeting non-gamers. And the DS is more innovative. That is all. blazingneo32089

SMG took everything about Mario 64 and improved it, so I cannot understand how Mario 64 would be better, except for the ever popular "Nostalgia". Nintendo has certainly not forgotten about the gamer as there are many great games on the system, including those that you have mentioned. If you don't like any of those game, obviously the system isn't for you.

With SMG2, Metroid Other M, Final Fantasy, Zelda etc coming in the next 18 months, gamers should be very satisfied with Nintendo. I know I will be.

[QUOTE="blazingneo32089"]No. Its the other way around. Its that most of the games on the Wii have overrated scores. They don't deserve the scores they get. No More Heroes ain't that great. Madworld needs a lower score. Muramasa is just a pretty looking game thats boring to play, etc. Wii version of Twilight Princess is only better than the GCN version cause of wide-screen support but it looks the same and I feel stupid just waggling the remote to swing the sword. Smash Bros. Melee was much more epic at its time then Brawl is. Brawl just looks better and has more characters. But its too much easier than Melee! Mario Galaxy sux. I miss Mario 64 so much. Nintendo has forgotten about the gamers. Not just the hardcore. I'm a casual gamer but experienced in gaming and Nintendo has gone downhill. The Wii is only selling cause its cheaper and its targeting non-gamers. And the DS is more innovative. That is all. jimkabrhel

SMG took everything about Mario 64 and improved it, so I cannot understand how Mario 64 would be better, except for the ever popular "Nostalgia". Nintendo has certainly not forgotten about the gamer as there are many great games on the system, including those that you have mentioned. If you don't like any of those game, obviously the system isn't for you.

With SMG2, Metroid Other M, Final Fantasy, Zelda etc coming in the next 18 months, gamers should be very satisfied with Nintendo. I know I will be.

Has anyone seen a console with such erratic, all over the map reviews as the Wii? So many good games getting awful scores from various sites. Psynema

[QUOTE="Psynema"]Has anyone seen a console with such erratic, all over the map reviews as the Wii? So many good games getting awful scores from various sites. dzimm

Can you give any good examples to back that up?