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[QUOTE="jg4xchamp"] Hell NO he got SMG right. Prime 3 was not a 9.5. It went backwards from Prime 1 and 2, hell no to brawl as well. TP was overfluffed as well. Matt on IGN was one of the softest critics nintendo has ever had. he's ten thousand times worse than anyone that has honestly worked for gamespot(ok maybe i can name one person, two actually)jg4xchamp
no.. :P
Brawl is compared relative to othersmash brosaswell. Just like MKWii. I remember Bozon on NVC saying yeah it's better than DD which was 8.0 but it's not better than MK DS which was 9.0, MKWii is somewhere around 8.5.
When it comes to Prime 3, it was the controls and the increased production values that pushed a high score. Gameplay was FAR better, but yes, when you break it down you could argue the level design was not asgood, in fact, there was a horrible fetch quest.
I'm not gonna discuss TP, it just has better gameplay mechanics that are modern, with very little to no trial and error.
The increased production value is what ruined Prime 3. Why the hell am I watching cutscenes. Why are all the levels seperate planets? why is this game playing more like a shooter than a metroid game? Congrats on the controls though(not that it was a bad game, I still love it for the most part) Prime 1 and 2 kill KILL prime 3 in the atmopshere department. The boss fights were better done and far more challenging. The exploration and overworld wasn't broken, and sequence breaking was actually still there. Prime 3 on the other hand was linear, easier, and tried to hard to tell a narrative.
PRime 1 on the other hand told a narrative(although yes one very simplistic) in a very unique and an interactive way. The wya it should be in a game. You had to find your clues, you had to find the piece of the story, and it put everything on the player. It all fit the mood and vibe of the game. You were alone in this hostile and mysterious environment trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together. Which brings up how the puzzles were weak sauce. Comparing to franchise isn't the best case either.
As for his reviewing methods. he dropped 9s and was fairly easy on the games. Not much of a critic to be quite frank. he was pretty quick with too much praise usually. Then again I hate the entirity of the IGN staff. They all suck ass except for Diane whatever her last name is that reviews Supernatural. I would holla at her on principle of her liking my favorite show :PBasically what you are saying about Prime 3 is that it does not capture the "metroid" atmosphere. In that case M:OM is not looking good for you I guess. For me it's Prime 1 > 3 >> 2. Prime 1 bosses.. I did not die a single time on veteran @ the last boss, but the Omega thing was brutal, too hard. I agree that storytelling was awesome in Prime 1 because I could skip it. I'd rather enjoy nice cinematics like the ones in MGS4, don't care for the story itself, I'm more of a visual guy and have no interest in stories so. Puzzles are weak sauce as in easier? If you mean easier in the sense that TP was easier than OoT then I disagree, I think that is a good thing.
The reason why he was dropping out 9s is because what you think a game should be =/= what he does. I on the other hand agree with 90% of his reviews. Again, that's not because I'm a super Nintendo fanboy. I actually think that MGS4 and Uncharted 2 are both better games than TP. SMG and MGS4 being the best games this gen, both deserving scores above the 9.5 range.
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