[QUOTE="Secretidentity"]

[QUOTE="xYamatox"]

Except nostalgia IS a huge factor with a lot of reviews. People seem to give certain titles more leniency because it's expected to automatically be a good title. Seems like Tom took off the fanboy goggles and reviewed Skyward Sword on the same level as any other game, and not a Zelda title that's generally expected to get an auto 9+ score.

With that said, I haven't played Skyward Sword yet (but plan to as soon as I can), but I can see where he's coming from with his review. Nintendo fans put WAY too much blind faith in their products.

iHarlequin

No doubt nostalgia plays a role but it has its limits. Again, i restate my point, if the game is severly broken controlwise- nostalgia cant save it.Its not a Nintendo fanboy thing, its a common sense thing.If a game is broken, its broken. I'd hardly call Famitsu, Edge or GameInformer Nintendo fans...

Neither Destructoid, Giantbomb or Joystiq. Buuut the SW entertainment relies on these unexpected flops, so if you start getting too reasonable you'll get ignored :lol:.

Besides, anyone who intended to get TLoZ: SS is still going to get it, regardless of what Gamespot scored it (even moreso considering its great metacritic).

Too true! And yep i pre-ordered the bundle picking it up first thing when it launches..I'll reserve full judgement till i play it :) I'm just curious at the inconsistency between Tom's experience and what we've seen in other reviews so far (speaking specifically of controls,not the game structure).

[QUOTE="Secretidentity"]

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I cant wait to play this game.If the controls are as broken as Tom claims there is NO way high profile places like Famitsu and the rest would give this game a perfect score.Pls dont give lame responses like "nostalgia".I dont have any problem whatsoever with him docking it for feeling the same, but the controls, really? They are that bad? There's no way he played the same game..

xYamatox

Except nostalgia IS a huge factor with a lot of reviews. People seem to give certain titles more leniency because it's expected to automatically be a good title. Seems like Tom took off the fanboy goggles and reviewed Skyward Sword on the same level as any other game, and not a Zelda title that's generally expected to get an auto 9+ score.

With that said, I haven't played Skyward Sword yet (but plan to as soon as I can), but I can see where he's coming from with his review. Nintendo fans put WAY too much blind faith in their products.

No doubt nostalgia plays a role but it has its limits. Again, i restate my point, if the game is severly broken controlwise- nostalgia cant save it.Its not a Nintendo fanboy thing, its a common sense thing.If a game is broken, its broken. I'd hardly call Famitsu, Edge or GameInformer Nintendo fans...

[QUOTE="Shinobishyguy"][QUOTE="KingsofQueens"]

Wow what a shame. Seems the Wii is indeed DEAD. Nintendo's last saving grace of a franchise just doesn't even cut it anymore.

7.5, though not exactly a bad score, is still a flop among the hopefuls. What a shame. Seems Nintendo's quality has dropped significantly over the years.

KingsofQueens

Yes, SMG 1 & 2. And that's about it.

Zelda still has a pretty high rating overall on Metacritic.

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I cant wait to play this game.If the controls are as broken as Tom claims there is NO way high profile places like Famitsu and the rest would give this game a perfect score.Pls dont give lame responses like "nostalgia".I dont have any problem whatsoever with him docking it for feeling the same, but the controls, really? They are that bad? There's no way he played the same game..

i like bagels and cream cheese...I'm travelling to japan this summer for an internship..i plan on buying 5 new games in january..e.t.c

Basically your thread is just as pointless as me saying those things, how does it benefit us?its not going to do anything but stare up a flame war and you know it..

Blogs exists for a reason...

I got a lot more excited watching LBP than super mario galaxy. Super Mario Galaxy looks uninspired and uninteresting when compared to LittleBigPlanet.rykaziel

LOL SMG had WAY more action and way more going on than LBP...

Wow. I haven't seen this much denial and delusion in my life.

You skipped the part where Mario was on the surface of that Sun? That big lava world? That was not planethopping. Besides, there were bigger worlds in it.

And that diving secuence, that wasn't planethopping, now was it?

Son_of_Some

Exactly...Plus the major new thing about this game is the planet hopping..Nintendo is trying to show this feature as much as possible..Its a galaxy..Not just a planet...

Plus, There are huge planets with atmospheres and skies of their own..

Sony released some really cool info..They had a good show....

LBP was cool and looks good, but nothing came close to getting me hyped as watching this ....

Man, what would this game be like with better graphics?

Sorry, but that's the first thing that comes to mind when I see high profile Wii games.

CubeJL

Man arent those graphics nice enough :(