[QUOTE="Bigboi500"][QUOTE="Eddie-Vedder"]
I bring forth teh ownage. Stevo and BigBoi read for yourselves.
"We Rate Games According to the Current Standards of Their Platforms and Genres
Every gaming platform is different, especially in terms of its technical features. However, we believe high-quality gaming experiences are possible on all the gaming platforms that we cover. So we review games against the standards of their respective platforms by implicitly comparing them to other games on that same platform and, to a lesser extent, to other games in that genre. As a result, our ratings of games on different platforms are not intended to be directly compared to one another. However, relative comparisons do apply, so a game that scores poorly is a poor game by any standards, while a game that scores extremely high is an outstanding game by any standards."
"We rate games on a scale of 1 (the absolute worst) to 10 (the absolute best). The rating we assign to each game is intended to give you an at-a-glance sense of the overall quality of the game relative to other games on the same platform."
Taken from Gamespot. Not only does the Wii have significantly less technical capabilities, which lower the standards, the lack of thrid party support also lowers the standards from a purely games pov.
The Wii has lower standards, thread invalidated.
Game Over.
Sushiglutton
Give it up, son. Gamespot isn't blind and myopic fanboys with tunnel vision like you are. Most of the rest of us can enjoy games on all or most systems, not just one, so it's easier for us to see that all systems and good games on those systems can be enjoyed.The only battle going on is the one you're having with yourself about accepting the truth. Hiding behind false beliefs, lame excuses and reviewers' opinions isn't a very healthy thing to do. Stop being a tool for one gaming company and go try to enjoy some good games. :)
What is so hard for you to understand? 1) Games are in general reviewed relative the current standards on their platforms (this is clearly stated in Gamespots review guidlines). 2) The wii has weaker hardware. 3) Some of the features considered in reviews are directly related to hardware (graphics, physics, AI etc). Which one of these points do u disagree with?It has slightly weaker hardware, BIG DEAL. Just because it has lower graphical capabilities, that does not mean the games that are reviewed by Gamespot are judged by a lower standard. Most of the Wii exclusives are not even online, so that isn't a factor. It doesn't get the same games, aka multiplats, so they are not being held to a different or lower standard. Reviews are just opinions to begin with, so why is it so important for you to think that the scores are not being implemented fairly?They clearly state that they use a number of different measurements to judge a game, some against other games in the genre on multiple systems, some against other games on the same system.
By your argument I could say that motion control is of a higher tech than standard controllers, and gameplay is more important than graphics, so PS3 and 360 are held to lower standards. Of course I'd never stoop so low as to use that excuse in the first place.
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