As most of you already know, EGM's latest issue declares Elebits to be an affront to God, a pox upon humanity, a poor source of calcium -- I'm paraphrasing, but you get the idea. My tirade earlier today caught the eye of one Robert Summa who, in a fit of unparalleled fury, opened his copy of this month's EGM and, you know, read it. His report includes a rundown of the scores for some of the other Wii launch titles alongside Elebits.
So, here's how we're going to do this. I'm going to average these scores out and list them in order of their rating, from highest to lowest. See if anything unusual pops out at you like it did us.
Zelda: Twilight Princess: 10, 10, 10
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam: 7.5, 8.0, 7.0
Rayman: Raving Rabbids: 7.0, 7.5, 7.5
Trauma Center: 6.5, 7.5, 7.0, tied with
Excite Truck: 6.5, 7.5, 7.0
Wii Sports: 6.5, 5.5, 7.0
Madden NFL 07: 6.5, 6.0, 4.5
Red Steel: 5.0, 4.5, 6.0, tied with
Elebits: 7.0, 4.0, 4.5.
So there you have it, kids. Zelda is perfect in every way. Elebits, on the other hand, is about as good as Red Steel, colloquially known as "Paragon of Disappointment, Destroyer of Hopes and Dreams". And new Wii adopters, if you're looking for games for your new system, your best bets are Zelda and... Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam?
Consider this proof positive that you can't go by a numbering system to determine what games are worth your time, and why you shouldn't base your purchases upon any one person's opinion. Read lots of reviews. Watch lots of movies. Give stuff a rent every once and awhile, and for the love of God, don't buy Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam over Elebits.
Contest:
3:52 PM on 12.16.2006
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I really can't understand where they were coming from on this It boggles my mind that such rush jobs like Excite Truck, Tony Hawk and Wii Sports (a demo for God's sake) all got higher scores than the only Wii game that is actually a Wii game.
Take it from me, gave reviewers just don't understand.
Having said that, Elebits is easily the next game I'll be buying for my Wii. Whenever it happens to appear in the UK that is...
I'm wondering if they have a random number generator that assigns the game a score and then they have the challenge to justify the score.
We ALL have different opinions, that's all there is to it. Go to gamerankings and take the average of all the different reviews. That's a good way to gauge whether or not a game is good.
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NO!
The trend of the complete upheaval of the gaming community whenever someone drops a score outside of the status quo is starting to get old.
It depends on what games you like. I'm a PC gamer that likes deep strategy games. Fluffy arcade games feel cheap and empty, no matter how long they took to develop. That's why I usually give console games bad reviews -- too many titles focus on large audiences and cheapening the experience so apathetic people won't get frustrated from a REAL challenge. Specialty games are more welcome in the PC market.
I can't imagine anyone playing Wii Sports for more than a half hour, and I have NO clue why people are all hyped up about creating Miis.
The Wii demo kiosk put me to sleep. Twilight Princess was overly dramatic, and the graphics really were (sorry) just awful without anti-aliasing and modern texture filtering. Excite truck is just plain boring. If my PC and consoles were all broken, I'd rather be at the arcade playing 20-year-old pinball machines. Face it, the Wii isn't any better than everything else -- it's just different.
I do agree with the zelda score, though. I find it pretty funny the way the enormous majority of the "zomg zelda best game evar" retards have shut up and gone home, but how a new breed of "stfu zelda is liek waaay overrated fanboy lol" dickheads have emerged. Ah, internet. Maintaing a consistent level of idiocy for all seasons.
You might want to stretch your imagination a bit. I've probably played upwards of 30 hours of Wii Sports, and spent about 8 hours creating Miis.