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Originally posted by: TheYoungerPlumber
You know, I really don't like these broad "NWR reviews are now crap" statements, because as far as I can tell you guys really mean there are a few recent reviews you strongly disagree with or think are not well written. And if I had to take a guess at which ones you're alluding to, I'd say you're really tweaked at this review (obviously), Evan's Sonic review, and perhaps a scattering of others. I'm going to sit here and say you're BSing if you're going to tell me dinosaurs like Steven, Jonny, Aaron, Jeff, or Dan (before he left), or I have suddenly gone sour with our reviews because our styles and positions on games really haven't changed all that much over the last year or two. Maybe I should have played Sonic. Maybe I should have then reviewed Sonic. But I did not and will not at this point.
I rate this critique 7.9. The Wiimote interactivity tacked on and the graphics are sub-par at best.
But seriously, not much has changed. Its not like the NWR staff had lobotomies while they were in line for the Wii launch. As Bloodworth said, if you (and by you I mean the readers) are going to criticize the reviews, put it constructively. No one benefits from verbal diarrhea.
The only real difference I see between reviews these days and the Gamecube reviews is that the Wiimote controls produce a different gaming experience depending largely on the person playing the game, and its producing a greater degree of polarity in readers. That appears to be the big X-factor for the Wii - and the thing that is driving sales - is the controller and the potential for new and bizarre ways of playing games (the elephant minigames in Wario Ware sealed it, next-gen involves me acting like a clown, forget gfx or gameplay).
But if people can have totally difference experiences with the same game using the same controller, then perhaps there's needs to be an adjustment in the focus of the review? Do you incorporate a "Wiimote Curve" or something to indicate how easy the gestures are to pick up and how confident you are after a period of playing the game? It is obvious that the Wiimote is having a greater effect on gameplay and the experience than any other controller around (does the Virtual Boy count? of course not, that product is dead in the gutter) and so perhaps you need to focus more on the Wiimote rather than just "Controls" in general.
NWR staff, stick to your guns when you review games. When someone tells you how you should think, the terrorists have already won.
Fanboys, use the Reader Review forum if you think you can do a better job of reviewing games.
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