From EGM's Review of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
9 (Shane) 9 (Mark) 10 (Bryan)
Good:Gorgeous graphics, plentiful secrets
Bad: Some overly convoluted level design
Uglyark [Samus'?]creepy third eye
*Taken from GameFaqs
Convoluted
adj
1. Coiled and twisted.
2. Complicated; difficult to understand.
Thesaurus: complicated, involved, intricate, complex, tangled, twisted, winding; Antonym: straightforward.
Etymology: 19c: from Latin convolvere, convolutum to roll together
http://www.allwords.com/query.phpSearchType=3&Keyword=convolutedSo in other words the noob anti-Nintendoites at EGM got lost even with all the hints and a on screen maps, and therefore decided that the game was to hard to navigate.