Particularly before they made it pause while you were typing!
Hi Sylth01,
Bit of bad timing - the site went down for three hours thanks to my own incompetence. You should be able to read the article now.
I was a little confused on one thing - does Mario Maker allow levels to be played only in Mario Maker or can they be downloaded to NSMBU and Super Luigi U? It seems to use the same engine and it would be a smart idea.
Probably limits my knowledge that they came out when I could measure my age with single digits. I think it was playing Resident Evil 4 first then playing the others that didn't help - going backwards in a series is always going to be a bit jarring.
Yeah, that will happen with a game that's not actually trying to be good!
Should be fun. Guillotines, yay!
Didn't get approved for a while, submitted yesterday morning. Glad you liked it!
Oh Grim Fandango would be excellent. Love to see that as a movie or remake or otherwise.
I actually agree that linear scoring is flawed and I'd do away with it if I could. But that's the world we live in and we have to deal with it.
A reviewer should allocate scores based on what to them makes the game good or bad, and I think it's slightly presumptuous to think you can tell them what they should think.
A review you disagree with is not necessarily bad!
Pozzle, this lot have been giving my review the same treatment. It's a good review and makes perfectly valid points. Keep at it.
My two favourite games are Grim Fandango and Mother 3. Not a pew pew alien in sight.
I would question how I was supposed to know if I liked the game without having played it. 57%, as far as a linear score can, reflects my feelings on the game. It was fine, slightly above average and perfectly functional. It was just dull to me, and the purpose of the review was for me to give my opinion.
Remember folks, 5/10 is an average, not an insult.
Our style guide warns against first person. "You" in this context means the unknown player. Granted I probably should have used "might" or "One".
It would be odd at best for me to buy a game with no intention of playing it. However, I will clear that bit up to make it more obvious.
Right, thanks for that. This is the sort of thing I hate about the internet. You think I'm wrong, so clearly I must be disingenous in my view.
I'd love more games like this. Unfortunately, the day I put this review up my PS3 died. I want to finish this!
Thanks very much! It was a pleasure to review!
Not unpopular per se - but definitely less appreciated than some games. SMS in particular was heavily criticised at launch in some quarters.