[Wii 214] Met Metroid Prime 3 in de Amerikaanse winkels

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2007 10:25 schreef blessed19 het volgende:
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Trouwens! bij mij kan ik de Wii niet met het internet verbinden (te zwak signaal). is dit een probleem? anders zou het wel naaierig zijn voor de mensen die totaal geen internet hebben en toch een Wii kopen (ja, die mensen zijn er!)

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2007 09:46 schreef mrdjey het volgende:
waneer komt mp3 nou in de EU uit?
dit jaar nog?

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2007 10:30 schreef disjfa het volgende:

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Waarom is dat naaierig dan? Het en de keuze van die mensen geen internet te hebben. Dus lijkt me moeilijk een probleem

En ene te zwak signaal Dan moet je je wireless beter opzetten

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2007 14:45 schreef Quasar_de_Duif het volgende:
Ik ben niet zo thuis in de wii spellen, maar we zijn opzoek naar leuke third party spellen. Kan iemand ons vertellen naar welke spellen we moeten kijken?

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Op maandag 27 augustus 2007 20:00 schreef depax het volgende:

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Ik hoop dat die extra channels nooit meer weggaan bij je en je wii goed verneukt is.
Ik heb mijn wii ook omgebouwd geef ik toe maar dit soort spellen dien je gewoon te kopen. Punt.
Eigelijk vraag ik me af waarom ik hem omgebouwd heb ik koop toch wat ik leuk vind en wat ik niet leuk vind download ik toch niet.
Maar doe vooral stoer met een spel dat gewoon gekocht dient te worden (score tussen de 9.0 en 9.6)

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2007 18:43 schreef GGMM het volgende:

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Dus jij doet het zelf ook bij spellen die jij niet zo leuk vind, maar als hij dat doet mag het niet omdat de score toevallig hoog is?

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2007 20:53 schreef Tomasso het volgende:

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Ach, er mogen ook kutgames zijn zolang de prijs laag blijft.

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2007 20:53 schreef Tomasso het volgende:

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Ach, er mogen ook kutgames zijn zolang de prijs laag blijft.

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Man, I wasn't going to post about this...

Like a lot of other people, I was kind of surprised to see the 8.5, especially given IGN's review and the seeming consensus that this is a top-notch game, and probably Wii's finest thus far. But, hey -- I respect a diversity of opinion, and anyways, most people are right: no sense in whining about the score a game gets when we haven't even played it yet. Right?

But then I read the review and... boy, it submarines this game! I'm sure you've heard the expression "damned by faint praise." The idea being that if you call something "fairly good," "decent," or "passable" it has the same negative effect (and sometimes stronger) than calling it "bad." Well the idea of "faint praise" is too strong for this review. It reads almost as though the reviewer wants the game to fail. Conspiracy-theory much? Yeah, I don't want to go down that road, but let's take a look:

The game is an 8.5, right? That's a high score. Should mean that this is a very good game, right? It is, after all, "a high-quality continuation of the series" with "terrific and intuitive" controls. Now... if this is a high-quality continuation of a series that has thus far scored 9.7 and 9.1, it should be pretty darned good. Yet the remainder of the opening paragraph -- more than half -- starts to run negative, saying that the game "does exactly what you expect it to do, no more and no less." Hmm...

The second paragraph digs in hard, comparing this game to its lauded progenitor: "{w}hile Metroid Prime spectacularly ushered Metroid gameplay into a 3D vision, Corruption is content to be a solid successor." "Content" makes the designers sound lazy, and "solid" isn't a very enthusiastic description. Are 8.5s "solid"? Then, the reviewer assures us that "{we} shouldn't let some spurts of predictability dissuade you from checking it out"... well, I should hope not if it's an 8.5... I mean, that's really good, right? "Terrific and intuitive" controls, right? I mean, why does the reviewer start to sense that his review of this 8.5 game might dissuade us from even checking it out? But he can't even let it rest there... not just anyone should check this out, but "particularly if you are a Metroid enthusiast." Here the review starts to insinuate that the game is good, not just for people who enjoy games like Prime, but for those who are specifically Metroid-people. "Enthusiasts," which is a not-too-subtle euphemism for Fanboys.

The reviewer seemingly cannot compliment the game without immediately following up with some sort of an insult or criticism. Check out this from the fourth paragraph: "The obvious change here is in the controls, and Corruption leaves behind the methodical maneuvering of its GameCube brethren with an intuitive and configurable scheme that sets the standard for first-person shooting controls on the Wii, despite Corruption's battles not being all that challenging." Good God, what a sentence. First, he cheapshots the GameCube with its "methodical maneuvering"... which... I guess... would be roughly equivalent to the methodical maneuvering currently found on all the other consoles, right? Then, he states that this control set-up "sets the standard...on the Wii"! Excuse me, but... why the modifier? Consensus seems to be that this control set-up "sets the standard" period. For the 360. For the PS3. For all of them. Then, and despite the fact that it doesn't strictly relate to the quality of the controls, he ends the sentence by slighting the game's challenge. I won't count them all out to you, but I dare you to comb through the article and take a look at the "compliments" -- they almostalways go hand-in-hand with a slight.

Not that the reviewer needs the excuse of balancing a compliment to slam the game. In the third paragraph, in referencing the idea that the reviewer doesn't plan on spoiling us, he takes a gratuitous pot shot: "(Not that the Prime games have ever strived to set standards for gaming fiction.) " Well, great. What does that mean? That the story's weak? No -- the reviewer wouldn't go so far; his goal is, apparently, to make his review seem positive while infusing it with insults and complaints.

All in all, we learn that the control scheme "{has} been done before, of course," that the game is "without a sense of challenge," and that it is too much a FPS (apparently due to the smooth controls) which "keep{s} it from being as special as the other Prime titles." Indeed, that "Corruption loses some of its sense of wonder and strangeness on the Wii. Rather than being a true action adventure, it's hard to lose the sense that it's merely an FPS with trimmings."

Wow. Now... how do we reconcile the idea that it's lost its "sense of wonder" when the game "features superb art direction, so every level is even more incredible to explore than the last"? Or that it's no longer a "true action adventure" when "you'll need to use your wits as much as you use weapons that turn alien scum into goo" and "{e}nvironmental puzzles are generally as good in Corruption as they've ever been"? Furthermore, how do we reconcile any of these serious criticisms with such a high score?

I guess it doesn't matter, that we don't have to worry ourselves about it, because "any fan ought to enjoy this outing in spite of those quibbles" {read "fan" as Metroid enthusiast}, "[t]he exotic worlds of Corruption will excite series fans" and "{i}f you're a Metroid fan, there's no need to convince you to play Metroid Prime 3: Corruption." In other words, the reviewer is saying that Metroid Fanboys will like this game no matter what...

...but the true point of this review is: if you're not already a "series fan," then despite the 8.5, you don't really need to bother with it.

The review is muddled, self-contradictory, and worse: against my better judgment, I walk away thinking that it sets out to intentionally sabotage the game that it purports to praise (remember: 8.5 is "high"). I don't know why; I can't fathom motive; but it's in the review, if you read it carefully.

I know it's been said before, but, do we even have to speculate that, when Halo 3 comes out, its reviewer will talk about how the game "feels familiar"? Or how Halo's controls don't match up to the industry leader (Metroid Prime 3, for the Wii), as Wii reviews nearly always mention how the graphics just can't compare to those of other systems? Will we be told that it's been "done before"?Of course not. We know Halo 3's review won't have any of that. Maybe this isn't a double standard. But, if it's not a double standard, then I guess I just don't know what "double standard" means.

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Op woensdag 29 augustus 2007 00:23 schreef Aetius het volgende:
Wat betreft Gamespot's zeer eigenzinnige review van Metroid
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Op woensdag 29 augustus 2007 01:04 schreef disjfa het volgende:

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Of je maakt je ergens druk om

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WII | Wii Love Golf
Release: Winter
Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Camelot!!!!!!
- play by swinging wiimote obviously
- courses revealed so far, beach resort and desert ruins

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WII | King Story (Ousama Monogatari)
Release: 2008
Publisher: MMV
- official name for Project O
- as king, make the town people do work and build the country
- RPG with heavy simulation elements
- each character has their own way of life
- away from the people's town, there are places infested by beasts
- you can kill them with 1-10 people, and they have different strengths

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Op maandag 27 augustus 2007 16:10 schreef disjfa het volgende:
Er zijn ook zat dozen die wat langere kabels hebben. Moet je gewoon even in de gemiddelde electronica shop (niet MM of al die andere bagger dus) kijken.

En het enige waar je op moet letten is dat het rgb signaal doorgegeven word. En wees niet bang om er wat meer geld aan uit te geven. Die goedkope doosjes vallen vrij snel uitelkaar.

Of je koopt natuurlijk gewoon een grotere tv Of versterker met video ingangen

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Op woensdag 29 augustus 2007 01:04 schreef disjfa het volgende:

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Of je maakt je ergens druk om

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Op woensdag 29 augustus 2007 00:23 schreef Aetius het volgende:
Wat betreft Gamespot's zeer eigenzinnige review van Metroid, hier een interessante analyse die ik tegenkwam op het Meroid forum van Gamespot. De poster van dit stuk slaat werkelijk de spijker op z'n kop. Een "samenzwering" is wat ver gezocht (het gaat uiteindelijk maar om een review), maar ik denk zeker dat er een dubbele standaard wordt gehanteerd als het gaat om Nintendo's klassieke franchises. Een Halo 3 waar waarschijnlijk eenzelfde kritiek van "been there, done that" op van toepassing is, zal ongetwijfeld wel 9,5 tot 10 scoren.

http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/metroidprime3/show_msgs.php?topic_id=m-1-37840192&pid=928517
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