Can opinion ever be wrong? In the case of some mind-boggling reviews, yes! http://www.games.net/blog/22753/crazy-review-tricks-kid-icarus-on-gamespot/ As much as I respect Gamespot, you just have to call bull**** sometimes, like here. GS usually makes bids for respect by criticizing generally well received games, and thus making them look like hard asses to impress; the 9.6 for Gears of War boggles my mind, as does it's winning of Multiplayer Game of the Year. However, Kid Icarus' review is completely unwarranted, the game was great when it was released and considering that few people have had a chance to play it, this is the perfect time to do so. The game holds up, granted, it's not Mario or Castlevania but the game definitely was and still is enjoyable. http://www.games.net/blog/22753/crazy-review-tricks-kid-icarus-on-gamespot/#comment_487601 http://www.games.net/blog/22753/crazy-review-tricks-kid-icarus-on-gamespot/ Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:32:30 GMT Wow...reviewing reviews eh? Something weird about that. Actually, I say scrap the reviews for VC games. Just ditch them alltogether. Since when did the re-release of 20 year old games become newsworthy anyways? Granted, its nice a nice service for wii players, but beyond the initial 'oh, cool - I remember that game' feeling, why are we trying to shoehorn VC games into a rating systems anyways? Nevermind the bias. I mean, if its not an over-inflated nostalgic love that's inflating the score, its a technological snobbery that's bringing it down. Argue all you want, but its near impossible for reviewers to review a decades old game as a game in and of itself. To do that would mean comparing it to titles that were released at similar times and then you get into a viscious nostalgic loop all over again. Long story short - we've had access to these games through ROMS for years, why now do feel its important to review them? It's not. If you must put a rating on it, do some research and find out what it received when it was released - that's the only way I can see these reviews being relevant. http://www.games.net/blog/22753/crazy-review-tricks-kid-icarus-on-gamespot/#comment_508022 http://www.games.net/blog/22753/crazy-review-tricks-kid-icarus-on-gamespot/ Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:35:23 GMT