@solarhorse Dread just isn't a great game. It's just enjoying the Nintendo Effect; every time Nintendo releases something, everyone falls all over themselves to meow and slobber about how it's GeNiUs and A mAsTeRpIeCe.
Then, only four months later, the ACTUAL reviews start coming out, ones that focus a thoughtful, critical eye on the product. Dread isn't a great game. It's okay. It definitely doesn't live up to its pedigree. It's got pacing issues, yeah, but far worse, swaths of it are plain not fun. The art style is super generic. The control is okay, but iffy on some moves you use frequently. Those Emmi zones zap my interest in continuing the game.
The ONLY reasons this game is getting press is because it's riding the coattails of its pedigree, and Nintendo has a cultish fanbase who doesn't understand that criticism is NECESSARY for greatness.
We've reached a pretty grim hour in gaming journalism where another in a long line of retreads, a pretty mediocre sequel, and a game which doesn't even technically exist yet, getting nominated for an award is somehow an article.
@Ravenmaster Thank you! I mean, it's fine for the games where Mario's voice is basically just an audio cue that you either pulled off a jump correctly or did something wrong. But I definitely won't bother with this if Martinet is doing a whole movie's worth of that trite nonsense.
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Re: Metroid Dread, Zelda, Pokémon And Mario All Nominated In Golden Joystick Awards 2021
@solarhorse Dread just isn't a great game. It's just enjoying the Nintendo Effect; every time Nintendo releases something, everyone falls all over themselves to meow and slobber about how it's GeNiUs and A mAsTeRpIeCe.
Then, only four months later, the ACTUAL reviews start coming out, ones that focus a thoughtful, critical eye on the product. Dread isn't a great game. It's okay. It definitely doesn't live up to its pedigree. It's got pacing issues, yeah, but far worse, swaths of it are plain not fun. The art style is super generic. The control is okay, but iffy on some moves you use frequently. Those Emmi zones zap my interest in continuing the game.
The ONLY reasons this game is getting press is because it's riding the coattails of its pedigree, and Nintendo has a cultish fanbase who doesn't understand that criticism is NECESSARY for greatness.
Re: Metroid Dread, Zelda, Pokémon And Mario All Nominated In Golden Joystick Awards 2021
We've reached a pretty grim hour in gaming journalism where another in a long line of retreads, a pretty mediocre sequel, and a game which doesn't even technically exist yet, getting nominated for an award is somehow an article.
Re: Talking Point: How Many Hours Is A 'Short' Game For You?
@dudujencarelli If a sub 10 hour game is exhausting then it's a bad game and that's not a metric.
Re: Talking Point: How Many Hours Is A 'Short' Game For You?
@hypnotoad This is the correct, and criminally underrated answer.
Re: The Voice Of Mario From The Early '90s Has Passed Away
@Ravenmaster Thank you! I mean, it's fine for the games where Mario's voice is basically just an audio cue that you either pulled off a jump correctly or did something wrong. But I definitely won't bother with this if Martinet is doing a whole movie's worth of that trite nonsense.