lol.. all that Wii has are Mario, Pokemon, Spongebob, Naruto, Rayman and a bunch of fitness workouts and such. how can those even fill 50GB
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GTA deserves the 98/100 considering the story, replayability and the sheer monstrosity of the game... and i didnt even mention the fun factor.
COD is sheer FPS delight, though the graphics lacks a lot.
and did i mention Red Dead Redemption??
And what about PS3's Journey, the current GOTY??
You say game journalism/reviewing is hardly the paragon of integrity.. you seem to know what you are doing [
] maybe you should tell us where each of the games that you mentioned as $hit lacks in..
Another genius.
Here's a list of Wii games.
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wii_Games
You may notice that most of the games do not fit the criteria you have mentioned.
First off, I didn't say GTA IV was crap. I implied that the game didn't deserve 98/100.
GTA 4 was a step down from San Andreas & Vice City in many ways. The story conflicted with the gameplay, the controls were very clunky, the city was drab and bland and barring a few easter eggs, exploration was unrewarding, it had low replay value, way too much padding and filler content, the missions were less dynamic than the previous entry with too many scripted events, the pacing was horrible, the mission variety was low, the sandbox didn't allow for nearly as much freedom as the previous entries, etc. The main game itself too no advantage of the new things the game brought to the table i.e. the physics engine.
In COD: Fleecing, Elite, Killstreaks, Ranks, poor map design and spawn points, lack of any meaningful change from the previous entry, weapons have no feeling of power, knifing, no emphasis on movement, regenerating health, no recoil or muzzle flash, way too much "Bloody screen so real", too much emphasis on the individual, no rewards for team play, gameplay fundamentally designed to encourage screwing your team mates over to get cheap shots, no penalty for death etc.
RDR OTOH was a much better game. Brilliant environments, sound design, well controlling, interesting characters and setting, rewarding exploration, well paced etc. The only major problem with the game was the dissonance between the story, motivations and actions.
Journey, although not a bad game by any measure, simply did not interest me. Plus, considering that every game publication and its cat gives out GOTYs, they aren't really all that special.
I'm gonna need a citation on MGS being the "the Most Technically Perfect game in the History of gaming".
I hope "heavily" does not turn into "Fully".Because there is nothing Free in F2P its more like Pay-to-Win
Mmm... quite. I'd rather have fully featured experiences I pay for upfront rather than a broken experience I get into for free and am nickeled and dimed throughout. Eg. MH3U is much better than the upcoming F2P china only MH:O.
Just imagine how broken a game like Max Payne 3 would be if it was F2P. Pay $0.99 for a non gimped gun. Pay $5 for 50 lives, pay $2 to clear this area without any effort, pay $0.99 to get shields/armour etc.