Are Video Game Reviews Broken?

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

It's my opinion that Wii games should almost always get low scores on graphics, unless they are very artistically unique.

They shouldn't get a free pass because Nintendo flaked out on HD.

But how is it fair to compare a Wii game to a PS3/360 game?

All of those download games (like Braid etc) don't get low scores [if/when reviewed] because they have bad graphics. If anything the graphics usually (from what I've seen) are a forgotten factor which is trumped by "fun".

I'm not one to say that Raffi is as good as The Beatles - but I don't think it would be fair to compare the musical stylings of Raffi to that of The Beatles simply because they both make music.

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

But how is it fair to compare a Wii game to a PS3/360 game?

All of those download games (like Braid etc) don't get low scores [if/when reviewed] because they have bad graphics. If anything the graphics usually (from what I've seen) are a forgotten factor which is trumped by "fun".

I'm not one to say that Raffi is as good as The Beatles - but I don't think it would be fair to compare the musical stylings of Raffi to that of The Beatles simply because they both make music.

Braid is a fantastic looking game. The artistic values are high, and it's in HD.

If it were a Wii game, it would look blurry and be full of jaggies. If it had been released on 360 and the Wii, the Wii version should get a lower score because of that.

To give them the same score would be to say to the consumer "These are two equal products, in every category", which just isn't true.