What are some games you feel unfairly got the shaft from critics?
I just rented Excite Truck for my Wii and I've been having an absolute blast with it. It's just an incredibly good time, easily one of the best arcade racers I've ever played. I almost picked it up at launch but didn't because of so so reviews. While I don't feel it's a great loss, I'm sure I'll get more than enough play out of it during the 5 days rental, I still think it's a really great game and if I'd known it was this fun I would have bought it on day one. Unfortunately my EB Games never got a Wii kiosk in like they said they would so I was never able to try it before I purchased my Wii.
It seemed that the main problems critics had with it were it's skimpy multiplayer and repetitive singleplayer. I'll give them the multiplayer, but pretty much every racing game I've ever played has been repetitive at some point, and this one actually stays more fun than most thanks to it's focus on nonstop adrenaline pumping excitement as opposed to just finishing first. The singleplayer is pretty lengthy and keeps you trying for "S" rank on all the courses. There's also a challenge mode that's a lot of fun as well.
Gamespot gave this game a 6.8, with a review written by the entirely moronic Jeff Gerstmann. While I can definitely see knocking some points for the poor multiplayer component, I don't think this game deserves anything less than an 8. A couple other sites scored this lower than a 7 as well. IGN was the only major website to call this one even close to the mark with an 8, at least in my opinion.
I just rented Excite Truck for my Wii and I've been having an absolute blast with it. It's just an incredibly good time, easily one of the best arcade racers I've ever played. I almost picked it up at launch but didn't because of so so reviews. While I don't feel it's a great loss, I'm sure I'll get more than enough play out of it during the 5 days rental, I still think it's a really great game and if I'd known it was this fun I would have bought it on day one. Unfortunately my EB Games never got a Wii kiosk in like they said they would so I was never able to try it before I purchased my Wii.
It seemed that the main problems critics had with it were it's skimpy multiplayer and repetitive singleplayer. I'll give them the multiplayer, but pretty much every racing game I've ever played has been repetitive at some point, and this one actually stays more fun than most thanks to it's focus on nonstop adrenaline pumping excitement as opposed to just finishing first. The singleplayer is pretty lengthy and keeps you trying for "S" rank on all the courses. There's also a challenge mode that's a lot of fun as well.
Gamespot gave this game a 6.8, with a review written by the entirely moronic Jeff Gerstmann. While I can definitely see knocking some points for the poor multiplayer component, I don't think this game deserves anything less than an 8. A couple other sites scored this lower than a 7 as well. IGN was the only major website to call this one even close to the mark with an 8, at least in my opinion.