Giantbomb reviews Hawx but not good Wii games

"As mentioned ad nauseam, a MadWorld review is on the way, and we have a Quick Look for a mystery Wii game going up tomorrow."

"Snail said:

"I am Snail didn't you notice?Who the fuck do you think you are?"

THIS IS A DRILL THAT WILL PIERCE THE HEAVENS! anyway..."

"Indeed. The ratio thing mentioned above won't pan out because in the end the Wii doesn't have as many games coming out that even deserve to be reviewed. I really don't think Jeff reviewing Totally Spies: Totally Party is going to appease the Wii crowd. "

I'd like to play a bullet hell dating game.  Just saying.

"Babble said:

"Indeed. The ratio thing mentioned above won't pan out because in the end the Wii doesn't have as many games coming out that even deserve to be reviewed. I really don't think Jeff reviewing Totally Spies: Totally Party is going to appease the Wii crowd. "

Reviewing Princess Debut would have appeased us, but alas, it is not to be."

Like I said, I don't want to force anyone to review crap."

Whoa there. Are you suggesting Princess Debut is crap? Because I would disagree with you on that.

i don't have a Wii

"* I like giantbomb and I know that your focus in on hardcore games. But you can´t review games like Hawxxx and don´t review Wii hardcore games far more interesting like Madworld and House of the Dead Overkill. Maybe even GTA Chinatown Wars don´t will get much atention."

They made it clear from the start of the creation of this website, that they were going to review games that they wanted to and nothing more. Hence why they don't really review JRPGs, or generally sports games. Its how it is...deal with it, or look elsewhere or make your own reviews.

"Are you dissin' Sabrina there? "

There's no point in doing that though.

"They made it clear from the start of the creation of this website, that they were going to review games that they wanted to and nothing more. Hence why they don't really review JRPGs, or generally sports games. Its how it is...deal with it, or look elsewhere or make your own reviews."

"Endogene said:

"Are you dissin' Sabrina there? "

Even though you were probably already reading the thread, I like to think that you could sense that Princess Debut's reputation was in danger and came into the thread solely to set the record straight. :D"

"pause422 said:

"They made it clear from the start of the creation of this website, that they were going to review games that they wanted to and nothing more. Hence why they don't really review JRPGs, or generally sports games. Its how it is...deal with it, or look elsewhere or make your own reviews."

They could bring in an idiot to do the sports games(if at all) because the games barely change from year to year."

"AgentJ said:

"pause422 said:

"They made it clear from the start of the creation of this website, that they were going to review games that they wanted to and nothing more. Hence why they don't really review JRPGs, or generally sports games. Its how it is...deal with it, or look elsewhere or make your own reviews."

They could bring in an idiot to do the sports games(if at all) because the games barely change from year to year."

Because JRPGs change a lot, each year!?!?!"

You probably didn't notice because you don't play RPGs every year, but Persona 4 has updated rosters and features the innovative new skill stick.

"You probably didn't notice because you don't play RPGs every year, but Persona 4 has updated rosters and features the innovative new skill stick."

"BiggerBomb said:

"AgentJ said:

"pause422 said:

"They made it clear from the start of the creation of this website, that they were going to review games that they wanted to and nothing more. Hence why they don't really review JRPGs, or generally sports games. Its how it is...deal with it, or look elsewhere or make your own reviews."

They could bring in an idiot to do the sports games(if at all) because the games barely change from year to year."

Because JRPGs change a lot, each year!?!?!"

I'll try to make this as clear as possible from the outset. Nowndays the baseball and football games, the most popular sports games on the market, are monopolized(other than the show on PS3) by one company, so it really is the same game year to year with some minor improvements, and there is only one company for each sport so there is no innovation, and no different-ness. On the other hand, JRPGS are made by a number of different companies, not just Square Enix, and even then one company is able to make a number of different JRPGS that are vastly different in every way. Compare TWEWY to any Final Fantasy, or Chrono Trigger to Pokemon or Dragon Quest to Baten Kaitos or Blue Dragon to Tales of Symphonia or Riviera to Yggdra Union. In other words, there is a ton of variety in the JRPG genre, unlike Sports."

There are differences, but unless you pay attention to each year's iterations you probably wouldn't notice or care. The Giant Bomb staff don't, and by their own admission they would not be able to review a sports game properly. All you'd be able to get out a review from them is "yeah, it's pretty good I guess". They're not the target audience.

Just to let you know, there are only a few reviewers. This isn't like those "big" outlets that have the time to review a bunch of games.

Really, your topic is Utter fail!

"I think I'm John.  Actually, I'm pretty positive I'm John; like, 100% sure of it.  Is this the answer you were looking for?I'm not sure I understand your line of questioning."

"LordAndrew said:

"Reviewing Princess Debut would have appeased us, but alas, it is not to be."

Like I said, I don't want to force anyone to review crap."

D:

OH NO YOU DIDN'T!

The Mad World review is coming this week and House of the Dead: Overkill is not a good game.

It would make sense for them to review the more popular and talked about games, and they are reviewing MadWorld.

"House of the Dead: Overkill is not a good game."

Ok, the dude who started this post was a little too strong in his wording, but don't go completely flaming over him. Alot of what I heard was the same. Madworld review is comming, they did a HotD preview. And they preview alot of Wii games. So since everyone is looking at it from that point of view, let's go the other direction.

What about all the obviously crappy games they took time to review? I mean, Interpol? Was anyone expecting that to be any good? Need For Speed: Underground? After the way that series has been going, they could've just said in a preview how that looked. What about Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection? I've got nothing against retro games, but it's another one that didn't really need a review, just a quick talking over. And why take the time to review so many XBLA and PSN games? If a person wants to know if they like them, they can easily try every single one for free.

Now don't get me wrong, I love the GB guys. The second GB started up I came straight here. I respect them, and their right to review whatever the heck they want. But if someone has an issue when their reviews, they shouldn't get castrated on the spot. GB does work it's reviews in in a very unusual way, and if you don't understand the people behind it very well the site will come off biased.....and it is. But they don't claim otherwise for the most part, so if that's the way they want to do things, they can.

Anyway, I would love to get more solid opinions on Wii games out of the GB crew, but it's not like they have to review EVERYTHING just because I'd like to see more. The Wii has been going through a dry spell, but the games that are bringing it out of that slump are being a little ignored. I'd like to hear opinions on Wii games from guys who aren't nessasarilly in love with the wii. If I get it, great. If I don't, life moves on. Either way, I'll keep comming to Giant Bomb to see the stuff they DO review, and listen to their awesome bombcast.

He wants them to review such famous titles such as:

House of the Dead is a lightgun game. Madworld has been reviewed. They don't review "hardcore" games. They review the games they're interested in.

House of the Dead is a lightgun game.

It'd be nice if the GB staff review the Wii games that are getting the most hype like House of the Dead: Overkill and DS games like GTA: China Town Wars.Also, not every PS3 & 360 title the GB staff review are the type of game that gets the most hype like Sonic's Genesis collection.

you know what, i think this is a good question to ask them on the next Bombcast. hey TC, why don't you send them a question like this in so they might answer it on the next podcast? so we can put this damn thing to rest and move on with our lives.

* Anyone can receive constructive critics even if GB scope is review what they want. The guys are closed too much in yourselfs and can be disconnected with new things. In lastest Bombcast, they almost ignore GTA Chinatwon Wars. It is the more important game in this week. And an amazing game. But they thought "yeah, seems interesting, but it is isometric view, minigames, meh". C´mon, your are not in college anymore. And can´t  critisize Activision for exploring the same games when your review attention is focused in the same games too.

"* Anyone can receive constructive critics even if GB scope is review what they want. The guys are closed too much in yourselfs and can be disconnected with new things. In lastest Bombcast, they almost ignore GTA Chinatwon Wars. It is the more important game in this week. And an amazing game. But they thought "yeah, seems interesting, but it is isometric view, minigames, meh". C´mon, your are not in college anymore. And can´t  critisize Activision for exploring the same games when your review attention is focused in the same games too."

If they're not interested in the game, you can't expect them to review it. If they end up reviewing it and not liking it, then they'll be heavily criticized by people who think they shouldn't have reviewed the game.