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GohanGVO
11/27/08

In reply to Skate It Review: Suck It
Pick it up for cheap and use the Wiimote/Nunchuck. Gotcha.
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Sloopydrew
11/27/08

In reply to Frankenreview: Skate It (Wii)
the Wii Remote responds accurately to repeated motions 80 percent of the time."

And if that were a review of the actual Wii Remote, it would be accurate 100% of the time.
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dowingba
11/27/08

In reply to Frankenreview: Skate It (Wii)
From the second I heard "balance board" I knew this game would suck.
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Sutekh_Slain
11/27/08

In reply to Frankenreview: Skate It (Wii)
you can't trust ign wii's reviews, so don't listen to em.
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babelfisher
11/27/08

In reply to Frankenreview: Skate It (Wii)
I have been wondering, does the inability of the reviewer to master to controls himself translates directly into a lower score/bad review? Especially in case of unconventional controls such as many wii games. I mean just because the reviewer can't handle the game does that mean no one can?

I personally experienced this confusion with Red Steel which I was able control much better than most of the reviewers suggested and hence enjoyed it so much more.
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Ted
11/27/08

@babelfisher: In some cases, I can guess the controls are just impossible to overcome.
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Brian Crecente
11/27/08

@babelfisher: When the controls think you are no longer standing on the device and actually stops the game in the middle of play, I think it's fair to have it impact the review.
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Ted
11/27/08

In reply to Frankenreview: Skate It (Wii)
As much as I hate reviews, I do love comparing them. It really shows how one person opinion can differ from another. 1UP seems to say don't buy it, but IGN actually does say "buy it"

Go on Metacritic and find your favourite game, movie, tv show or whatever, and then look at the top and bottom reviews.
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Ravioli_Sumo
11/27/08

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Wow, I guess people will have to rent it to make up their mind.
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d_r_e
11/27/08

@Ravioli_Sumo:

Yup. Lots of mixed reviews.
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Robotube on PSN wants to play SFHD.
11/25/08

In reply to Skate It Review: Suck It
" Would a close-up of my jeans-covered ass really make the cover of a skate magazine?"

.........maaaaybeee.....
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bfwings55
11/25/08

In reply to Skate It Review: Suck It
About the Balance Board issues... Did you try a different Balance Board? I just don't see how the controls for it could go from great to terrible.
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Luke Plunkett
11/25/08

@bfwings55: Often happens when you go from carefully-managed demo stage to playing the actual game.
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P3nnst8r
11/25/08

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You are so angry at this game that you put the remaining text in red.
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Rozelle’s Bagman
11/25/08

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Im confused: is he getting disemvoweled for bashing or sarcasm?
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Brian Crecente
11/25/08

@Rozelle's Bagman: trolling
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Jorw
11/25/08

In reply to Skate It Review: Suck It
"****ing Respawn Points"

Why did you have to censor that? Journalists on this site say fuck all the time.
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Brian Crecente
11/25/08

@Jorw: asterisks rock
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thespyderboy
11/25/08

@Brian Crecente: True. Especially when used in moderation, such as:

"F*cking Respawn Points"

By why stop at asterisks? There are plenty of other fun signs to use. For instance:

"F@cking Respawn Points"

Or even going a little more creative:

"F*ck!ng Re$p@wn Po!nts"

Or even:

"F*@king M*#her F*@king G*d D@mn P1ece of Sh!t Respawn Points"
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Dave Strife
11/25/08

In reply to Skate It Review: Suck It
Its really a shame. Most of the developers just see the Wii as a toy and instead of porting their games to the Wii, they make rubbish gimmicky versions of them. There are only a few games I can think of that are actually straight ports of the ones on the 360 and PS3 and many more that are just rubbish, toned down version.
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The Cap'n
11/25/08

@DaveStrife: Best 'shitty port' example has to be Force Unleashed. It was fun, albeit a little easy, until I realized that it didn't remotely resemble the game that people were playing on the other 2 systems. They had removed tons of content.
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PapaBear434
11/25/08

In reply to Skate It Review: Suck It
Wish I could say I was surprised by this one. The Wii is some strange phenom, that's for sure. No matter how many times the peripherals or the system itself disappoints, people just keep plunking more and more money down.

Yeah, a few standouts like Mario Galaxy and their other usual suspects, but anything third party just lays like a rotten onion on top of what should be a delicious roast beef.
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Weirdwolf Is Restared To Glory!
11/25/08

@PapaBear434:

You mean apart from Zack and Wiki, De blob, No More heroes amongst others?

With resident evil 4 and bully you have ports that are great.

Hell even PES and Tiger Woods 09 have decent controls.
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PapaBear434
11/25/08

@Weirdwolf:

I stand corrected on the part of ALL third party games. There are a few that end up decent. Ironically, however, those titles sell like crap. With the exception of Tiger Woods, I think the rest of those titles were commercial flops.
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d_r_e
11/25/08

@PapaBear434:

Resident Evil 4 was a commercial flop? Huh? C'mon PapaBear ... I know you didn't mean that. No More Heroes was a great game too.
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PapaBear434
11/25/08

@dead_red_eyes:

Damn it. I missed that part. You are right, Resident Evil 4 was a decent hit, especially considering most of the buyers already owned the game for another system.

Look, I'm not denouncing the system so much as I am denouncing the hysteria around it. It is a fun little box, but undeserving of the credit it has received.
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d_r_e
11/25/08

@PapaBear434:

I knew you must've missed that my man.
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Dillinger23
11/25/08

In reply to Skate It Review: Suck It
Yet another gimmick that has failed nintendo. Ill admit i loved my wii for about a month until i realized that accuracy was never going to be a possibility. Then i got a ps3 and havent looked back.
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Maxyboy13
11/25/08

@dillinger23: Wii MotionPlus?
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