29th January 2003, 9:56 AM
IGNCube (finally) reviewed Skies, and it got a lower score than I was hoping for, but I'm not surprised. I think it's still Insider for now, but I'll give you some scores to be nice. The GC scores are in purple, DC in orange.
Presentation 8.0 9.2
Graphics 5.0 9.7
Sound 7.0 8.5
Gameplay 9.0 9.2
Lasting Appeal 7.0 9.0
OVERALL SCORE 8.5 9.2
I don't understand what Fran was thinking on some of these. The graphics score is excusable, since there really is not too much updated for the DC version, but that was still very pretty. Maybe he also dropped presentation because it's not as pretty as other nows. The sounds has actually improved from the DC version, because it sounds like they removed the voice acting (which was pretty bad at times), but still Fran drops the score. But how is it that Overworks can add a bunch of new stuff, improve the battles to make it more fun to play through a second time, and the score drops 2 points. That's stupid. 8.5 is not a bad score, but the game is much better than this. Now I'll be the first to admit that IGNDC always scored games higher than the other IGN sties, but I think Fran is still on a Metroid high.
Presentation 8.0 9.2
Graphics 5.0 9.7
Sound 7.0 8.5
Gameplay 9.0 9.2
Lasting Appeal 7.0 9.0
OVERALL SCORE 8.5 9.2
I don't understand what Fran was thinking on some of these. The graphics score is excusable, since there really is not too much updated for the DC version, but that was still very pretty. Maybe he also dropped presentation because it's not as pretty as other nows. The sounds has actually improved from the DC version, because it sounds like they removed the voice acting (which was pretty bad at times), but still Fran drops the score. But how is it that Overworks can add a bunch of new stuff, improve the battles to make it more fun to play through a second time, and the score drops 2 points. That's stupid. 8.5 is not a bad score, but the game is much better than this. Now I'll be the first to admit that IGNDC always scored games higher than the other IGN sties, but I think Fran is still on a Metroid high.