31st January 2003, 6:43 PM
I've never been a huge GS fan, I come from the N64.com days, when Ziff-Davis didn't even have a hand in this here industry. But that's nostalgia talking. IGN definitely seems to skew towards fanboyism. Perhaps its because of the atmostphere, or the age, or the industry, but silly things like overrating games in order to trump another system's games is silly. Star Fox Adventures with a score above 9.0? SSXTricky on Xbox a 9.0? How about a little sense of reality? The site seems to skew towards a school-type rating, where 7.5 is average and 6.0 is failing, which is okay if it's understood to be under that scoring rubric. I get the feeling that some of the GS reviewers have beef with Nintendo, beef which should not come into play in an "objective" review.
As a side note, I tried to go out to some local stores today to get SoA:L, but TRU, KBToys, and FYE all did not have it in, and the people I spoke to had no idea what a Skies of Arcadia was. Have you tried to get SoA at a non-gaming store? I'm just curious, because if this is the trend around the country, SoA has no chance of selling.
As a side note, I tried to go out to some local stores today to get SoA:L, but TRU, KBToys, and FYE all did not have it in, and the people I spoke to had no idea what a Skies of Arcadia was. Have you tried to get SoA at a non-gaming store? I'm just curious, because if this is the trend around the country, SoA has no chance of selling.