Wii: Sonic and the Secret Rings

[Natoma]

That's good to hear. I'll add it to my list of games to pick up once I can actually find a Wii.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

Interesting. The reader reviews at IGN, gamerankings, et al, have been much more positive than the actual official reviews. Case of fanb*ys?

I think user reviews are based almost entirely on whether they enjoy the game or not. If you don't break it down in visuals, audio, story, etc., and just ascribe a value as to whether you like a game or not, ratings will either be very high or very low. Often I find games with like 1s awarded from users where everyone else has awarded 8-10s, which goes to show no balance in user reviewing. A great looking game with great controls and great audio that's just no fun will thus get higher mag reviews than user reviews, and vice versa, I imagine.

 

[Arwin]

Eurogamer gives the game an 8/10. Which, to quote a by now classic Eurogamer reader comment, 'is the same as Gears of War'.