Game Informer Review of Mystery Dungeon

[Silverevilchao]

They gave it a 3.

Out of TEN. Which, in Game Informer Land, is equivalent to a 30%.

What the hell were they smoking? Oh, wait, this was the same magazine that gave Sonic Rush a 6. Praise Sony and diss everything else.

Some major "WTF" moments:

Graphics: The sprites are small and the tiled textures repeat and repeat until you can bear it no more

Wow, they're going to LOVE Diamond and Pearl. *eyeroll*

Replay Value: Low

I'll say it again: "WTF?!"

...combat is entirely devoid of strategy: You press A. You do damage. You press A again. Sometimes you select a special move...

Somehow, they don't understand the concept of "types", "super effective", and so on.

Given how crude the battle animations are, it's difficult to determine whether your animal is attacking or having a seizure.

They ish blind. Maybe they played too much Final Fantasy. Or Killzone. Or whatever huge FPS that has their attention.

Also, I noticed that they took no mention of the story whatsoever. At least EGM has sense. This is, after all, an RPG.

 

[Jaster]

I think this thread is in the wrong section.

 

[zaidbenh]

i give it a... 6/10

like he said replay value.....suxs

and ya the combot KINDA suxs to but overall its a good game ^_^

 

[Tyrannotaur]

I never much liked Game Informer. I only get it now because Game Stop gave me a free subscription when I signed up for a card there. They seemed to like Sony or Microsoft more than nintendo. Heh w/e.

The replay value isn't as high as something like Pokemon Emerald, but it still isn't
low..

I would have given it a 8 /10 but I'm a pokemon fan..

 

[Midnight Lucario]

They say "Animal" instead of pokemon. They must be stupid...

 

[Larvitar]

What a crappy rating! Can you read the full review on the internet or something? I would like to read it all.

 

[Mega Trickster]

You knew I was coming.

It's not your opinion, so why the hell does it matter so much?

Seriously, freaking over a game rating is stupid. It's not your opinion, you don't even know the staff.

I've bought games that have had bad reviews and liked them, and have bought games that have had great reviews and hated them. It's all about taste, and theirs is just different from yours.

 

[Raichu-chan]

Game Informer doesn't know ****. I bet they gave Final Fantasy a 10/10, because it has hot chicks and nothing but good graphics. <.< Plotwise, Final Fantasy is starting to suck. 7 and 9 were good though.

Anyway.

They just don't like Pokemon at all. I may be a fangirl, but I am critical about the games I play. And I can tell you, MD is the best Pokemon game so far. Plotwise and everything else. Here's my review.

Plot/Concept: 8/10 The concept is very unique to the series. Who wouldn't want to play as a Pokemon for once? The plot seems a little boring at first, it's just rescue team work with little point to it. It almost made me want to put my DS down and stop playing. But, after the first couple of boss battles, the plot makes a complete turn. I wasn't expecting it at all and I couldn't stop playing. It really had me hooked. I would have gave it an overall 10, but the boring part at the beginning resulted in an 8

Graphics: 6/10 How can you not love sprites? Obviously, these guys have been playing too much Final Fantasy X and up, and expect every game to have graphics like it. Sprites are essential in Pokemon games (the handheld ones anyway) I wouldn't want another 3D game with uber graphics and no plot. Which is what FFX was <.<

Sound: 8/10 This one really surprised me. They must have only played 5 minutes of the game before writing their flame of a review. The music was great! Especially at the end of the game! The music brought out the emotion very well. And unlike the guys who wrote this, I have background in music. I was in band for 5 years, and I'm nowhere near tone deaf, unlike these people. I know good music when I hear it and MD's was good. The dungeon and town music is really infectious and easy to listen to. It's not annoying the annoying kind of music that gets stuck in your head, it's the good kind.

Playability: 8/10 Of course it's not going to be hard to play at first! This game is marketed for kids! What were they expecting? Like I said before, they must have only played through the first mission, the one with Caterpie. They would know difficult if they had to go through Wish Cave or one of the other impossibly hard dungeons.

Entertainment: 10/10 This game kept me amused for hours! Like I've said several times already, they didn't play through the whole game obviouisly. They didn't get to the turning point in the game. I guess they expect a game to have you hooked from the moment you turn it on. :/ They didn't even give it a chance.

Replay Value: 9/10 Haha. If I wasn't too far in my game already, I would restart it just to play from the beginning again. It has a great replay value. I plan on getting MD: Red, so I can have another one to play around on.

Overall: 8.5/10

And that is my review. In your face, Game Informer, you Pokemon hating pricks.

 

[Silverevilchao]

Game Informer doesn't know ****. I bet they gave Final Fantasy a 10/10, because it has hot chicks and nothing but good graphics. <.< Plotwise, Final Fantasy is starting to suck. 7 and 9 were good though.

Guess what's Game of the Month in this issue. Just guess.

Yep, Final Fantasy gazillionth installment. xD They gave it a 9.5.

 

[Raichu-chan]

Wow. I should go rent it just so I can play it and witness its awesome uberness. /sarcasm

No really, if I did rent it, it would be just for shits and giggles. It's a sad thing, because I used to be such a Final Fantasy fan. Then I went back to Pokemon because FF got boring and Pokemon was so much fun.

I should go rent it, FF7: Dirge of Cerberus and KH2, just to pick them apart and compare my reviews to Game Informer's.

If I did rate them and if the games are good, I will give them the raitings they deserve. I may be more of a fan of Nintendo now, but I still rate any game fairly. It just so happens that the FF series is starting to suck

 

[Mechtaur]

I swear I will go into a laughing seizure if I find proof that game informer is just a bunch of final fantasy nerds that rarely even play the games that they review.

 

[the legend master]

10/10 to me the reveiw made me wanna cry

 

[weavile/perap eater]

10/10 really fun trying to get 386 pokemon keeps you intertained and i love how the floors are random i bet they only played the first part which you can practicly only use a button

 

[FireStormCharizard]

I would give it a 8.5/10. I mean no game really is perfect, I only gave it that score because I felt pretty bored after doing Rescue after Rescue. Though when I got bored I pop it back on it and it keeps me entertained for about 2-4 hours.

Also with that stupid review. DOWN WITH GAME INFORMER!!

 

[Viper]

*****! *** *****! GAMEINFORMER is ****! **** ******* GAMEINFORMER!

Now that thats done with, Like evryone said, they proboblyonly played the caterpie mission.

 

[Raichu-chan]

They only played 5 minutes of the game it seems. Which isn't fair at all. They played through the whole plot of FF12 and didn't even give MD a chance.

You know, the Game Informer guys have their email address in the magazine. I think I'll give the one who reviewed it a piece of my mind. Not in a n00bish "OMG111! j00 r t3h suxx0rz11" type of way. But a reasonable one.

 

[WarriorPrince]

I'd give it a 9/10 but I don't care what game informer thinks, because they don't have my opinion, and they don't determine what I think, and they don't like pokemon anyway.

 

[*Ra*]

Well i think if it matters if your a pokemon fan or not, cuz i know that if i wasnt a fan then this game would be extremely boring for me, but because i am a fan I love it =]. Check mostly every single review site( or mag), and this will have a low rating, probably cuz their not poke fans or they are very critical.

 

[blazikenXD]

You knew I was coming.

It's not your opinion, so why the hell does it matter so much?

Seriously, freaking over a game rating is stupid. It's not your opinion, you don't even know the staff.

I've bought games that have had bad reviews and liked them, and have bought games that have had great reviews and hated them. It's all about taste, and theirs is just different from yours.

ha yes the voice of reason i agree with mega trickster the only thing that matters is what you think of the game

 

[JONNO.FRESH]

Meh, It should be common sense that not everybody likes Pokemon. Of course there not gonna give it a good score if they dont like the concept of it and hate it from the start