Evil Genius was so close to being actually fun, but ended up being awesomely tedious instead. Were I doing Evil Genius, I would have:
This is an interesting spiritual successor of Evil Genius ->
http://www.kongregate.com/games/theswain/mastermind-world-conquererI'd be interested in hearing what people think about it. I'm not much a fan of defense games, but thinking back, evil genius was basically a defense game, but had the whole tunneling from DK. I think I like the ability to create and shape my base way too much. Reason why DF is so compelling.
When I first watched the SPORE 30 minute demo I felt a warm fuzzy feeling all over my body, then when I bought the game I had some kiddy shit that you spent 1-2 hours on each level until the space stage that you spend like 10 hours and poof your done. None the less I raged so hard im still raging today.
(Atleast the editor is so fun that ive spent over 100+ hours in it)
The spore demo and the finished spore just aren't the same game. I'd love to play that demo and just fool around as a creature, without feeling like I'm playing a mini game, but more like a survival game.
Anyway.
Is it just me, or are mediocre games scoring higher in reviews than they used to? IE game reviews are giving out on average higher scores than they used to, or at least the spread of scores given has a higher median now.
I think the gaming media is being really lenient nowadays. Take a look at metacritic for example.
Spore:
Critic Review: 84/100 (74 reviews)
User review: 45/100 (1178 reviews)
Now take a buggy but complex and enjoyable game.
7.62 High Calibre:
Critic Review: 47/100 (4 reviews)
User review: 76/100 (13 reviews)
Of course, the number of reviews are too low to compare, but you can have an idea of what might be going on. If we take a game that I find mediocre but enjoyable, stylish, and fun for example.
Borderlands
Critic Review: 83/100 (58 reviews)
User review: 84/100 (66 reviews)
Now I wonder, how did it score the same as spore by critics? Also note that it didn't get nearly as much attention both from users and critics when it comes to reviews.
When it comes to critics, I only trust yahtzee and spoony. Spoony most of the time as yahtzee likes making fun and he's a HL2 fanboi, which doesn't mean he isn't entertaining.
the golden age of gaming is over, boys. The golden age of making money from them is here, though
Not necessarily. The amount of companies that went under and got bought the last decade was huge.