But I can imagine game reviewers having less patience for a lichenced game on the huge pile of other games they have to play.
Then why bother reviewing it you know? There are loads of games that these outlets don't bother with, so I don't understand why they'd bother with a remake of a kids game from 2003.
Yea, this is really another nothing burger and even our own review complains about some of the animations in the game causing gameplay issues.
I think there is a different mindset that needs to apply to a review of a kids game. There are some concessions that i feel like should be pointed out in regards to that kind of thing.
For example the animations. Can they be annoying? Yeah probably. But animations are longer and a bit slower to allow children to perform without the need of quick reflexes they don't have developed yet. The example I posted above is very literally a puzzle that is designed to teach kids to use these animations to walk onto the switch during the animation. A simple puzzle to figure out for a child, that doesn't require finding a switch elsewhere in the level or retaining any memory of previous areas to remember where your newly opened gates are.
If you are going to review a game or even movies and books, you have to consider the audience for the game. The way this Gamespot review is written, it's as if the review is writing for a 30-something year old audience informing them that this kids games is kinda shit. And that doesn't really make sense to me. If you must review a kids game/book/movie, I would think that the better approach is to write the review towards a parent and how the product might be received by a child.
After all you wouldn't write a review about Blue's Clues saying, "This show is patronizing towards it's audience, and most of the songs are deterivative explainations of mundane tasks. I know what mail is Blue! And sometimes the mail DOES fail, just ask Amazon customer service."
I will say this, I am not nearly as bothered by this as I was about the Cuphead thing, or some of the other articles that have popped up about other issues. This just feels like they didn't use any common sense when discussing the game.
In regards to your three minute review on the escapist, outside of a bugs and a few annoying issues with movie in 3D space, I didn't hear Jesse talk about puzzle problems. In fact I think Jesse does a good job at the review in highlighting a couple of niggles, but otherwise he seems to understand "eh it's a kids game and everything pretty much works enjoyably enough". And that's about all you can say about it really right?
But let's face it, WAY more eyes will see Gamespot's 2/10, than Jesse's 3-minute review. Which is why I feel like Ign, and Gamespot should be more accountable for what they release than say.......my reviews which will be seen by 30 or so people if i'm lucky.