Idiot at EGM sez vertical shooters are as disliked as text adventure games.
Picked this up from a Prof Ganson on the Shmups board. A quote from the latest EGM in their new Shikigami review:
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Here what they say about Shiki: "Then how about a game that combines the two least popular genres on the planet-- text adventures and overhead shoot-em-ups-- into a single $65 package? The Shiki series has so much backstory behind its bulet-ridden hide that the creators actually made an adventure game based on it. And your choices in this adventure affect the difficulty and enemy setups of the shooting sections. When did shooter plots get so complicated? Beats us-- it's to the point where developers even sell a separate DVD with artwork, interviews, and original radio-drama bits. All this for a game in which you press a single button...a lot.
To write a biting little editoralizing comment that vertical shooters are all of a sudden "hated/disliked" as much as text games (as if it's a fact) is just plain childish and ignorant writing. Never mind the fact they are two astronomically different genres. It's been coming for a while now but this little stunt has caused me to give up reading EGM. There are a few editors I like but this approaches Gamepro stupidity.
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Originally Posted by professor ganson
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Originally Posted by Dylan1CC
Who wrote/scored the Nano and Shiki reviews, btw?
In the case of Nanostray: Shoe (the editor-in-chief), Mark (MacDonald), and Shawn (somebody)
No one claims responsibility for the remarks on Shiki.
No surprises there. This is the last straw for me after the July issue where they let Jennifer Tsao write a bad review for Bomberman DS right after she said it was the first Bomberman game she had ever played. Ha wow.