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I believe you said you thought a 5-8 should be fine for Legendary. Let's say a 'D' translates to a score of '4'. Is a one point difference that bad from what you thought a game should have gotten?

Thumbs up on actually checking what I play, by the way.

I had been looking forward to Legendary for a while, and I'm one to always try a game before writing it off. I had seen IGN's stupid-low review score which let me know the game was out as the release date kept flopping around. I'm used to IGN's immature underratting system that if one aspect of the game annoys them, they'll bitterly write off the whole thing (In fact, if a page has a byline be Erik B-something I know not to bother reading it).

So I went and rented the game... and was pretty bored. I played through the first level and didn't feel like going any further. But the game wasn't broken by any means. And if I didn't have so many other games that interested me more at the time, I probably would have played a lot more, and perhaps gotten into it. I do think they should have just done away with the useless jump button.

It is interesting that you never progressed much into Half-Life 2. One review for Legendary directly compared the constant scripted events to Half-Life (as in the gameplay feels like a decade-old formula). Would you have played through Legendary if you weren't reviewing it?

Originally Posted by meager I had been looking forward to Legendary for a while, and I'm one to always try a game before writing it off. I had seen IGN's stupid-low review score which let me know the game was out as the release date kept flopping around. I'm used to IGN's immature underratting system that if one aspect of the game annoys them, they'll bitterly write off the whole thing (In fact, if a page has a byline be Erik B-something I know not to bother reading it). So I went and rented the game... and was pretty bored. I played through the first level and didn't feel like going any further. But the game wasn't broken by any means. And if I didn't have so many other games that interested me more at the time, I probably would have played a lot more, and perhaps gotten into it. I do think they should have just done away with the useless jump button. It is interesting that you never progressed much into Half-Life 2. One review for Legendary directly compared the constant scripted events to Half-Life (as in the gameplay feels like a decade-old formula). Would you have played through Legendary if you weren't reviewing it?

The first level of the game is boring and the jump button is rarely used throughout the game so I think you might be on the same page as me on this one. I'm disappointed that you didn't proceed a little further, as the game does improve after that first stage. Not disappointed in you, just disappointed that we couldn't compare our thoughts. Even from playing just the first stage (which is the worst in the game), it seems like you agree that the abnormally low scores are unjustified though.

As for if I would have played through Legendary if I wasn't reviewing it. The answer to that I think is "yes". That's assuming that it had hit my price point. I can't quite explain why at the moment, because it is illogical for me to stop playing through Half-Life 2, but it has something to do with the expectations I have coming into a game. I think if I come into a game knowing that it is supposed to be amazing, and then I'm not feeling it, I think that maybe I'm just not in the mood to play it and I should set it aside until I can really appreciate it. I'll think on this and see if I can explain it better.

I talked about it on my blog, click here if you're interested.

Thanks for the good show, I even had my wife listening for a while.

Just wondering, what else you did in Home beside the Cabbage Patch? For the first week or so I was in on it everyday dancing around or bowling with other people. My friend and I would run around and just mess around, forming large dancing groups or acting weird and crazy to everybody.

May have found out by now, but the person you're thinking of is probably Carl Icahn.

Peronthious I have to agree with you on Ichan that had to be the person she was thinking of.

A few nit-picky corrections:

Ships, every time you said "gun' in your SPRay preview, you triggered a Pavlovian response in me. Sadly, the game doesn't contain any guns, but rather a demon and angel that float on the protagonists shoulders. I think I liked Mrs. Ship's version of the game better than the one I reviewed.

Shipwreck:

Midway does make DS games! Maybe you haven't read my reviews on Touchmaster 2 or Mechanic Master. I recommend the first Touchmaster, which is a great collection minigames found on those machines that sit on bar counters. Oh, yeah, they also made the Bee game and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Imagination Invaders.

Gillespee: Thanks for turned me on to the Pac-Man ornament. That shall be mine!

I always mix up Carl Icahn and George Soros.