Just a word of advice, DarkNessBear. You should avoid speaking in absolutes altogether, but especially when backing up your argument with only one example.
What other popular games does shipwreck not like? So far he isn't that into RDR, ok, and...? You shouldn't expect others to recall the other super popular titles that shipwreck isn't fond of, if there are any.
As far as Mario goes...it's Mario. Same goes for all of Nintedo's classic franchises. Name others sets of games that could get away with ZERO voice acting other than grunts and such. Granted, Nintendo tends to have good music in their games, but still. Nintendo games will always receive what is a sort of handicap when they are reviewed. Cheapy brings it up some times, the whole, "Frank" theory or whatever.