Destiny and the flaws in game reviewing systems.

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archer9234 said:

antfromtashkent said:
If the game was not hyped as much (by fanboys) as it has been and made by a different company it would be getting 11/10s right now. Sure the story is not a masterpiece, but comparing it to Halo right now (4 games + books and movies and all that crap) is just stupid.

That's what Bungie invited on themselves. You are going to be judge by your best work. It's like people being upset with SeaQuest. It was made by Steven Speilburg. But the writers/Network fucked the series up.

 

I didn't play a lot of Halo, so I can't be considered an expert on this but when I look at Destiny, it is a VERY different game. Sure you have some similarities as in every game, you point a gun and shoot at aliens... you jump(or teleport in one and jet in the other) but the mechanics are different... the style is different and the art is different. A lot of people say that it's like Halo 3 but it's still different.

It's not a question of not going my way because I'm a fanboy or fan of Bungie. I was actually not hyped at all for this game and it was only because a lot of my friends were playing it that I kind'a 'had' to check it out... If I had read the reviews beforehand... I would have thought that was a horrible game not worth touching... the way some reviewers were describing it, it was an absolute failure on every level which is the opposite of what most people who 'are' playing the game have told me and I've found out by myself.

Moreover, I think I am amongst the few who didn't play the alpha or beta which I've just realised gave people the ability to get to level 8 and see out most of the moon... I don't understand the hype or overhype for this game because it's one of those rare games which pretty much divulged the whole thing for free (if you cancel your pre-order) prior to buying the game. I suppose it was a good thing from Bungie to do as it made a lot of the reviews irrelevant since many people(except a some like me) already knew first hand about the game... else, I doubt it would have sold millions.