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geddesmond2 on 12 April 2011

This is exactly what I expected the game to get and not because its a bad game but because its a PS3 exclusive. Yet again a Sony game is being downgraded due to loading times, glitches and every other excuse a reviewer can find while multiplat titles get a pass on all these issues. Its sad really.

Lol also the destructoid review is comical. Who would have guessed taking cover at a supply crate would replace the reload button with the resupply button. If it didn't replace the reload button with the resupply button the reviewer would have said "when you take cover behind a supply crate the resupply button doesn't appear" Genuis. What I used to do in the beta was take cover behind the resupply crate and resupply when I needed ammo. I thought it worked really well.

 

Oh well I can't wait for my copy next friday. I hope the Co op mode is good.

Oh yeah and check this out in the destructoid review. "PlayStation Move support is included for those still trying to justify the money they spent on one" Lol I don't think he likes the move controller. I think I like this dude Haha.



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Pjams on 12 April 2011
geddesmond2 said:

This is exactly what I expected the game to get and not because its a bad game but because its a PS3 exclusive. Yet again a Sony game is being downgraded due to loading times, glitches and every other excuse a reviewer can find while multiplat titles get a pass on all these issues. Its sad really.

Lol also the destructoid review is comical. Who would have guessed taking cover at a supply crate would replace the reload button with the resupply button. If it didn't replace the reload button with the resupply button the reviewer would have said "when you take cover behind a supply crate the resupply button doesn't appear" Genuis. What I used to do in the beta was take cover behind the resupply crate and resupply when I needed ammo. I thought it worked really well.

 

Oh well I can't wait for my copy next friday. I hope the Co op mode is good.

Oh yeah and check this out in the destructoid review. "PlayStation Move support is included for those still trying to justify the money they spent on one" Lol I don't think he likes the move controller. I think I like this dude Haha.


I kinda agree because I just played through the Battlefield Bad Company 2 SP campaign and it is complete garbage, yet all the reviewers just gave it a pass. I am so fucking burnt out on all the reviewers stroking all the FPSs that they think are going to sell millions. 



 

geddesmond2 on 12 April 2011
Pjams said:
geddesmond2 said:

This is exactly what I expected the game to get and not because its a bad game but because its a PS3 exclusive. Yet again a Sony game is being downgraded due to loading times, glitches and every other excuse a reviewer can find while multiplat titles get a pass on all these issues. Its sad really.

Lol also the destructoid review is comical. Who would have guessed taking cover at a supply crate would replace the reload button with the resupply button. If it didn't replace the reload button with the resupply button the reviewer would have said "when you take cover behind a supply crate the resupply button doesn't appear" Genuis. What I used to do in the beta was take cover behind the resupply crate and resupply when I needed ammo. I thought it worked really well.

 

Oh well I can't wait for my copy next friday. I hope the Co op mode is good.

Oh yeah and check this out in the destructoid review. "PlayStation Move support is included for those still trying to justify the money they spent on one" Lol I don't think he likes the move controller. I think I like this dude Haha.


I kinda agree because I just played through the Battlefield Bad Company 2 SP campaign and it is complete garbage, yet all the reviewers just gave it a pass. I am so fucking burnt out on all the reviewers stroking all the FPSs that they think are going to sell millions. 

I thought BFBC2 was good : (  Yeah you should go play Fallout NV then look at the reviews for that game and then get back to me. Thats a great example of multiplat titles getting a pass.

Edit. Oh wait your talking about BFBC 2s SP. Yeah I agree that was crap. The online was great though.



mantlepiecek on 12 April 2011
geddesmond2 said:

Lol also the destructoid review is comical. Who would have guessed taking cover at a supply crate would replace the reload button with the resupply button. If it didn't replace the reload button with the resupply button the reviewer would have said "when you take cover behind a supply crate the resupply button doesn't appear" Genuis. What I used to do in the beta was take cover behind the resupply crate and resupply when I needed ammo. I thought it worked really well.

 

Oh well I can't wait for my copy next friday. I hope the Co op mode is good.

Oh yeah and check this out in the destructoid review. "PlayStation Move support is included for those still trying to justify the money they spent on one" Lol I don't think he likes the move controller. I think I like this dude Haha.

The bolded really made me laugh and also proves that some gaming reviewers are just sarcastic for the sake of it.

I will wait for gamespot's review because they are usually fair about it even though they will be harsh and probably give it a 6 or something. Although I will probably get it either way.



geddesmond2 on 12 April 2011
mantlepiecek said:
geddesmond2 said:

Lol also the destructoid review is comical. Who would have guessed taking cover at a supply crate would replace the reload button with the resupply button. If it didn't replace the reload button with the resupply button the reviewer would have said "when you take cover behind a supply crate the resupply button doesn't appear" Genuis. What I used to do in the beta was take cover behind the resupply crate and resupply when I needed ammo. I thought it worked really well.

 

Oh well I can't wait for my copy next friday. I hope the Co op mode is good.

Oh yeah and check this out in the destructoid review. "PlayStation Move support is included for those still trying to justify the money they spent on one" Lol I don't think he likes the move controller. I think I like this dude Haha.

The bolded really made me laugh and also proves that some gaming reviewers are just sarcastic for the sake of it.

I will wait for gamespot's review because they are usually fair about it even though they will be harsh and probably give it a 6 or something. Although I will probably get it either way.


I just watched the Gametrailers review. They did a pretty good review. Every issue I had with the beta they mentioned in the review so they seem pretty fair.



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Conegamer on 12 April 2011

Ouch. There goes my purchase...well, after the demo as well

Also, 80s? 75 would be lucky. There's no excuse for leaving bugs in. They should have been fixed!



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

Barozi on 12 April 2011
geddesmond2 said:
Pjams said:
geddesmond2 said:

This is exactly what I expected the game to get and not because its a bad game but because its a PS3 exclusive. Yet again a Sony game is being downgraded due to loading times, glitches and every other excuse a reviewer can find while multiplat titles get a pass on all these issues. Its sad really.

Lol also the destructoid review is comical. Who would have guessed taking cover at a supply crate would replace the reload button with the resupply button. If it didn't replace the reload button with the resupply button the reviewer would have said "when you take cover behind a supply crate the resupply button doesn't appear" Genuis. What I used to do in the beta was take cover behind the resupply crate and resupply when I needed ammo. I thought it worked really well.

 

Oh well I can't wait for my copy next friday. I hope the Co op mode is good.

Oh yeah and check this out in the destructoid review. "PlayStation Move support is included for those still trying to justify the money they spent on one" Lol I don't think he likes the move controller. I think I like this dude Haha.


I kinda agree because I just played through the Battlefield Bad Company 2 SP campaign and it is complete garbage, yet all the reviewers just gave it a pass. I am so fucking burnt out on all the reviewers stroking all the FPSs that they think are going to sell millions. 

I thought BFBC2 was good : (  Yeah you should go play Fallout NV then look at the reviews for that game and then get back to me. Thats a great example of multiplat titles getting a pass.

Edit. Oh wait your talking about BFBC 2s SP. Yeah I agree that was crap. The online was great though.

lol New Vegas was rated way too low. Easily a 90 plus game, however I always knew Socom 4 would get a mid 70 rating or something judging by the very first gameplay trailer.

Never looked great to me, but hey something similar happened with Quantum Theory, but nobody wanted to believe me when I said it looks average at best.



Conegamer on 12 April 2011
CGI-Quality said:
Conegamer said:

Ouch. There goes my purchase...well, after the demo as well

Also, 80s? 75 would be lucky. There's no excuse for leaving bugs in. They should have been fixed!

In fairness, every game has bugs (some that are game breaking - like Crysis 2). The only issue is some games get a free pass while others do not.

True. But when a game has bugs highlighted (and let's be fair, the previous game wasn't 'up there'), and the developers ignore them and even add new ones (which seems to be the case here), it becomes a big issue for me

Same with Fallout:New Vegas, Fable 3 and, like you said, Crysis 2 (though I thought it was OK? Haven't played it much...)

Perspective is key here.



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

geddesmond2 on 12 April 2011
Barozi said:
geddesmond2 said:
Pjams said:
geddesmond2 said:

This is exactly what I expected the game to get and not because its a bad game but because its a PS3 exclusive. Yet again a Sony game is being downgraded due to loading times, glitches and every other excuse a reviewer can find while multiplat titles get a pass on all these issues. Its sad really.

Lol also the destructoid review is comical. Who would have guessed taking cover at a supply crate would replace the reload button with the resupply button. If it didn't replace the reload button with the resupply button the reviewer would have said "when you take cover behind a supply crate the resupply button doesn't appear" Genuis. What I used to do in the beta was take cover behind the resupply crate and resupply when I needed ammo. I thought it worked really well.

 

Oh well I can't wait for my copy next friday. I hope the Co op mode is good.

Oh yeah and check this out in the destructoid review. "PlayStation Move support is included for those still trying to justify the money they spent on one" Lol I don't think he likes the move controller. I think I like this dude Haha.


I kinda agree because I just played through the Battlefield Bad Company 2 SP campaign and it is complete garbage, yet all the reviewers just gave it a pass. I am so fucking burnt out on all the reviewers stroking all the FPSs that they think are going to sell millions. 

I thought BFBC2 was good : (  Yeah you should go play Fallout NV then look at the reviews for that game and then get back to me. Thats a great example of multiplat titles getting a pass.

Edit. Oh wait your talking about BFBC 2s SP. Yeah I agree that was crap. The online was great though.

lol New Vegas was rated way too low. Easily a 90 plus game, however I always knew Socom 4 would get a mid 70 rating or something judging by the very first gameplay trailer.

Never looked great to me, but hey something similar happened with Quantum Theory, but nobody wanted to believe me when I said it looks average at best.

I'm not saying New vegas was a bad game but it had too many issues that reviewers overlooked. The same issues they downgrade PS3 titles for. Like I had to stop playing NV because it froze my ps3 to many times where I had to turn it off from the back and you couldn't walk more than 3 minutes without getting a few second freezes. The loading times even took 3-5 minutes sometimes.



geddesmond2 on 12 April 2011
Conegamer said:
CGI-Quality said:
Conegamer said:

Ouch. There goes my purchase...well, after the demo as well

Also, 80s? 75 would be lucky. There's no excuse for leaving bugs in. They should have been fixed!

In fairness, every game has bugs (some that are game breaking - like Crysis 2). The only issue is some games get a free pass while others do not.

True. But when a game has bugs highlighted (and let's be fair, the previous game wasn't 'up there'), and the developers ignore them and even add new ones (which seems to be the case here), it becomes a big issue for me

Same with Fallout:New Vegas, Fable 3 and, like you said, Crysis 2 (though I thought it was OK? Haven't played it much...)

Perspective is key here.

That was Slant Six that made the last Socom game. The same devs who are now making the new Resident evil game : (

Zipper are making this game and judging from how they regularly updated and fixed Mag, the issues mentioned in this review won't be an issue in 2 months. Zipper listens to there players and they work hard at fixing bugs.