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Lostplanet22 on 02 November 2012
007BondAgent said:
D-Joe said:
007BondAgent said:
selnor said:
GameOver22 said:
kowenicki said:
GameOver22 said:
kowenicki said:

He says it needs to be more COD like and then says it needs some fucking soul.... Isn't that a contradiction.  The man is a pillock. 

Not really a contradiction. Saying it needs to be more like COD in some respects does not mean it needs to be like COD in all respects (he does say yes and no in response to the question).


He says yes and no and then describes COD.

Seems like some of the descriptions belong to COD (iron sights, scripted events, number of bullets to kill an enemy) while others don't (better objectives, better environments, better level design, less backtracking). The later seem like general areas of improvement rather than descriptions of COD. Basically, saying all the descriptions belong to COD seems like its putting words in his mouth. How do we know (from the comment) if he thinks COD has better level deisign, better environments, etc?

 

Its obvious the reviewer was not critising the game. He was plainly being a COD fanboy. He critized a game for having large open environments and methodical combat. Seriously metodical combat. He critized the game for not holding his hand and providing scripted events. He wants a nice easy game like COD. Where theres one simple route where he can stay still behind a crate and pop out every once in awhile and look down his beloved iron sights to get through a mission. 

No way in hell is Halo ever gonna be the boringly fickle. 

Its disgusting that reviewers are aloud by these companies to do this. Especially when most are saying its the best shooter in years.

 

Because he isn't allowed to have an opinion? plus it's just a review, get over it and just enjoy the game, although i have a feeling your upset because you overhyped this game..

And we can have opinion about his opinion,problem?

No, just seems overhyping a game will end up in disappointment, plus who honostly ever thought this game would get a meta of 96 :|

The problem is the review not the score.  The last part you only mentioned to trolling...



 

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NiKKoM on 02 November 2012

you guys sure love quotetrees...



 

Face the future.. Gamecenter ID: nikkom_nl (oh no he didn't!!) 

sub-zero-TM on 02 November 2012
Argh_College said:
Some reviews are a joke.

i dont know if they are either Sony or Cod fanboys or both but they are a joke.


Oh come on i don't think that's true! Look i'm a big halo fan i always was but let's face te truth here halo is getting old just like crap of duty,remember when modern warfare 1 and 2 had 94 on metacritic? then they started to milk it, same thing is happenning to halo no surprises here.



JinxRake on 02 November 2012

I'm loving the game so far. About 3 hours in and I'm absolutely loving it. I'm still about at the end point of Halo Anniversary and I can't believe how much of the original experience of Halo has been preserver. Thank you 343i for not pandering to the CoD kiddies or to any other such things. I was afraid we'd be seeing a Halo of Duty game, but it's good that it went safe and close to home.

As for the reviews, in the end I expect a high 80s, somewhere settled at 87-88 really. I expect a few knee jerk reactions from some sites only to increase hits for themselves.

For my money, I'd go with an easy 9 for the game -I'm not a multiplayer type of guy-.



Aldro on 02 November 2012

Have you seen this ridicilous review?

http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/2012/11/halo-4-review/

5/10 "average", jesus what the hell.

 

"

Ultimately, that’s the problem with Halo 4. The game almost seems to lack faith in itself. It’s like the new developers were so worried about stepping on toes that they didn’t stick their head out at all. Even the orchestral backbone of the original experience is missing. It’s almost unfathomable. I want the Covenant to scream “Daemon!” every time I come into view. I want epic music to announce Master Chief’s rampage through enemy lines while UNSC soldiers cheer and taunt as they follow behind. More than anything else, I want the Spartan super solider I am playing as to feel like a true badass.

343 Industries have created a title here with sparks of brilliance, making me really get into the Chief/Cortana relationship for the first time, but the whole experience is let down by lackluster gameplay and poor pacing. T"



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Nsanity on 02 November 2012

It was talked about a few pages.



BenVTrigger on 02 November 2012

How in the hell are people defending that EGM review?

Listen like I said I have no problem with simply not likeing a game and scoring it low, but this tool openky admits multiple times that he reviewed it low because it wasnt COD. That isnt a valid opinion. It was strait up obvious fanboyism. It would be one thing if he had rated it low and just said hey I dont like how the game played but he blatantly brough COD into this and wont shut up about BO2.

That is as unprofesional as it gets.



007BondAgent on 02 November 2012
D-Joe said:
007BondAgent said:
D-Joe said:
007BondAgent said:
selnor said:
GameOver22 said:
kowenicki said:
GameOver22 said:
kowenicki said:

He says it needs to be more COD like and then says it needs some fucking soul.... Isn't that a contradiction.  The man is a pillock. 

Not really a contradiction. Saying it needs to be more like COD in some respects does not mean it needs to be like COD in all respects (he does say yes and no in response to the question).


He says yes and no and then describes COD.

Seems like some of the descriptions belong to COD (iron sights, scripted events, number of bullets to kill an enemy) while others don't (better objectives, better environments, better level design, less backtracking). The later seem like general areas of improvement rather than descriptions of COD. Basically, saying all the descriptions belong to COD seems like its putting words in his mouth. How do we know (from the comment) if he thinks COD has better level deisign, better environments, etc?

 

Its obvious the reviewer was not critising the game. He was plainly being a COD fanboy. He critized a game for having large open environments and methodical combat. Seriously metodical combat. He critized the game for not holding his hand and providing scripted events. He wants a nice easy game like COD. Where theres one simple route where he can stay still behind a crate and pop out every once in awhile and look down his beloved iron sights to get through a mission. 

No way in hell is Halo ever gonna be the boringly fickle. 

Its disgusting that reviewers are aloud by these companies to do this. Especially when most are saying its the best shooter in years.

 

Because he isn't allowed to have an opinion? plus it's just a review, get over it and just enjoy the game, although i have a feeling your upset because you overhyped this game..

And we can have opinion about his opinion,problem?

No, just seems overhyping a game will end up in disappointment, plus who honostly ever thought this game would get a meta of 96 :|

So you said "it's just a review" but at the same time you care reviews so much?how is this disappointment?

I don't care about any reviews, i don't even own an xbox so it would be hard for me to really care, and this game isn't a disappointment, just overhyped that's all, people around here were saying OMG! halo 4 should get a meta of 96..

halo 4 is outstanding, but a game has to be more then outstanding to warrant a meta of that.



Aldro on 02 November 2012
007BondAgent said:
D-Joe said:
007BondAgent said:
D-Joe said:
007BondAgent said:
selnor said:
GameOver22 said:
kowenicki said:
GameOver22 said:
kowenicki said:

He says it needs to be more COD like and then says it needs some fucking soul.... Isn't that a contradiction.  The man is a pillock. 

Not really a contradiction. Saying it needs to be more like COD in some respects does not mean it needs to be like COD in all respects (he does say yes and no in response to the question).


He says yes and no and then describes COD.

Seems like some of the descriptions belong to COD (iron sights, scripted events, number of bullets to kill an enemy) while others don't (better objectives, better environments, better level design, less backtracking). The later seem like general areas of improvement rather than descriptions of COD. Basically, saying all the descriptions belong to COD seems like its putting words in his mouth. How do we know (from the comment) if he thinks COD has better level deisign, better environments, etc?

 

Its obvious the reviewer was not critising the game. He was plainly being a COD fanboy. He critized a game for having large open environments and methodical combat. Seriously metodical combat. He critized the game for not holding his hand and providing scripted events. He wants a nice easy game like COD. Where theres one simple route where he can stay still behind a crate and pop out every once in awhile and look down his beloved iron sights to get through a mission. 

No way in hell is Halo ever gonna be the boringly fickle. 

Its disgusting that reviewers are aloud by these companies to do this. Especially when most are saying its the best shooter in years.

 

Because he isn't allowed to have an opinion? plus it's just a review, get over it and just enjoy the game, although i have a feeling your upset because you overhyped this game..

And we can have opinion about his opinion,problem?

No, just seems overhyping a game will end up in disappointment, plus who honostly ever thought this game would get a meta of 96 :|

So you said "it's just a review" but at the same time you care reviews so much?how is this disappointment?

I don't care about any reviews, i don't even own an xbox so it would be hard for me to really care, and this game isn't a disappointment, just overhyped that's all, people around here were saying OMG! halo 4 should get a meta of 96..

halo 4 is outstanding, but a game has to be more then outstanding to warrant a meta of that.

I was one of those people and I was foolishly beliving it was "more then outstanding to warrant a meta of that" >_>



Jazz2K on 02 November 2012

Reviews from the sites I care say the game is amazing and it's fine by me.

Those reviewers who ask for different/more/or innovative content have their opinion but if their opinions ask for the same mechanics as games that recycle the same old mechanics every years I allow myself to not respect these opinions and reviews.

It's like asking a fan of FFXIII to review a game like Mass Effect and him saying how Mass isn't like FFXIII... thanks go it isn't!!!

Thank god it has huge open environment, thank god it doesn't take you by the hand, thank god it doesn't have iron sight and god please don't ever make it like COD!