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DerNebel on 15 December 2014

So I found this article telling people that it's unacceptable that we're paying for broken games on Reddit today:

http://www.joystiq.com/2014/12/15/were-paying-for-broken-games-and-its-unacceptable/

Nothing wrong with that right? But here's the funny thing, this is a review written by the same guy:

http://www.joystiq.com/2014/11/11/halo-the-master-chief-collection-review-chief-salad/

And what did he score the game? A 4.5/5, even though he does mention that the online doesn't work!

That is genius right there.



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LiquorandGunFun on 15 December 2014

Its a problem with more media than just games my friend.

This doesnt surprise me, i dont go to that site, I will not start now.



 

alternine on 15 December 2014

Its fanboyism. Nothing you can do about it unfortunately.



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riderz13371 on 15 December 2014

Amazing.



DonFerrari on 15 December 2014

But there will be people who can say there aren't anti-sony propaganda from some guys/magazines.
priceless.



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Wright on 15 December 2014

Since the date of the first article is after the MCC review, don't you think the guy could have realized later what he's writing on the first article?

 

Moreso, he even puts the image of the MCC.



riderz13371 on 15 December 2014
Wright said:

Since the date of the first article is after the MCC review, don't you think the guy could have realized later what he's writing on the first article?

 

Moreso, he even puts the image of the MCC.

That's the point. In the end it's clear reviewers don't actually give a shit if a game is broken on day one, they'll still hand out 9/10 to games.

Same shit with Eurogamer and the Crew/AC Unity/MCC.



Burek on 15 December 2014
DerNebel said:

So I found this article telling people that it's unacceptable that we're paying for broken games on Reddit today:

http://www.joystiq.com/2014/12/15/were-paying-for-broken-games-and-its-unacceptable/

Nothing wrong with that right? But here's the funny thing, this is a review written by the same guy:

http://www.joystiq.com/2014/11/11/halo-the-master-chief-collection-review-chief-salad/

And what did he score the game? A 4.5/5, even though he does mention that the online doesn't work!

That is genius right there.

I see nothing wrong here... He says that it's unacceptable to PAY for broken games. He received that particular broken game for free, which is therefore acceptable.

Surely the grade would have been lower had he actually paid for his copy.



PenguinZ on 15 December 2014

His explanation in the comments section of the first article defending the MCC score is worth reading too... The whole MCC is a complete mess, so I'm not sure about his justifications...



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Wright on 15 December 2014
riderz13371 said:

That's the point. In the end it's clear reviewers don't actually give a shit if a game is broken on day one, they'll still hand out 9/10 to games.


Then you acknowledge this dude is trying to fix his past errors. Unlike what OP is trying to prove, this isn't bad journalism. Not good, but not bad either.