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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Sony Santa Monica designer threatens future ad revenue and review copies of games in retaliation of low The Order scores

gatito said:
He shouldn't whine so much, just make sure his games don't suck in the future.

The game doesn't suck. Its a good game.



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The first comment is the most damning. The media has shown that they still have a bit of dignity left.



outlawauron said:
ParryWinkle said:
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the modern gaming industry.

What seems new about this?

Twitter. Where publicly saying something really stupid before you can think it through becomes really easy.



Meh he's just a dev, doubt he has any say on the matter of review copies.



HollyGamer said:
Too bad The Order is " selling extremely well" , that there is no need for him to angry and disappointed with the reviewer Lol, actually many hater help this games selling well. Ooh the Irony


Tell us, how much did it sell so that extremely well is justified



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Veknoid_Outcast said:

There are shills out there. There are fanatics with a tenuous grasp of the English language masquerading as journalists. This I won't deny.

But Rhymer's idea is not the answer. The better alternative is to fix the problems that haunt the medium, many of which, let's be honest, orginate with the undue influence of publishers on the media.

Another problem, and one that has popped up repeatedly in this industry, is the misdirected venom of myopic fans who browbeat the media only when their favorite systems and publishers face criticism. This is an enormous problem. Until consumers can stand up for what's right instead of defending their own, nothing will ever improve.

The media needs to change.

The attitudes of gamers needs to change.

I actually really like the question he asked.

Let the gaming media get it's ad revenue from somewhere else. Complementary media to what the main target audience of their sites and shows. Without actually having what they cover directly being advertised there. Movies, tv shows food drink but not the games themselves.

 

Something else though that really needs to change in the media is the click bait articles. They are sometimes slightly funny from irony at best but usually are disingenuous, spread misinformation and bring down the level of dialog.

 

As for gamers we need to stop repeating click bait articles. Treat other gamers and those in the industry with more respect and civility. Stop wishing for things we don't like to fail, and focus more on complaining about games that are broken and less about games that aren't to our taste. It's not a zero sum game. It's not always one game type or another.

Especial these forums with the order, I've never seen so many people who don't like the genre to begin with and don't own the systems seem so excited and post so much about how they don't like it and are glad it's reviewing poorly. The order isn't going to make or break cinematic games. It's success or failure won't get the studio making games for other systems.

 

I'm ranting sorry



Cool. Another guy who believes that the best way to combat a raging fire is to pour gasoline on it.



If "well-made" is the best compliment you can give a game then a 6/10 is probably a fairly appropriate score. I don't think we should be handing out 7s to anyone who can make a game that functions reasonably well.



the_dengle said:

If "well-made" is the best compliment you can give a game then a 6/10 is probably a fairly appropriate score. I don't think we should be handing out 7s to anyone who can make a game that functions reasonably well.


I'd go as far as saying if "well-made" is the best you can come up with you should probably feel lucky you even got a 6.



Well there are many reviews that kinda gave the game an unfair score. Digital Trends is one fine example. They gave it a 2/10 and similar very low scores. Something only broken, unplayable, unfinished games should get. The game, for me, is far from being bad or broken. It is very much complete and functional with little to no bugs. Visuals are bar none the best ever to grace a console and while the gameplay is never innovative and is nothing new, it works and it works well. They played it safe with the gameplay. The story intrigues, but is nothing to brag about. It is simply okay. My complaints would be the parts where I wanted to explore but a cutscene takes place and automatically moves me somewhere else. I also don't like the abundance of parts wherein they do let you control your character but does not let you do anything else but walk, run and look around. Also a bit more diversity in enemies would have made battles more interesting and something to look forward to all the time. A 7 for me, if i was to give it a score.  If they added even just a photo mode, It would have added a lot to its replay value.