To be honest, I've found IGN to be far worse than Gamespot for this practise. I know Gamespot isn't innocent but I find their reviews do actually clearly say why they marked a game down. As opposed to IGN where its usually just some very opinionated person plonking his own spin on it and not even trying to be impartial.
I also find that IGN will give a higher score than a game deserves whereas Gamespot do this very rarely (apart from GTA4....that made me feel quite nausias after playing the turd).
Here's an excert from the linky....
"Apart from this, I was pretty impressed by some of the visuals. I say some because while the volumetric fog effects and alternate world transitions are sweet, character models are large and detailed, and some of the visual textures are incredible (like blood splashing on the screen when you cut through walls), others seemed a bit problematic with the early build. For example, some slowdown would crop up at random moments, such as with Alex simply running through the fog without any monsters on screen. The same could be said about some of the camera angles, which could be a bit tricky, especially if you found yourself fighting near a wall. However, I expect these, and some other problems to be fixed when the title is released in late September."
Note the last sentence......!!!!
I'll bet my ass nothing is fixed!







