So yesterday I picked up Castlevania: Judgment... I was shocked!

[LordTheNightKnight]

SaviorX said:
Most reviewers hated it because of the artstyle (Death Note? Never even heard of that before Castlevania Judgment)

Also, it wasn't a traditional 3D Castlevania, which so many wanted (although history has shown only one has been good - Castlevania 64)


So, because they didn't get what they want, they bashed the game with no end. They complained about how difficult it was to face someone online, but when you have an advanced review copy before the game is released, facing someone online is impossible, but they won't mention that.......


This game was doomed from the start, no matter how good it was.

 

On that online note, that does give a good reason why Bungie got reviewers together when trying out the multiplayer reveiwe copies of Halo 3. They likely wanted to ensure everyone would actually have someone to play against.

But as for this game, you're right. Preconcieved notions are like the same logic as racism. No sense, refuses to bow in the face of contradictory facts, and total BS either way.

I also know that, even if I get flamed for this, Dead Rising CTYD would have gotten a better reception if it had been exactly the same, but the 360 version hadn't come out, simply because we wouldn't have preconcieved notions of what the game was supposed to be like. Before you go "well isn't that the point?", I say that conversely the PS2 GTA games would not have been recieved so well if IV had come out first, even though it would be clear the PS2 could not pull off better graphics with games of that scale. We would still have an unfair comparison built into our heads.

On another note, I still find it terribly ironic that IGA made this a fighting game because he knew that extended waggle wouldn't work so well, while Soul Calibur Legends was not a fighting game, and suffered for that very reason. I just want to smack people upside the head at Namco for that. Give the Wii a damn port of SCIII and do it right.