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makingmusic476 on 03 September 2009
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disolitude said:
blizzid said:
disolitude said:
God Munkeh111

Any review i see quoted on this site for any system usualy lists IGN. So when ti comes to IGN...reviews good?...console lists bad?


You know why the console warriors love IGN reviews so much, right? While every review site can get sucked in by hype to some degree, IGN really takes it to another level. Just about every hyped exclusive is guaranteed a near-perfect score. In other words, they tell the fans what they want to hear. Those fans rarely care that every other hyped game is also receiving an inflated score; all they care about is that the exclusive they're currently excited about gets a glowing review.

Yeah, there's occasionally an exception to the rule, but in general it holds true. I don't think this is due to some planning on IGN's part, either; it's just a side effect of how they separate the site into console-specific sections, each with its own editorial staff.


That makes a lot of sense actually. I noticed that IGN tends to ubber hype the games that are "big" and then other games that have some faults and no hype get totally blasted...such as Sonic unleashed or alone in the dark.

 

Resistance 2 - 9.5

Kinda says it all.

Of course, while IGN may toss out horrible scores, I find the content of their reviews to be some of the best out there.  They generally tell it like it is, with any hype primarily effecting the number at the end.  They generally give detailed and fair accounts of the content of each game they review.