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pitzy272 on 11 February 2010
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theprof00 said:
pitzy272 said:
theprof00 said:
WTF why is a ps3 troll reviewing ps3 games? I'm talking about Jim Surly from Destructard.


Why do u say they're a ps3 troll? Do they review most ps3 games low? I never knew this, what ps3 games have they reviewed poorly in the past?

Well, not really destructoid. Destructoid only sucks by proxy. Jim Sterling is the big culprit here.

First of all, he writes blogs about how 360 is better than ps3 and while they start off as creatively written satire, they quickly devolve as he forgets that he is just joking and starts making actual arguments over superficial crap like why achievements are better than trophies. In that specific article that I will link below, he actually does not start off with any satirical fisticuffs and is 100% serious about the subject. Of course though, in his article about why FF13 will be better on 360 than on ps3, it's actually a good read, and then he starts talking about how trophies require a sync before the game. It's like he forgets that he is supposed to be covering up the fact that he's a fanboy and let's one slip.

http://www.destructoid.com/ps3-trophies-and-how-they-underachieve-130646.phtml

http://www.destructoid.com/ffxiii-xbox-360-will-be-blatantly-better-than-ffxiii-ps3-157001.phtml

 

"Well, that's not real evidence that he's a troll", you might say.

http://www.destructoid.com/is-heavy-rain-doing-videogames-a-disservice--162102.phtml

He's made up his mind about the game before he even set out to play it. My problem is that not only has this reviewer let preconcieved notions cloud his critique, but d-toid knowingly had this guy review the game despite both his obvious console bias and his article trashing heavy rain before he even plays it.

 

EDIT: Not to mention that in the comments section he wrote, "I gave it a 7 because I liked it". I'm sorry, but those words do not match up properly. A 7 is low no matter what rubric you're using, and the justifications he uses goes completely against everything everyone else is saying.

Yeah, I actually checked out Desctructoid's website. I looked at the mass effect 2 review and saw it was a given a 100 or a 10/10; and in the comments section someone said good thing it wasn't jim who reviewed this or it would have gotten a 4.5. This kind of angered me bc if one reviewer on a website is a consistently lower scorer, then how is it fair to let him review any games? Because whichever games he reviews will get a lower score than they would if any other reviewer had reviewed them. So the games that he reviews get screwed over, and that's not fair. And this really sucks for Heavy Rain bc it would probably be at a 90 or 91 now rather than an 89. What do u guys thing?