| themanwithnoname said: If you're not going to bother sharing whatever the "unreasonable demands" were, then I don't really care. Besides, it's not like they haven't put out enough videos of the gameplay by now to determine whether or not it's something people are interested in playing. EDIT: And OPM gave it 8/10, so that shoots that theory down. |
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"I was snooping around in the DX forums,and I found a nice little revelation:
| Nevermind, spoke to someone who just translated it, no idea how accurate it is: "Gameplay is a little excited on whether or not Deus Ex: Human Revolution is as good as Square Enix thinks. We would really have liked to review it in this issue, but you can read in the exact same issue why we have chosen not to" "No, ofcourse we will not promise you a 9/10 in order to receive the game before anyone else. Do you think our readers are idiots? You can have an editorial and a couple of pages at the end of September instead." "It's not an isolated case - it is quite common promotional strategy for many games, the publishers told the media that they should not give press reviews before the release date if they do not give the game [x] character. In this case, we demanded the early version and were told that we could not get it unless we promised to give the game a minimum of 9 / 10 (because of our September issue: a few days before the game). When Pigs Fly. The most stupid thing is that there are many indications that we could easily have ended up giving the game the character (and possibly do, when we review the months after), but we naturally chose to resist and instead are making a fuss about it. We are not aware of others who have difficulty opening up about it (which probably does not have any great strategy if you want to be friends with the publisher), so most have probably just been happy to score the game a month in advance to write a happy review. If nothing else, we have since proven quite clearly that we are not working so, no matter what game they serves up. The obvious comparison is Rockstar's LA Noire, which we gave a very high character earlier this summer. They gave us it a month earlier, but with no strings attached. Naturally enough if we had given it 5 / 10, they would not give us the same opportunity another time, but it was all completely without influence from them that we gave our character - and so it is with almost all other games, we review. There is generally little pressure on us - as opposed to what some would like to tell stories about how much gaming media are in the pockets of publishers - and we generally enjoy a high degree of freedom to write about games as it suits us. We will review Deus Ex: Human Revolution in the subsequent number - ie one month after the release, which is not optimal. But we still think that it's better than making a purchase notification to your readers, now we go up so much in being taken seriously. |
I knew this went on,but this just confirmed it.I think I will wait for some reviews from the big sites before I even buy it now."
This doesnt mean the game isn't bad, maybe they just want to secure good reviews or something... Still shows lack of belif in their own game.
I suppose we can all wait for the reviews to come in.. after the embargo lifts. Just wanted to share some news! :D
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