IGN Again Illustrates Why I No Longer Visit Their Site.

[oniyide]

RolStoppable said:

oniyide said:
used to love IGN, their and EGMs reviews were my gospel, for the most part. BUt in the past few years i found myself agreeing with them less and less. Conduit?? 8.5?? Funny when I read the review it felt like I was reading one for a 7.0 game at the most. and surprise when I did play it, thats exactly what it felt like. It felt like the reviewer was too much in love with his Wii to actually give it the REAL score. 9 for Crysis?? No game that glitched that much should ever get a 9. I still go there every now and then. THey do get reviews out fast as hell, and I actually like their coverage, but i no longer look up to their reviews like I used to

IGN was too much in love with themselves when they reviewed The Conduit. The thing is that they were the first website to cover the game and gave it much needed exposure, so it could eventually get a publisher in Sega. If you get involved in a game like this, you feel inclined to give it a higher score than it deserves, because you don't want to make yourself look stupid for hyping it up for months.

Your right, no other site or mag gave Conduit near that much attention.  I dont know why they didnt see it for the "meh" game it actually was, should have save some of that enthusiasm for GE, a FPS on Wii that was actually good. Either way from that point my faith in IGN went down.