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GameOver22 on 02 November 2012
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selnor said:
GameOver22 said:
kowenicki said:
GameOver22 said:
kowenicki said:

He says it needs to be more COD like and then says it needs some fucking soul.... Isn't that a contradiction.  The man is a pillock. 

Not really a contradiction. Saying it needs to be more like COD in some respects does not mean it needs to be like COD in all respects (he does say yes and no in response to the question).


He says yes and no and then describes COD.

Seems like some of the descriptions belong to COD (iron sights, scripted events, number of bullets to kill an enemy) while others don't (better objectives, better environments, better level design, less backtracking). The later seem like general areas of improvement rather than descriptions of COD. Basically, saying all the descriptions belong to COD seems like its putting words in his mouth. How do we know (from the comment) if he thinks COD has better level deisign, better environments, etc?

 

Its obvious the reviewer was not critising the game. He was plainly being a COD fanboy. He critized a game for having large open environments and methodical combat. Seriously metodical combat. He critized the game for not holding his hand and providing scripted events. He wants a nice easy game like COD. Where theres one simple route where he can stay still behind a crate and pop out every once in awhile and look down his beloved iron sights to get through a mission. 

No way in hell is Halo ever gonna be the boringly fickle. 

Its disgusting that reviewers are aloud by these companies to do this. Especially when most are saying its the best shooter in years.

 

He actually criticized it for having unnecessary open environment and slow methodical combat. I'm not saying his review is right. I just think some of the characterizations of the review have been disingenuous and clearly intended to create a straw-man argument that's easy to criticize.