Danman27 said:
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Your logic is a bit backward. You don't need to put in 100 hours into a game to determine whether its good or not. It only takes a few to figure out whether you're having fun or not. A lot of the user reviews are based on those who've sunk 10 - 15 hours or more into the game. With that much time dedicated to the game, I believe that's more than enough to formulate an opinion on whether a game is good or not.
Ordinarily, the press has access to a game weeks or even months before they hit store shelves. From there, they create a review - often times - a few days to a week in advance of the game's release. This is normal. Activision prevented this because they did not want day-one buyers knowing about the quality of the game before purchasing it. They've realized that gamers are very informed consumers, and to pull the wool over their eyes, censored reviews so they'd get the highest turn out. This is a dirty and dishonest business tactic, and speaks volumes on Activision's concern for quality - which is zero. This is the second time a publisher has done this. Now, I'm afraid more publishers will do this to sell terrible games.