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riderz13371 on 25 November 2014
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Mr_No said:
riderz13371 said:
Mr_No said:
No embargos, but no review copies? Which still means an embargo, right?

Pretty much. Only way you can get the game and release a review is if you get lucky and manage to purchase a copy yourself from a store before the games release date.

Aren't they confident of their own product? I mean, if they don't want early reviews without release, I'd be thinking twice before buying the game.

That's the point. They aren't confident. Most games that have review embargos the day the game releases will most likely get low scores. 

I notice this in films as well. I can tell when a film will score low if reviews start coming in on the day it releases. I'm not sure why they do it, as I'm sure most people who look at reviews will know that if the game has a day one review embargo will know the game won't be good. They're trying to hide the games faults from the average consumer but the average consumer doesn't even care about reviews and will purchase the game either way.