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Machiavellian on 12 December 2014
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celador said:
Machiavellian said:

Could it be that because of Unity, Halo MCC, Driveclub that EG decided that maybe gamers might want to know about aspect of gameplay that could result in a bad purchase.  Since we have seen a few AAA games reach market with bugs intact, it does seem like making them known early is a good course so that they get addressed before the game launch.  If a preview states it sees these bugs in the game and they make it to retail, that tells you the developers and publisher decided the game can release with those bugs without addressing them but instead doing it in a patch.

 

Really, gamers need to stop being butt hurt for developer/publishers/console OEMs.  Instead people should take criticism as its meant to be, a way for you to have information before you spend your hard earned money.  I noticed on most forums instead of actually talking about whether any of the issues raised is a deal breaker, people put on their favorite corporation banner and start to wave it around.


Well we will see won't we, if Eurogamer telling people not to preorder a game becuase it has a few bugs in it is something they do regularly going forward. 

I won't be holding my breath though

That’s the thing, EG is not telling you to not pre-order the game, they are telling you if the issues raised in the video are deal breakers for you then you MIGHT want to hold off on your pre-order.  There is a big difference in context here.  If none of the issues raise is a deal breaker then you can pretty much ignore the video.  Also there are 5 issues raised not just one which are bugs.  The video makes it very clear that this is a demo and bugs could be resolved when the game ship but if they are not then guess what, you will have an understanding that the developer/publisher did not feel the bugs should stop the game from shipping.

As the consumer, you now have the power to judge whether or not that is a big issue.  I actually believe previews should mentioned bugs in demos.  If they appear in retail then we know a decision was made to address those bugs after release.

As for if this will be something one regularly going forward, it probably would depend on if EG gets early demos of games and how much of the game is included.  I have read Eurogamer for probably over 10 years and they do occasionally give bad previews so its not uncommon.