http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24633115/
Very ballsy of MS to allow this to be published online! Realistically, though: they didn't know it was going up, until after it did. Totally.
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Do a quick scan of Metacritic, a Web site that averages professional reviews for entertainment media, and you’ll see that "GTA IV" earns a near perfect score. Many sites, such as GameSpot, IGN, 1UP.com, the Edge – all gave the game 100 percent. That’s gotta juice a game’s sales, right?
I’m about four hours into the game, and I’m bored. The city is awesome — no doubt about it. But I’m impatient for things to get going. I’m tired of bowling, watching TV and waiting for people to call me.
I know, I know. Apparently, I need to devote a good 10 hours to "GTA IV" before I start to "get it." My Xbox 360 got the dreaded Red Ring of Death hardware failure over the weekend, so that’s stopped my progress for now. (Msnbc.com is a joint Microsoft - NBC Universal venture.)
But still, shouldn’t the magic of a "perfect" game be apparent to me after four hours?
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Seriously, to me, the fun little fiction of game review scores has been shattered by GTAIV's ridiculous and suspicious reviews. I'm back to the good old days of wanting to play a game for a while to see if I like it, rather than caring about review scores any more. About the only thing I want to see from reviews now are reports of bugs and things that wouldnt' be apparent to me from seeing or playing the game for a short time. Scores are deader than Reagan.
