PSM3 warns early MGS4 reviews are "B.S"

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kingofwale said:

Soleron said:

ClaudeLv250 said:
Could someone explain to me the concept of "exclusive reviews"? They just seemed to pop up out of no where all of a sudden.

Publishers send reviewers copies of the game along with free money, often gifts, a reviewers' guide that tells them to gloss over the game's shortcomings and often an agreement not to review below a certain score.They may reserve the right to disallow the review's publishing if they think it is too negative. Result: 10/10 for some mediocre games.

Oh yeah?? name one.

 While that's an exagguration, this system definitely raises scores beyond what they would be without all the red tape.

In MGS4's case, exclusive rights for an early review came with further strings attached of not mentioning the cutscene length and install time, a minor contractual agreement which Edge magazine seemed to have shit all over in their review...