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Flame on 23 February 2010

It still has a nice 88/100 average on Metacritic. I don't see what the problem is.



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aragod on 23 February 2010
kowenicki said:
Boutros said:
Some of their reviews (Their website is really strange so it's hard to find something but anyway) :

Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom (8/10)
Mass Effect 2 (9/10)
Forza Motorsport 3 (8/10)
Halo 3: ODST (7/10)
3D Dot Game Heroes (6/10)
inFamous (6/10)
Killzone 2 (7/10)
Uncharted 2 (9/10)


not much wrong there... maybe one point too low here and there.

inFamous is definately 8+ game, Killzone 9+



MY HYPE LIST: 1) Gran Turismo 5; 2) Civilization V; 3) Starcraft II; 4) The Last Guardian; 5) Metal Gear Solid: Rising

RageBot on 23 February 2010

Why do you care?



Bet with Dr.A.Peter.Nintendo that Super Mario Galaxy 2 won't sell 15 million copies up to six months after it's release, the winner will get Avatar control for a week and signature control for a month.

arcane_chaos on 23 February 2010

well I don't even know this review site.



Boutros on 23 February 2010
RageBot said:
Why do you care?

I don't.

Some do.

$$$



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BW_JP on 23 February 2010
kowenicki said:
Boutros said:
Some of their reviews (Their website is really strange so it's hard to find something but anyway) :

Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom (8/10)
Mass Effect 2 (9/10)
Forza Motorsport 3 (8/10)
Halo 3: ODST (7/10)
3D Dot Game Heroes (6/10)
inFamous (6/10)
Killzone 2 (7/10)
Uncharted 2 (9/10)


not much wrong there... maybe one point too low here and there.

Killzone 2 is at least an 8 on a 10 scale, infamous is also at least an 8.



Majin-Tenshinhan on 23 February 2010

Uhh. I read the review and I don't see what's so terrible. Granted, I haven't played the game, but from what I saw in the review it kind of just felt like this wasn't his game, so in his opinion the game isn't good. How in god's name are you supposed to write an unbiased review? That's like having an unbiased opinion. It's an oxymoron.



Gamerace on 23 February 2010
M.U.G.E.N said:
Gamerace said:
It's not surprising and I'm sure there will be more like this. This type of game certainly doesn't appeal to everyone.

Not appealing to personal taste is one thing..but I believe professional reviewers should be more unbiased and open minded about gaming...it's like comparing every damn FPS since last year to COD....It's like gametrailers lowering UC2 score saying it wasn't inovative but gave Halo3 something like 9.8 or 9.9 ...I actually saw some people score this game down because not everyone will like it...I mean who the F cares? jsut rate the damn game, its mechanics, innovation, presentation, game play, graphics (whehter the graphics does justice...not like the psp port of this ps3 game doesn't look as good idiocacy)

 

anywho it's just one lame review...overall many gave it shining reviews and it will keep coming I'm sure :)


Hey, I agree with you.  Heck I blasted a reviewer for doing this very thing to Endless Ocean 2.   Then IGN's Craig Harris did the same thing and despite saying it was better than the original in every way then proceeded to give it a lower score purely because it didn't appeal to him personally.    And just look at the debate going on in the Just Dance thread.   Critically hated but universally loved by the public.   Like Transformers 2.

Critics are people too.  If they can't find any fun factor in a game they can't in good conscious rate it well, and a game like this is definitely going to have some who love it and some who absolutely hate it because, like Endless Ocean, 'it isn't a game'.  Is it fair to the game?  No.  But you got to find a review who shares your tastes.



 

papflesje on 23 February 2010

LOL @ two lines per paragraph, stating "no interactivity" as a con (wtf at that) en completely missing the point of the entire game :s Also lol @ how they feel it was a failed attempt at something extremely bold.



papflesje on 23 February 2010
DesMajin-Tenshinhan said:
Uhh. I read the review and I don't see what's so terrible. Granted, I haven't played the game, but from what I saw in the review it kind of just felt like this wasn't his game, so in his opinion the game isn't good. How in god's name are you supposed to write an unbiased review? That's like having an unbiased opinion. It's an oxymoron.

Despite having your own opinion, a reviewer has to step back and look at the broader picture. He has to describe why (or why not) certain things are not good in the game and then further explain by example. The reviewer in this case lets his "wtf, this isn't an ordinary game therefore it sucks"-thoughts dominate his review.

Despite the different nature of the game, that is not a reason to go all ballistics. Take a breath, look at the general picture and then judge. That's how a reviewer should work instead of just ranting his own personal feelings without taking into account who he is writing for.