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"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." -My good friend Mark Aurelius
I told people months ago about how Sony exclusives get open to so much criticism and its the same websites that criticised Sony so much and shined them in such a bad light without knowing all the facts over the PSN hack first. I really try to ignore game reviews especially when I havn't played the full version of a game yet but when you check N4G for gaming news you can't help but get curious about the reviews that show up within their news sections.
I was scrolling through the news when I noticed the 7/10 gamescore Gamerpro gave for Infamous 2 and I couldn't help myself. Dam that review was very harsh and unprofessional. First of all for a Journalist his writing skills are very lacking. I had to read some lines 2 or 3 times for me to make sense of them. He starts off the review straight away with hatred for the game in his wording. "Design and technical disappointment" First of all the games a sandbox game and it has the best graphics I have seen in a sandbox game so far. The Melle camera was not a problem for me in the 4 weeks of the beta I played. Yeah it zooms in a bit when attacking but for anyone who played the original game will notice straight away how improved the overall feeling is.
He complained about locked powers that he couldn't unlock because he sucked at the game. No explanation on how to do the stunts. The first game didn't explain either and most people had no problems understanding them. He also said empire city stood for New York city as new marinas stands for new orleans. Well he should get his facts right. Empire city was based off 3 differant cities. NYC being one chicago being the other and I think san francisco was the last.
Lol "I feel that with a character equipped with such a versatile arsenal, the developers could have created some more varied ways to make you feel like a superhero. Stop a bank robbery or have Cole use his powers to put out fires." Yeah because stopping bank robbers worked so well in Spiderman games lol. How many bank robberies does this person think actually happens in real life in one city every year. What you wanna play cop? Go play LA Noir and what if you take the bad route. Bad cole won't want to stop a bank robbery. Lol put out fire ROFLMAO. Ah did the little reviewer want to be a fireman when he was younger. Thank god Suckerpunch never put something like that in the game because thats lame as fuck and boring.
Also not to mention the user created content is more than enough to make you feel like a super hero. During the beta I played some really cool levels made by other testers that I never thought was possible. Imagine when everyone gets a shoot at making levels.
Anyway this reviewer reviewed this game based on the way he wanted the game to be and not how the game is and thats very sad really. Is this just some website a dude like you or I would set up or is this a proper gaming site with thousands of visiters? because I feel sorry for Sucker punch if it is. Sorry for the long post but I needed to say this.
| geddesmond2 said: I told people months ago about how Sony exclusives get open to so much criticism and its the same websites that criticised Sony so much and shined them in such a bad light without knowing all the facts over the PSN hack first. I really try to ignore game reviews especially when I havn't played the full version of a game yet but when you check N4G for gaming news you can't help but get curious about the reviews that show up within their news sections. I was scrolling through the news when I noticed the 7/10 gamescore Gamerpro gave for Infamous 2 and I couldn't help myself. Dam that review was very harsh and unprofessional. First of all for a Journalist his writing skills are very lacking. I had to read some lines 2 or 3 times for me to make sense of them. He starts off the review straight away with hatred for the game in his wording. "Design and technical disappointment" First of all the games a sandbox game and it has the best graphics I have seen in a sandbox game so far. The Melle camera was not a problem for me in the 4 weeks of the beta I played. Yeah it zooms in a bit when attacking but for anyone who played the original game will notice straight away how improved the overall feeling is. He complained about locked powers that he couldn't unlock because he sucked at the game. No explanation on how to do the stunts. The first game didn't explain either and most people had no problems understanding them. He also said empire city stood for New York city as new marinas stands for new orleans. Well he should get his facts right. Empire city was based off 3 differant cities. NYC being one chicago being the other and I think san francisco was the last. Lol "I feel that with a character equipped with such a versatile arsenal, the developers could have created some more varied ways to make you feel like a superhero. Stop a bank robbery or have Cole use his powers to put out fires." Yeah because stopping bank robbers worked so well in Spiderman games lol. How many bank robberies does this person think actually happens in real life in one city every year. What you wanna play cop? Go play LA Noir and what if you take the bad route. Bad cole won't want to stop a bank robbery. Lol put out fire ROFLMAO. Ah did the little reviewer want to be a fireman when he was younger. Thank god Suckerpunch never put something like that in the game because thats lame as fuck and boring. Also not to mention the user created content is more than enough to make you feel like a super hero. During the beta I played some really cool levels made by other testers that I never thought was possible. Imagine when everyone gets a shoot at making levels. Anyway this reviewer reviewed this game based on the way he wanted the game to be and not how the game is and thats very sad really. Is this just some website a dude like you or I would set up or is this a proper gaming site with thousands of visiters? because I feel sorry for Sucker punch if it is. Sorry for the long post but I needed to say this. |
lol, I coundn't help but laugh(in a good way about some of you points i.e. the spider-man and L.A. Noir thing)
@ bolded: but I do argee(and not trying to throw the fanboy card in here) but is always does seem that reviews like to "nit-pick" when it comes to PS3 exclusives(GT5 and K3) and when 360 exclusive(and past timed-exclusives" really get a pass(i feel Gametrailers, IGN, and G4/X-play do this the most imo)
other than that, very good post
though I'd have to take your word on the beta part as sadly PSN was down so I couldn't try the beta...
| geddesmond2 said: I told people months ago about how Sony exclusives get open to so much criticism and its the same websites that criticised Sony so much and shined them in such a bad light without knowing all the facts over the PSN hack first. I really try to ignore game reviews especially when I havn't played the full version of a game yet but when you check N4G for gaming news you can't help but get curious about the reviews that show up within their news sections. I was scrolling through the news when I noticed the 7/10 gamescore Gamerpro gave for Infamous 2 and I couldn't help myself. Dam that review was very harsh and unprofessional. First of all for a Journalist his writing skills are very lacking. I had to read some lines 2 or 3 times for me to make sense of them. He starts off the review straight away with hatred for the game in his wording. "Design and technical disappointment" First of all the games a sandbox game and it has the best graphics I have seen in a sandbox game so far. The Melle camera was not a problem for me in the 4 weeks of the beta I played. Yeah it zooms in a bit when attacking but for anyone who played the original game will notice straight away how improved the overall feeling is. He complained about locked powers that he couldn't unlock because he sucked at the game. No explanation on how to do the stunts. The first game didn't explain either and most people had no problems understanding them. He also said empire city stood for New York city as new marinas stands for new orleans. Well he should get his facts right. Empire city was based off 3 differant cities. NYC being one chicago being the other and I think san francisco was the last. Lol "I feel that with a character equipped with such a versatile arsenal, the developers could have created some more varied ways to make you feel like a superhero. Stop a bank robbery or have Cole use his powers to put out fires." Yeah because stopping bank robbers worked so well in Spiderman games lol. How many bank robberies does this person think actually happens in real life in one city every year. What you wanna play cop? Go play LA Noir and what if you take the bad route. Bad cole won't want to stop a bank robbery. Lol put out fire ROFLMAO. Ah did the little reviewer want to be a fireman when he was younger. Thank god Suckerpunch never put something like that in the game because thats lame as fuck and boring. Also not to mention the user created content is more than enough to make you feel like a super hero. During the beta I played some really cool levels made by other testers that I never thought was possible. Imagine when everyone gets a shoot at making levels. Anyway this reviewer reviewed this game based on the way he wanted the game to be and not how the game is and thats very sad really. Is this just some website a dude like you or I would set up or is this a proper gaming site with thousands of visiters? because I feel sorry for Sucker punch if it is. Sorry for the long post but I needed to say this. |
I like the anger, use it! Use it! Haha. I didn't read the review, but compared to the other scores thus far, it certainly does seem (too) harsh. Irritates me as well. Although I'm very surprised to see G4 gave it an 8/10 (4/5). Last time I followed their reviews (which was like 1.5 yrs ago), they used to give out 10/10's like there was no tomorrow. I think inFAMOUS 1 actually got a 10/10, come to think of it.
So anyways, my question is: Is Gamepro normally harsh with reviews in general, with reviews of ps3 exclusives, or are they generally fair?
It's not really fair to hate on GamePro's review just based on the other seven reviews of the game that we've seen. There will always be someone who doesn't like even the best of games, and you could well be one of those people. You can't know until you've played it.
On a more pleasant note, it's good to see that, on the whole, it's receiving solid reviews.
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its odd how this 7/10 score came from GamePro considering they faver the PS3 more than the XBox360 as it is apparent in their website!!............nevertheless inFamous 2 is getting Great reviews & i'm definately picking this 2morrow as it comes earlier here in the Middle East;p
This game looks phenominal. Infamous is one of my absolute favorite Sony exlusive IP's and I really hope the game lands at a 90 or higher but not sure it'll make it there.
Either way I'm gonna be playing the hell out of it 
I think reviewers were just spoiled during the UC2 / HR / GOW3 time period. After that, they were never satisfied again.
CGI-Quality said:
I've noticed a lot of nitpicking particularly with exclusives [not just PS3 exclusives]. Halo Reach was nitpicked all to Hell. I can only speculate the reason(s), but I think either reviewers are getting harsher in their criticisms, or deliberately scoring lower for media attention. Nevertheless, in inFAMOUS 2's case [so far], things haven't been that bad. |
really?
it got a 9.5 by ign and a 10 by ign Uk.
and got like a 91-92 by metacritic/gameranking.
GT/KZ got 85 by ign, and sit at 84-86.
then you also have MLB the Show get a 80 by ign, but sits at 90 on meta.
ign also gave LBO2 "only" a 90 but has like a 93 meta.
and i will never forgive them for scoring Uncharted 2 a 9.5 when the meta/GR score is 96-96.5. :/
arcane_chaos said:
lol, I coundn't help but laugh(in a good way about some of you points i.e. the spider-man and L.A. Noir thing) @ bolded: but I do argee(and not trying to throw the fanboy card in here) but is always does seem that reviews like to "nit-pick" when it comes to PS3 exclusives(GT5 and K3) and when 360 exclusive(and past timed-exclusives" really get a pass(i feel Gametrailers, IGN, and G4/X-play do this the most imo) other than that, very good post though I'd have to take your word on the beta part as sadly PSN was down so I couldn't try the beta... |
Luckily I downloaded the beta just hours before PSN went down and the first thing I did when PSN came back online was play a load of UGC missions. When you first play Infamous 2 the first thing you'll notice is the movement changes they made for the better which is one thing some reviewers fail to mention. You never get stuck climbing buildings anymore and climbing is faster. You'll know what I mean when you play the game.
As for exclusives being nit picked. I could sit here all night and compare multiplat reviews to exclusive reviews and show how multiplats get a pass on loads of stuff exclusives get pulled on. People can throw in the fanboy cards but the evidence is there.
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