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Shorty11857 on 15 June 2011

So basically review our games positively or you're not getting to review them? Might as well just give everyone a 10



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Roma on 15 June 2011

well as a developer you should accept that not everybody will love your games. sure you have worked hard and all that but sometimes that is not enough.



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Barozi on 15 June 2011

Face it the reviewers are right. There are literally 100 better FPS games on the market right now.



Kratos on 15 June 2011

I Thought Duke Nukem was more fun than Black Ops :S

Oh well :P



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Naum on 15 June 2011

When so many give your game a low score maybe it actually deserv it?



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HappySqurriel on 15 June 2011

Unfortunately, a Tweet doesn't really have enough space to provide reasoning ...

There have been times where I have enjoyed a poorly reviewed game more than a much better reviewed game even though they have been released to the same platform and are in the same genre. Sometimes this is simply a matter of preference, sometimes it is because the higher reviewed game had inflated scores for some reason, but it also can be caused by reviewers being unnecessarily hard on a game.

Now, I'm not saying this is the case with Duke Nukem Forever, but if I was a publisher and saw reviewers giving 1/10 for a game because the reviewer thought it was "cool" to be overly harsh I would probably stop sending pre-release copies for them to review.



PullusPardus on 15 June 2011
Silver-Tiger said:
Galaki said:
You don't get highscore review by threats. You get it by bribery. Silly 2K Games.

yeah, I thought publishers have learned from Kane & Lynch....


you say that like K & L is the only game that does that, every rish publisher does it, thats why most of the japanese games are low scored in the "Popular" gaming site.



Griffin on 15 June 2011

Its not just about giving the game a low score, its the fact most reviewers are fanboys and can't review games without a massive bias. Nobody cares about your opinion of other FPS games and your rants in your review. Review the game and shut up about other shit.

Most reviewers don't get the concept that its a review and not an opinion piece.



richardhutnik on 15 June 2011

So what is the over-under on the number of reviewers who will cave in as a result of this?



richardhutnik on 15 June 2011
Shorty11857 said:
So basically review our games positively or you're not getting to review them? Might as well just give everyone a 10

That is an AWESOME idea....

Place shill promotion for my videogame review blog where EVERY game gets at least a 10/10... now!:

http://goes-to-11.blogspot.com/

I probably should do a few more reviews of games.  It has been awhile.  A better idea, I think is maybe a better idea would be that people read and watch entire reviews, instead of just looking at the score.  Games are meant to be played and enjoyed.  They aren't mean to be things that get scores and people boast and root for like sports teams.