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Forums - Gaming - Gamespot reviewer resigns, but blames CNET, not Gamespot.

Sqrl on 05 January 2008

Unfortunately for GS they are the ones who have to deal with this image now, warranted or not. Hopefully they will shed some light on the goings on and be specific about how CNet has messed things up...the only way to counter internet rumor is with even juicier rumor...and as much as I loathe rumors if the GS writers are trying to be objective and getting screwed for their efforts then I would say go for it.
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MrPickles on 05 January 2008
grandmaster192 said:
MrPickles said:
Well, finally, someone had the guts to do it! Kudos to Frank Provo!

It's sad--Gamespot was the first review site I ever went to, and for a long time the only one. It used to be, if GS gave a good score, you made a good game. For a while, even an 8.0 was a difficult score to get from them, but they (or maybe CNET) have made it impossible for me to trust them anymore
 Exactly. Halo and Mario would not have gotten 9.5's, if this were the normal Gamespot. They were the only site that scored the game itself. Now sites just toss out high scores for any hyped game.

 


To be fair, Mario absolutely deserves that score, and those are two games that they actually agreed with other reviewers on.  But they are more the exception than the rule, it seems.