GameSpot Strikes again! Gives Pokemon White version 2 a disappointing score~ So bad it would make Pachter sick to his stomach.

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SmokedHostage on 03 October 2012

As an avid fan of Pokémon, reviews and review scores have seldom ever been a source of reliable information.

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mike_intellivision on 03 October 2012

Kenology said:

mike_intellivision said:

KylieDog said:
New Pokemon games are 90% the same game before it, throw in some new pokemon and a new map and there is a sequel.

Why does it deserve a better score?

While I am not one to normally agree with KylieDog, he has a point about the fact that Pokemon is essentially the same core game time-after-time.

However, that has not stopped reviewers from gushing over from many of the FPS and sandbox games which essentially are different window dressing on the same events.

So while there is a point here -- the point is that reviewers are biased and give better scores to games they like to play rather than viewing them on their own merit. And no game is everyone's cup of tea.

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SmokedHostage said:
As an avid fan of Pokémon, reviews and review scores have seldom ever been a source of reliable information.

Just posting to say...

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UltimateUnknown on 03 October 2012

I am a huge Pokemon fan and a competitive player as well. Pokemon Black and White 2 don't deserve anything more than 7. 6.5 is actually a pretty fair score.

Although it retains the same fun formula for the casuals and carries over all the in depth mechanics from the previous games, it just doesn't do enough. The metagame itself has moved very little. The amount of copy pasting in these games is simply incredible and at this point it's just a shameful money grab. This may have been overlooked if it was on 3DS as sort of a remake with new sprites/animations, but on the DS it's almost entirely a cut and paste job. Sad really.

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DieAppleDie on 03 October 2012

Fair score if reviewers werent so inconsistent and biased

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aikohualda on 03 October 2012

Salnax said:
As soon as you accept that GameSpot doesn't like Nintendo games, the sooner you can get on with life.

accepted that light years ago... now reading the review made me go "...okay"

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Kenology on 03 October 2012

SmokedHostage said:
As an avid fan of Pokémon, reviews and review scores have seldom ever been a source of reliable information.

Holy hell... you escaped your captors! Hope they don't take you hostage again. :)

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Kenology on 03 October 2012

Salnax said:
As soon as you accept that GameSpot doesn't like Nintendo games, the sooner you can get on with life.

This is true. I remember them giving a low score to Majora's Mask relative to the masterpiece it was. But I know that was a polarizing game, but not really.

Their Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn review was just embarrassing.