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--OkeyDokey-- on 04 March 2008

IGN has already said they aren't scoring brawl as highly as MP3, TP and SMG.



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weezy on 04 March 2008

^ That has to be BS just to cause a stir and then they come out with a higher score.

Business is full of lies. lol



I am WEEzY. You can suck my Nintendo loving BALLS!

 

MynameisGARY

naznatips on 04 March 2008
weezy said:
^ That has to be BS just to cause a stir and then they come out with a higher score.

Business is full of lies. lol

Denial isn't just a river in Egypt.  IGN blows.  Deal with it now, or you'll just be disappointed when the review comes out in a few hours.



ZenfoldorVGI on 04 March 2008
trestres said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Yeah, but remember yall roasting me about Darkcloud 2, and saying it sucked. I felt like you would if Brawl got a 7.8/10 from IGN.

I just know your wrong, but there is nothing I can do, because everyone takes your opinions seriously and laughs at mine, but I'm the only one who posted that knew how good the game can be.

All games have hidden greatness, some of that greatness sucks. You can't play a game like Vagrant Story one time through and rate it as if you knew how deep into the rabbit hole it goes.

It's like, when you play through VS once, you don't even know what the developers were aiming for. You just get the crap they added in for the icing of the cake.

Even though I believe Gamespot will give Brawl a lower score, and even with the Gerstmann(sp?) debocle, and even thought IGN has some decent reviewers, I STILL respect Gamespots reviews more than IGN's, because IGN has the fanboy thing going. They split their review teams up amongst consoles, and they end up with fanboy wars, even in their blogs.

Gamespot, while mildly dumb, is still the best. My only gripe with them is they have this policy, "Games with over 50 percent recycled content will score lower than their previous installment." Gerstman gave freakin' Twilight Princess a 8.8, just to prove that this policy applied to everyone. In the end, I believe it led to his downfall, but GS, in retribution, still holds tight to that policy, even moreso, because its inventor was fired for his beliefs.

The policy was invented because of Madden, when the site decided it wasn't right to keep giving the same game the same score.

We saw this same logic applied to Ratchet on the PS3, so don't fanboy out on me, Wii haters. This applies to everyone.

The worst case of this is the Phoenix Wright series, which is, as you all know, storydriven. Gamespot continues to defy every other review site, and give the new games lower and lower scores because most of the gameplay is recycled.

The thing is, the gameplay doesn't matter in Phoenix Wright. Its similar to criticizing a new book from Anne Rice, for having a bad binding or poor font. It really misses the point of what the game is trying to accomplish. Telling an epic story, and being a continous manga in a videogame.

Gamespots policy is retarded.

That said, they are still way better than IGN, I don't care if IGN gives Brawl a 10, I'm sticking by that.

I still think Gamespots Brawl review will be bullshit, regaurdless. It will be underscored because of the policy, mark my words. Melee got an 8.9 from Gamespot, look for a 8.5 or lower for Brawl.

Ok, but if you say that gamespot gives low scores for recycled games, whats up with Halo 3 then? Scored as high as its predecessors, and the gameplay was about the same. I dont think they will be giving Brawl less than 9 (GS)

 

I expect a 9.5 from IGN.

 

So far the lowest review was a 93% and 4 others with 100% according to gamerankings, so if gamespot wants to go against the current then let them be, more people will actually hate them.


Gamespot was, and probably is still in the tank for 360. That's real. Dunno why, I don't think 360 pays them or anything. I agree, Halo 3 sucks.

 

Anyway, if they give Brawl a low score, it won't be the first time they bucked the system for page hits. There will be a lot more people happy with a flop (KingofWales) just because of the enourmous hype and importance of this game to the Wii, so like TP, there will be defenders who "agree" though they never played the game. 



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

weezy on 04 March 2008
naznatips said:
weezy said:
^ That has to be BS just to cause a stir and then they come out with a higher score.

Business is full of lies. lol

Denial isn't just a river in Egypt.  IGN blows.  Deal with it now, or you'll just be disappointed when the review comes out in a few hours.

3 and a half more hours till the moment of truth.



I am WEEzY. You can suck my Nintendo loving BALLS!

 

MynameisGARY

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ZenfoldorVGI on 04 March 2008
naznatips said:
weezy said:
^ That has to be BS just to cause a stir and then they come out with a higher score.

Business is full of lies. lol

Denial isn't just a river in Egypt. IGN blows. Deal with it now, or you'll just be disappointed when the review comes out in a few hours.


Your right, could be looking at a 9.0, seriously. 9.2 to 9.3 most likely. 9.5 and up is wishful thinking.

 

Thing is, they suck MP:3's crotch, which is a great and amazing game, but I would only rate it a 9.0 because of intesnse frusteration in puzzles, battles, and backtracking in the last half of the game, that mess up the pace.

 

Smash is just better by definition, imo, but they stick to their guns on MP3 being the second best Wii game and lower Brawls score to accomidate to that, and have admitted as much.



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

mmnin on 04 March 2008

I was going to try and stay up. So much for that.




twesterm on 04 March 2008
mmnin said:
I was going to try and stay up. So much for that.

Yeah, what's the point in staying up until 5AM (my time) when it's going to be the same review at 9AM tomorrow?



 

weezy on 04 March 2008

2 hours and 45 min!


LOL



I am WEEzY. You can suck my Nintendo loving BALLS!

 

MynameisGARY

tastyshovelware on 04 March 2008

i bet 500vg$ it's between a 9.2-9.4