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When they gave The Order a 20 and Battlefield Hardline a 90, that was when they lost the little credibility they had.


Someone care to bother to look up who is reviewing these games?

Wow at those scores x}

I won't accuse Digital Trends for having a "hidden" agenda but I gotta say many of their reviews really do stand out. These are some of their most recent:

10/10 Sunset Overdrive
9/10 Halo: The Masterchief Collection
9/10 Forza Horizon 2
8/10 Halo Spartan Assault
8/10 Forza Motorsport 5
8/10 The Last of Us Remastered
7/10 Ryse: Son of Rome
2/10 The Order 1886

And no it has nothing to do with different people reviewing games at different terms because Adam Rosenberg is the reviewer behind all of the above (he's a former writer on Official Xbox Magazine by the way). Their reviews of Infamous, Killzone and Knack aren't written by Rosenberg.

Edit: It turns out that the 2 founders of Digital Trends have worked with Microsoft before. Ouch x}

Ian Bell: Former recipient of Microsoft MVP
Dan Gaul: Former Software Test Engineer on the Exchange Server NNTP team of Microsoft

Mostly Adam Rosenberg besides Ryan Fleming (Infamous SS, Killzone SF and Knack) and freelancers like Michael Rougeau (Bloodborne) and Anthony John Agnello (LittleBigPlanet 3).

Rosenberg:
10/10 Sunset Overdrive
9/10 Halo: The Masterchief Collection
9/10 Forza Horizon 2
8/10 Halo Spartan Assault
8/10 Forza Motorsport 5
8/10 The Last of Us Remastered
7/10 Ryse: Son of Rome
2/10 The Order 1886

This needs to get viral. How are they even allowed to review PS games.

I always found it odd that Metacritic converts 5 Star Ratings into 10 point scale ratings. I never got the impression that 2 stars = a 4/10.

I'm wondering that as well. And what do sites like Digital Trends gain from having biased reviewers?

Regardless of people's bias it's crucial to act professionally and unbiased working as a reviewer. It would be perfectly fine for Digital Trends to be compensated by Microsoft for talking positively about their products (as Microsoft do with youtubers) but in that case Digital Trends must be clear that they're sponsored/compensated/funded/etc. by Microsoft. Otherwise it's a threat to the credibility of media. It's also illegal.

Western society is not one bit better than North Korea if what we're told by media is controlled by people with certain interests.

wow. I knew I was on to something when I saw the scores. Like I said its like they are not even trying to hide it. I am not saying thier is a consiracy (MS paying them to make bad reviews). I think this what it looks like when a fanboy gets a site to make reviews.

The only scores that threw me off were Sunset Overdrive at 100 and The Order at 20. Haven't bothered to read either review and haven't played either games but still...

Other then that everything seems within the realms of reason. X1 exclusives seem to have been rated higher then PS4 ones up until the arrival of bloodborne, so I wouldn't pay too much attention to that

The Order being a 20 is an absolute disgrace. It has it's problems and design flaws but a score of 20 is for the worst of the worst in all aspects. The Order is not a 20.