DMeisterJ said: Zucas said: Are you surprised. When do reviewers anymore review legitly. Got IGN copping out and lowering standards, Gamespot reviewing for hits, and of course both of them being paid to give certain scores. I mean can't trust reviewers anymore. It's more of a business than a proffesion nowadays. IGN Copping out/lowering standards? Weird.  Had no idea they were doing that. Was it copping out/lowering standards when they gave Soul Calibur a ten?  Or Zelda: OoT?

adajio said: http://www.gamespot.com/users/RicardoT/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-25399424 It was a glitch, for some reason their "rough draft" went live accidentally.

Lies.  Just like the fact that when the one pudgy guy was fired, it had absolutely nothing to do with his review.  Uh-huh.

 

What's this...? $$...? sniff sniff, I sense... Hell yeah, lots of $$$!!

kenzomatic said: DMeisterJ said: Zucas said: Are you surprised. When do reviewers anymore review legitly. Got IGN copping out and lowering standards, Gamespot reviewing for hits, and of course both of them being paid to give certain scores. I mean can't trust reviewers anymore. It's more of a business than a proffesion nowadays. IGN Copping out/lowering standards? Weird. Had no idea they were doing that. Was it copping out/lowering standards when they gave Soul Calibur a ten? Or Zelda: OoT? The other two don't bother me but they were on crack when they gave Soulcalibur a 10.

I don't think Soul Calibur is a 10 myself, but that game did earn it. I don't believe there was or ever will be a larger jump in graphics ever. The only comparable thing is when Rare showed us with Donkey Kong Country just how far the SNES could be pushed. Soul Calibur was a highly polished product, and the first fighting game to have real features outside of the traditional modes fighters were known for, like it's Mission Mode. Not to mention the presentation on that game was spectacular. What I think happened is that many fighters caught up and surpassed it rather quickly and SC lost a lot of it's luster.

 

Onyxmeth said: kenzomatic said: DMeisterJ said: Zucas said: Are you surprised. When do reviewers anymore review legitly. Got IGN copping out and lowering standards, Gamespot reviewing for hits, and of course both of them being paid to give certain scores. I mean can't trust reviewers anymore. It's more of a business than a proffesion nowadays. IGN Copping out/lowering standards? Weird. Had no idea they were doing that. Was it copping out/lowering standards when they gave Soul Calibur a ten? Or Zelda: OoT? The other two don't bother me but they were on crack when they gave Soulcalibur a 10. I don't think Soul Calibur is a 10 myself, but that game did earn it. I don't believe there was or ever will be a larger jump in graphics ever. The only comparable thing is when Rare showed us with Donkey Kong Country just how far the SNES could be pushed. Soul Calibur was a highly polished product, and the first fighting game to have real features outside of the traditional modes fighters were known for, like it's Mission Mode. Not to mention the presentation on that game was spectacular. What I think happened is that many fighters caught up and surpassed it rather quickly and SC lost a lot of it's luster.

The reason I think it is and was always over rated is because to this day I do not know any combination but I managed to win college tournaments because I could hit buttons faster then anybody else.

So just for fun I did a word search on IGN's reviews of OoT and GTA4 for the word perfect here is all the results.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Rarely is there such a perfect mixture of graphics, sound, and gameplay that even the most cynical players will admit that Zelda 64 is poised to shape the action RPG genre for years to come.

Everything, from Zelda's Z-trigger lock-on system to the game's in-game cut-scenes and well-balanced story advancement, is perfect.

Nintendo perfectly updates the Zelda series for a new generation. Involving characters and an almost movie-like feel at times.

Perfectly fine-tuned gameplay mechanics. Inspired camera control. Hundreds of secrets. A new benchmark.

 Grand Theft Auto 4

There's a perfect balance of mumbling doomsayers to remind you that the reason this city never sleeps is because it's full of nut jobs.

The cast plays perfectly into a fascinating story that is not only is easily the best of the franchise, but one of the best you'll find in gaming anytime soon.

Negative use

I will admit that the cover system is not perfect.

Sure, it's not a game that runs perfectly all the time

A 10 doesn't mean a game is perfect

The new aiming and cover mechanics, while not perfect, do a fantastic job of completely changing the way combat works while keeping it at least as intense as we'd seen in past titles.