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Forums - Gaming - Anticipatory MGS4 Conspiracy Thread

See, I KNEW this thread would be useful.  Now after IGN has given MGS4 a 10/10, people are claiming that IGN is untrustworthy, even when IGN has repeatedly proved to be one reviewer that pretty much everyone on the site respects even if they do not always agree with them. 

While they are not as harsh of a reviewer as Eurogamer, Edge, or Gamespot, to claim that they are untrustworthy when more often than not they are very close to the game's final metacritic/gamerankings average is just plain ridiculous.

Most people making these claims, of course, have not even played MGS4 yet, and if they have they have not even played 50% of the game.

Just look at some of the ridiculous things people are posting in this thread. 

IGN review thread:

http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=29460 

 

 

From a month or so ago: 

After OPM gave MGS4 a 10/10, I am expecting as much pissing and moaning as we saw about the GTA4 reviews/plot to kill President Kennedy. You can pre-vent your conspiracy theory frustrations here if you would like. I will continue to post any conspiracy-related threads here for your enjoyment.

First obvious sign of a MGS4 conspiracy:

http://kotaku.com/5008693/first-official-metal-gear-solid-4-review



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It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

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WTF? The game releases in June. What a joke.



The rEVOLution is not being televised

Might as well skip internet the week MGS4 launches.



 

There really are too many 10's being handed out lately. Hopefully MSG4 deserves it.



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amp316 said:
There really are too many 10's being handed out lately. Hopefully MSG4 deserves it.

 I do agree that a 10 should not be handed out under almost any circumstances, and I don't think any game truly deserves a 10.  But when some people act like it is some kind of conspiracy when a game gets a bunch of tens (ESPECIALLY when they haven't even played it), they are just being foolish.



We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.  The only thing that really worried me was the ether.  There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke

It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

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This thread really isn't necessary yet though. Every big AAA game gets a few 10s at least. The conspiracy theories only start if it looks like the game is about to set in the top ten games of all time at GR.

And it's for all systems:

For PS3 Uncharted got 6 10s, Ratchet and Clank got 8 10s, Resistance got 3 10s and nobody complained about them being overrated.

For 360 Gears got 24 10s and ME got 13 10s and there wasn't a massive outcry.

For Wii Zelda got 22 10s and MP3 got 3 10s and people didn't complain about those either (except the bitching at GS for their low review ).

Complaints came in a bit for Halo 3, SMG, and a ton for GTA because SMG and GTA settled into best of all time territory and Halo had a massive following which led to a massive backlash. Unless MGS4 gets 25+ 10s and starts settling into the top 5 there won't be massive conspiracy theory threads.



azrm2k said:
This thread really isn't necessary yet though. Every big AAA game gets a few 10s at least. The conspiracy theories only start if it looks like the game is about to set in the top ten games of all time at GR.

And it's for all systems:

For PS3 Uncharted got 6 10s, Ratchet and Clank got 8 10s, Resistance got 3 10s and nobody complained about them being overrated.

For 360 Gears got 24 10s and ME got 13 10s and there wasn't a massive outcry.

For Wii Zelda got 22 10s and MP3 got 3 10s and people didn't complain about those either (except the bitching at GS for their low review ).

Complaints came in a bit for Halo 3, SMG, and a ton for GTA because SMG and GTA settled into best of all time territory and Halo had a massive following which led to a massive backlash. Unless MGS4 gets 25+ 10s and starts settling into the top 5 there won't be massive conspiracy theory threads.

You're absolutely right, this thread is as much of a joke as anything. I just want to make fun of all those sad individuals who think that there really is some conspiracy out there which is somehow aimed at hurting the Wii by overrating games.



We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers…Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.  The only thing that really worried me was the ether.  There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. –Raoul Duke

It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...."  Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson

I think MGS4 is probbaly one of the first games this generation that will actualy deserve a 10 , i'm sure the time and level of detail put into the game will result in some thing revolutionary.


But yeah I think 10's should only be handed out like every 3 or 4 years , games getting 10-20 10/10's is an absolute joke.



azrm2k said:

For PS3 Uncharted got 6 10s, Ratchet and Clank got 8 10s, Resistance got 3 10s and nobody complained about them being overrated.

For 360 Gears got 24 10s and ME got 13 10s and there wasn't a massive outcry.

For Wii Zelda got 22 10s and MP3 got 3 10s and people didn't complain about those either (except the bitching at GS for their low review ).

People actually gave those games 10s? Ugh, the review system is even worse than I realized.

I can see Gears getting a few 10s since it was the first really next generation experience. Still too high IMO but the game is more deserving of it than Halo. I would love to give Mass Effect a 10 but the damn game is just too buggy and the off-story worlds too bland.

As for Resistance, R&C, Uncharted, and Zelda getting 10s... No way. Just no freakin' way.

 




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Yeah, there will be conspiracies for the next couple of weeks.

But like GTA IV... Who cares?! I'm going to be playing MGS4 until my eyes bleed anyway.