But MKWii is not even close to casual.  It's one of the most competitive online games I've played.

It's always funny to see people run to the defense of a game they haven't even played.

The Ninja Gaide sponsorship may have not had a positive effect on the NG2 however they may have had a negative effect on the MGS4 score considering that both games come out in the same time period

QFT!

Most people read reviews to see how good a game is before purchase. Therefore how can you say how good the game is when you haven't played it but you disagree with someone who has played it.

Saw this in another forum where this same topic was being dicussed.


Originally Posted by SamuraiX-:
Reviews have changed. They're no longer about reasonable views, or objectivity. They're not even about independent thoughts, justification, or consistency. They're an endless series of pissing contests, fought by ignorant and egotistical journalists.

Reviews, and their vast consumption of human intellect, have become an irrational, depleted source of reliability.

Reviews have changed. ID-tagged journalists carry ID-tagged websites, use ID-tagged review scores. Illogical opinions inside their minds enhance and regulate their actions.

Hype control... Information control... Opinion control... Message board control. Everything is monitored, and kept under control.

Reviews have changed. The age of journalism reliance is now the age of control, averting catastrophe from reasonable review scores. And he who controls the message boards, controls history.

Reviews have changed. When the message boards are under total control, mandatory criticism becomes routine.

I just read through the review and it came across as very honest and very positive. The reviewer was completely aware that the game is loved and hated, brilliant and flawed, and most of all that Kojima refuses to compromise on anything.

When reading, I got the sense again that MGS is one of the cooler series' that exists. And yet it is inapproachable for me because of its flaws and its refusal to recognize games as a media format that stand in their own right, without being movies also.

MGS may be many things, but at parts it is unquestionably intelligent.  I think the review is fitting.

 Don't bother waiting.  I figured GTA would give us a temporary reprieve.  The thing is a bunch of gamers will go play and shut up for a while.  But the crazy fanboys can't stay away.

Why are people complaining about a single review score.All it is is a number thats pretty much meaningless(or at last should be) to you and I.If you are excited for this game and want to play it,thats all that should matter.Dont worry about games averages on gamerankings and metacritic.All their good for is for allowing fanboys to justify their taste in consoles and games.

To the people claiming Eurogamer are biased,just stop and think about how stupid you sound at the moment.You are actually making the people who claimed reviewers gave GTA high scores just to knock Nintendo down a notch,seem clever.

Uh, no. It has nothing to do with him being a reviewer. From what I know of MGS4, it seems to be the logical end to the series, much like Halo 3.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to see a series end gracefully instead of being whored out for years. 

Cute.

I won't apologize for not dropping to my knees and flexing my jaw muscles every time a big budget game releases and I'm sorry for you if that's a bad thing in your eyes.