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superbeast1370 on 31 May 2008

Eurogamer can take their review and shove it up their ***. I mean they gave Halo 3 a 10/10 and everybody knows how overrated it is. this is why Europe is almost always the last place to get the game(s).



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superbeast1370 on 31 May 2008
DTG said:
colonelstubbs said:
It was probably written by an Xbox fan

 Yes, I am sure PSM3 is just that...


well Warhawk was reviewed by an OXM editor (and scored a 6.5) in the PSM mag.



superbeast1370 on 31 May 2008
kingofwale said:
Soleron said:
ClaudeLv250 said:
Could someone explain to me the concept of "exclusive reviews"? They just seemed to pop up out of no where all of a sudden.

Publishers send reviewers copies of the game along with free money, often gifts, a reviewers' guide that tells them to gloss over the game's shortcomings and often an agreement not to review below a certain score.They may reserve the right to disallow the review's publishing if they think it is too negative. Result: 10/10 for some mediocre games.


Oh yeah?? name one. 


Halo 3. and Bioshock > Halo 3



Kasz216 on 31 May 2008
kingofwale said:
Soleron said:
ClaudeLv250 said:
Could someone explain to me the concept of "exclusive reviews"? They just seemed to pop up out of no where all of a sudden.

Publishers send reviewers copies of the game along with free money, often gifts, a reviewers' guide that tells them to gloss over the game's shortcomings and often an agreement not to review below a certain score.They may reserve the right to disallow the review's publishing if they think it is too negative. Result: 10/10 for some mediocre games.


Oh yeah?? name one.


 Lair's 10/10 from Play Magazine.

No wait.  Lair was worse then mediocre. 



Kasz216 on 31 May 2008
kingofwale said:
ClaudeLv250 said:
Could someone explain to me the concept of "exclusive reviews"? They just seemed to pop up out of no where all of a sudden.
Let's see if you work for IGN

you secure exclusive rights to review a game before anybody else get... in term, the developers probably demands a few things... likely , for example "the game should not get a score lower than 6"

So you go back, you play the game.... and if you think the game is a 5.... You go back and say "yeah, we give the game more than that"...

or, if you think it's good, then you say "okay, we have a deal"

you publish your review 2 weeks before anybody else does... it gains you hits on your website.

That's all.

 


 Except often times for games it's "no lower then a 9".



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kingofwale on 31 May 2008
Kasz216 said:
kingofwale said:
Soleron said:
ClaudeLv250 said:
Could someone explain to me the concept of "exclusive reviews"? They just seemed to pop up out of no where all of a sudden.

Publishers send reviewers copies of the game along with free money, often gifts, a reviewers' guide that tells them to gloss over the game's shortcomings and often an agreement not to review below a certain score.They may reserve the right to disallow the review's publishing if they think it is too negative. Result: 10/10 for some mediocre games.


Oh yeah?? name one.


Lair's 10/10 from Play Magazine.

No wait. Lair was worse then mediocre.


you mean... Play Magazine gave it 9/10....

http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/singleitem.asp?itemid=929230&sort=1

 

hardly 10/10, no? And also GameDaily who published in the same month gave it 6. It's hardly a "exclusive".

Bad reviewer = just bad reviews 



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NFGBlinkAC on 31 May 2008

Still doesn't change the fact that MGS4 is MGS4, and I'm getting it, and so is a ton of other people because they don't need a review because they've been fans of the series for quite some time.



obieslut on 31 May 2008

i still would buy this game even if it scored zero



windbane on 01 June 2008

I just wish Eurogamer and Edge had people that were actually fans of the series review the game.



coolestguyever on 01 June 2008

okay, so thats one more review. I declare it BS like they declare other reviews BS