I ran in to this beauty today...IGN US review of alone in the dark.
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/883/883633p1.html
| 4.5 | Presentation The story and dialogue are goofy, and both are delivered awkwardly. A DVD-esque menu system is good for skipping around, but otherwise it’s pretty useless when there’s little worth watching. |
| 6.0 | Graphics Central Park looks adequately spooky at times, and the game runs smoothly. But most character models, enemies and environments lack personality. |
| 6.5 | Sound The soundtrack is catchy, creepy and atmospheric. But the voice acting is cringe-worthy. |
| 3.0 | Gameplay Glitchy, buggy, frustrating, boring and repetitive. The few truly interesting puzzles don’t balance out the annoying inventory system, controls and combat. |
| 3.0 | Lasting Appeal You probably won't want to finish this game, let alone play it more than once. Since everything is open from the very beginning, there's nothing to go back and unlock. |
I bought this game and have been playing it for 4 days now. I'm almost at the end and I am really enjoying it(more so than MGS4 I played before hand). Had I read this review before I bought it I would have denied myself the opportunity to play this game. Good thing I dont listen to reviews. All I know is that I like survival horror games, and this was the first true survival horror game I've played in a few years so I bought it, and thank god I did.
About the game...while this game isn't perfect and is quite glitchy at times...its very different and quite interesting due to the fact it doesnt follow conventional gameplay cliches. I actually can't believe that anyone who has been approved by a large gaming site like IGN to review games would give this game a 3.5. Even if someone doesn't like survival horror, there is no way this game should score under 6.
How can IGN UK review this at 7 and IGN US at 3.5?
