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^i wasnt talking about all sites,just the ones that put reviews for traffic



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How do you the difference between the two? How do you know if someone scored a game low for publicity as opposed to thinking the game was bad?



Starcraft 2 ID: Gnizmo 229

^they always release the review late



tag:"reviews only matter for the real hardcore gamer"

Or maybe they are busy since they are smaller and can't release reviews quickly?

Some might, but I could also make the assumption that the bigger sites let money sway them. Both may be true to some of them, but not enough of them to completely discredit their OPINIONS.



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That just means they got their copy late. Not all websites get a review copy, nor do they all of the staff to have a good turn around for reviews. Further, releasing the bad review late is going to negate the effect they are looking for. By that time everyone who will want to buy the game will have bought it, and the hype machine will have moved on. You have one or maybe two weeks to try and take advantage of the negative review bit.



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^but what about the sites that review it months later?



tag:"reviews only matter for the real hardcore gamer"

By that time, not that many people care about it... Usually I would imagine.
So such a delay for that purpose would prove useless.



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^thats the thiung gamerankings shouldnt allow those sites though,like ow we look at Oot 10 years later we look at it being so high,but when we will look at these new games we will see how there not as high as there supposed to be cause some site reviewed it months later gave it a good core and got some traffic



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It looks like it's just you and me... Good debating is fun!

I noticed the part where you said, "as high as they should be," all these reviews are just the opinion of somebody. How can you say what should be high and what shouldn't?

Not to mention, it's not necessary to have games beating older ones cause that would take it closer to perfection, which I believe is unattainible by any game so far.



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brute said:
^thats the thiung gamerankings shouldnt allow those sites though,like ow we look at Oot 10 years later we look at it being so high,but when we will look at these new games we will see how there not as high as there supposed to be cause some site reviewed it months later gave it a good core and got some traffic

 Why shouldn't it be allowed? They will not get any traffic because the game was reviewed high or low. All the internet hype of a game dies within a month of its release. Even GTA4 is getting forgotten and it was supposed to be the greatest game ever made. If the game is being reviewed that late then it is probably an honesy opinion. Why should their review be any less meaningful just because it was released late?



Starcraft 2 ID: Gnizmo 229