My two most trusted gaming review magazines/Sites.......... CVG and Gamesmaster UK
both IGN and Gamespot are shall i say "not confrontational enough"
too many big AAA 360 games get the same score as big AAA ps3 games if they release close together........... they want to keep both parties happy. (not enough purity for me)
ign but the people on there is a bunch of fan boys swearing back and forth when uncharted2 score higher then odst
Kantor said:
Not that I didn't like Oblivion, of course. It's one of my favourite PS3 games, I thought it was immersive, had tons of value and was overall brilliant. I just saw that one major flaw with the premise of the game. Ignoring, of course, little things like the AI. Also, I felt it was a little bit...overdone, the whole game. For example, the weapon vendors. Did you ever actually buy a weapon from a vendor? Because in all my playtime from level 1 to 27, I didn't. I also never bought any armour. And for all of your love of Oblivion, you don't recognise that line? "I saw a mudcrab the other day. Nasty creatures" "I've heard others say the same" or "How are you?" "I've heard others say the same" It's one of the very common lines in Oblivion, as well as the mudcrab one and Daedra worship in the Summerset Isles, which one of the Daedra worshippers (I think it was Clavicus Vile) was very worried about. That's the AI thing I was talking about. But it's harmless, and amusing. Like how the beggars suddenly get posh accents when you ask them about "rumours". |
Kantor, you're nitpicking about the largest single player game in human history. Of course there's gonna b minor flaws if you have thousands of features in a game.
The AI overall was very good. It's actually mostly a smart AI, NPC actions aren't just run through scripts like in other games. The dialogu glitches are well-known, many people have laughed at and commented them because they're comical. I wasn't bothered about them at all, i found them funny whenever they happened. Btw, I don't recognize that particular line, and your quotes aren't correct - such blatantly flawed dialogues like your second one -"how are you?" -"I've hear others say the same" are very rare.
Ahh.. btw, i noticed now u agree that it's all harmless and amusing.
I agree the weapon vendors didnt have much useful stuff to offer, but I actually bought a couple of armor pieces and some arrows early in the game lol.
Oblivion is a masterpiece.
never read gamespot reviews but ign can suck. gametrailers is much better for reviews.
I rent games first and make up my own mind, I trust my own opinion over that of someone for all I know has been forced to play a game because its there job.
If its a game I cant rent I read forums on sites like here. I dont trust reviewers for the most part and not ever again after GTA4, it was a good game but holy sweet monkey jesus it wasnt near that good as reviewers made out.
| zexen_lowe said: Gamespot, I like IGN, but I feel that sometimes they're too lenient, you can be sure that a game that's "hyped" will get at least 9.0 most of the time. Gamespot, while it has reviews I don't agree with, like every site, can be way harsher, and thus more informative.
That proves that GS reviews with final code, they received the 360 game before, did the review, and didn't post the PS3 review before they have checked with the retail game that both games were identical and there were no regional differences |
It took them TWO WEEKS to figure out that there were no regional differences?
Let's assume that they can only get the retail version on release day. Obviously, retail versions are released to reviewers before release day. They are shipped to the store before being sold, right?
I believe it was October 18th for 360 and November 1st for PC/PS3.
It released on 14th October. 4 days to review a game isn't too bad, but not great.
Presumably, since all versions had the same release date, GS got them all at the same time.
The 360 version took 4 days to finish and review.
Why did the PS3 and PC versions take 18 days, or quadruple the time, to finish and review?
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I think renting the game and figuring it out for yourself is better than both. Gamespot can be harsh but I trust their reviews more than IGN who gives hype scores to hyped games. I used to like both but now I just check Gamespots pros and cons. If the con seems like a pro I add a few points and vice versa. IGN will deduct points for say sound or graphics and still give the game a very high score.
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i love all these sites, but gamespot is wii hating, which isnt cool, i just discovered this site and absolutely love ign so woot
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