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1/03/12 6:05:44 AM#181
Seriously, who cares for reviews? The only important opinion is oneselves. According to many critics "Men in Tights" is a horrible movie and it may very well be, though for me it is still one of my all time favourites for the Godfather scene alone. :D I guess you can only tell for yourself, which is of course sometimes hard if certain games don't provide a trial (for a "good" reason?) ... |
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1/03/12 9:41:11 AM#182
Originally posted by Mundus Hit Nail Head.
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1/03/12 10:38:40 AM#183
Originally posted by Razeron I personally give Cata a 93 rating for Best Reason to Quit WoW. That's all it managed to do for me. It was just super-hyped, that's all most of these reveiws are. no GW2 won't kill WoW, but it's time to move on and quit worrying about those people still playing it. - eyelolled |
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1/03/12 11:33:57 AM#184
Originally posted by teakbois SWG fans really need to get over it. I passed on SWG for two reasons: #1 Nothing I saw embodied anything even remotely like Star Wars. Sandbox =/= SW. If we are talking Star Trek or Dune or Mad Max, sandbox is definitely the way to go, but Star Wars was always about the story. Nothing they ever did in the 6 SW movies was ever random or exploratory. They had clear cut stories and their choices within their stories shape their characters. When KOTOR 1 came out it blew the doors way off of what a SW game should be. SWTOR is the new version of this, and for SW fans who understand the IP and the launch pains of the genre, it is excellent. #2 SOE. They have poor vision, and proved it numerous times within the 3 months I played Everquest. The haters need to use their hate. Strike the game down! This kind of hate flying in the face of rational reviews only makes the game more popular.
PC Gamer is not the only site to give the game accolades though. Here is the award page: Error: 37. Signature not found. Please connect to my server for signature access. |
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1/03/12 11:42:29 AM#185
Originally posted by Souldrainer Well, I think we know where EA has been shelling all that money. Half those 2011 rewards scream of "bribe". |
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1/03/12 11:54:41 AM#186
Can anyone give a link to proove that review sites are payed to make their reviews without being all tin-foil-hatty? I ask because I have never heard this happen. |
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1/03/12 1:01:41 PM#187
Originally posted by I_Return That is just semantics. So the genre is moving towards MORPG .. so what? If MOPRGs are more fun, more successful, more power to them. An massively empty and boring world is a bad game. The G stands for game whether it is MMORPG, or MOPRG. Without a good game, massive does not matter. And from all these examples, massive is really not that crucial for a good game. |
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catlana
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Joined: 11/18/08
Playing Rift, ToR, PoE |
1/03/12 1:44:25 PM#188
Originally posted by mmoguy43 I have heard of only two issues. First, the Eurogamer guy played a MMO for less than ten hours then absolutely slammed it. Slamming a MMO can generate impressive hits. Second, there was a editor / reviewer who published a review of a game without managerial approval at Gamespot. He slammed the game and was let go. |
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Purutzil
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Joined: 10/02/11
If you see no good or you see no bad in a game, chances are you are bias. |
1/03/12 1:49:59 PM#189
Wow 93, they got paid pretty well to give that review...
Seriously, who really doesn't understand that big companies get paid by the publisher to give good reviews for most big games. Money tends to give games better ratings then they deserve. Its not some 'omg really?' fact, its pretty obvious when you look on many review sights with big titles having big review scores despite big flaws that might otherwise make it flop. |
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1/03/12 1:57:39 PM#190
Who cares what PC Gamer thinks? They're not exactly a reputable source. Not after they gave Spiral Knights a 51 at the end of a shoddy review with about as many factual errors as paragraphs. And yes, errors on facts, not just opinions, with stuff roughly of on par with asserting that SWTOR has 12 classes and a level cap of 40. And even the rating of 51 seemed to be mostly based on a rant about how the reviewer hated a business model because he didn't understand it. (For what it's worth, the 51 isn't the problem. Any other number at the end of such a shoddy review wouldn't have made it any better.) |
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1/03/12 2:02:19 PM#191
PC Gamer gave SWToR 93...But got The Secret World on its cover ! |
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TookyG
 Warhammer Online Correspondent
Joined: 4/19/04
"...you mean three philippino women." |
1/03/12 2:03:09 PM#192
Originally posted by mmoguy43 The only proof I have is common sense. EA has a ton of advertising dollars to spend. If you bash EA's baby, don't expect to see many of those dollars for quite a while. Until you cancel your subscription, you are only helping to continue the cycle of mediocrity. |
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1/03/12 2:47:55 PM#193
Ya I agree with all of you the score seemed a bit low, but they did hit some good points in the review and we all have to respect the effort. 93 from PC Gamer, but it's 100 in all your hearts. |
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1/03/12 3:01:40 PM#194
Originally posted by catlana Yeah, that was Gerstmann over at Gamespot, over his review of Kane and Lynch. Pretty embarrassing for all parties concerned. Thanks to privacy laws and plenty of spin from all sides, we'll never know all the details, but no tinfoil is required to see that something stank there. A Modest Proposal for MMORPGs: |
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1/03/12 3:02:22 PM#195
Every game has many likers and many haters. This reviewer likes the game. Some reviewers not so much. So of course the guy that likes it must be paid by Bioware/EA. I guess the reviewers that gave SWTOR a bad rating must be paid off by Arenanet or Blizzard or <insert desired name here>. Idiots. I won't say who are the idiots. It's all about perception. It never ends. |
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1/03/12 3:37:43 PM#196
Originally posted by sgel I do. I don't soley rely on PC Gamer to form my opinions, but I've been reading their magazine for around 10 years now and more often than not, their views on games and gaming closely match my own (not always, see DA2 and DCU). I formed my own opinion about SWTOR by playing the beta for a few months and listening to the opinions of people I trust and respect. MMORPG.com and other sites like are full of "Random Dudes on the Internet" who's opinions mean nothing to me. Understand, dude?
Is a man not entitled to the herp of his derp? |
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1/03/12 3:47:24 PM#197
Originally posted by rdrpappy Right on, yeah!
Wait..... what? no GW2 won't kill WoW, but it's time to move on and quit worrying about those people still playing it. - eyelolled |
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1/03/12 4:52:53 PM#198
Originally posted by mmoguy43 CAn you link me proof that they aren't ohhh "Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one ..." - Thomas Paine |
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1/03/12 5:09:37 PM#199
Originally posted by Jetrpg He's not the one making claims that gaming sites are paid for reviews so its not up to him to prove that they aren't. Thats not how it works.
Is a man not entitled to the herp of his derp? |
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1/03/12 5:14:55 PM#200
Originally posted by Ginaz Ya really, its like saying someones a murderer then claming they need to prove there not, you dont have to prove they are.
People love to claim reviewers were bought off.....wqhen a game they dont like gets a good review, and no other time. Apparently stating the truth in my sig is "trolling" |
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