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Post by mastersilver on Aug 17, 2007 20:18:22 GMT -5
I for one, do not count their reviews for Sonic games. They complain about the same stupid thing: THE CAMERA. Yeah, dat problem has been attempted to be fixed, but has had little results. All I remember where the camera didn't get in your way was in Shadow the Hedgehog were you control it and move it however you like. And Sonic Riders.
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Post by Weirdo94 on Aug 17, 2007 20:23:40 GMT -5
I don't like anyone who's paid to review games, because they always seem to be wrong. I could go on a three day long rant about all the hidden gems that were shunned by reviewers who spit out reviews that make you question if they even play the game, all the while they worship all the big name games, regardless of how good or bad they actually are, just cause the developers and publishers have money.
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Post by Quacker Duk on Aug 17, 2007 20:32:18 GMT -5
I agree. I work for a game review at one point, and they didn't even play the games. They just read OTHER reviews and made it up.
So sad...
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Post by mastersilver on Aug 18, 2007 10:26:50 GMT -5
It is sad, Quacker. I mean, look what they game Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)! A 4 out of 10?! And, the only thing praised about it was that it was colorful. They complained about minor glitches, the camera (CAN I SHOOT THEM, PLEASE?!) and some other stuff.
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Post by Quacker Duk on Aug 18, 2007 15:11:40 GMT -5
Well, in defense of criticizing Sonic '06, it did set itself up to be a bit of a failure. they said they were taking sonic back to his roots, and in stead, mad an even MORE convoluted story that is filled with more holes then a piece of swiss cheese. Seriously, even non-Sonic fans con see that their 'time travel" theory makes no sense.
Furthermore, the game suffered from every thing that people complained about in the previous Sonic games, AND had arguably long load times.
Compare this with Sonic and the Secret Rings, which, while flawed, feature a revamped control scheme, new camera design, AND featured a simple but likable story that didn't require knowledge of previous sonic games/characters.
Then again, I'm not one to complain. I loved Shadow the hedgehog, despite ALL of it's faults.
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Post by Weirdo94 on Aug 18, 2007 15:23:20 GMT -5
Well, in defense of criticizing Sonic '06, it did set itself up to be a bit of a failure. they said they were taking sonic back to his roots, and in stead, mad an even MORE convoluted story that is filled with more holes then a piece of swiss cheese. Seriously, even non-Sonic fans con see that their 'time travel" theory makes no sense. Furthermore, the game suffered from every thing that people complained about in the previous Sonic games, AND had arguably long load times. Compare this with Sonic and the Secret Rings, which, while flawed, feature a revamped control scheme, new camera design, AND featured a simple but likable story that didn't require knowledge of previous sonic games/characters. Then again, I'm not one to complain. I loved Shadow the hedgehog, despite ALL of it's faults. I enjoyed Shadow's game as well, but I still think Sonic 06 was kind of a dud. It was still enjoyable at some parts, but the slow load times and the slow top speed felt wrong. Either way, I still think a 4 out of 10 was too low for it, as there were still quite a few fun moments (Especially in Shadow's levels, teleporting all over the place and delivering a foot of fury to all those who stand in your way can be quite fun! I also enjoyed exploring the overworld and looking for those silver medals and whatnot.) and the game was at least playable, unlike some games I've tried. (Ever play Over G Fighters? Here's some advice...Don't.) In the end, I'd give it about a 6/10. |
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Post by RedPenguin on Aug 19, 2007 23:44:19 GMT -5
Try out this review here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsW3OI7_w6IHe gave out good points about everything, and he actually played it.  So, 3/10 seems like a normal score that it should recieve. |
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Post by fakersinc on Sept 4, 2007 21:40:43 GMT -5
Video game reviews are biased in a number of ways. I worked at gamestop for two years and our magazine (printed by gamestop's parent company Barnes and Nobles) is the worst example of all. Hell, it's so bad I dont even BOTHER buying it and I was working there. When they handed them out for free I didnt bother either. These magazines have companies handing them money left and right for good reviews. Does anyone remember when Donkey Konga got a rating of like... 5 and the next issue it had an 8??? Yup... Nintendo slid some cash under the table to get them to raise the rating. (Then again, Sega is guilty of this as well... Nintendo Power gives generous reviews to Sega products.) Also, notice that many independant software developers often times have ratings that are a full point below in rating (or more) in these magazines, in spite of the fact that the gamers give it higher ratings. Yeah, Sonic 06 sucked alright... which is why it sold a ton of copies. Sure the story wasnt for everyone, but the game was fun. And thats what matters. This isnt a huge conspiracy against sega or anything, alot of great companies suffer from this same problem every day. I say you dont buy those magazines period... go online to like gamerankings where it lists TONS of sites and the average score, then you can decide for yourself. They cant ALL be lying. I always find the best source is your close friends as well.  |
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Post by Taylor Hedgie on Sept 4, 2007 21:47:14 GMT -5
Of coarse Sega gets good reviews from Nintendo Power, SEGA is partially owned by them, and have given them plenty of rights as the owning company.
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Post by fakersinc on Sept 4, 2007 22:49:48 GMT -5
Of coarse Sega gets good reviews from Nintendo Power, SEGA is partially owned by them, and have given them plenty of rights as the owning company. Sega isnt owned by Nintendo Power in any way shape or form. What the deal IS, however, Nintendo Power gets exclusive rights to many of Sega's upcoming games by way of contract. Sega is 'owned' by only its parent company, Sammy (who bought them out), yet it remains a separate entity all its own. |
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Post by Taylor Hedgie on Sept 5, 2007 15:06:21 GMT -5
I'm not referring to the magazine....T_T I'm referring to Nintendo in general, thats why most of the Sonic games are now on a Nintendo console. Good Shadow, if the game companies were owned by Magazines, all we'd have is Shooters and Dead or Alive games.
Not saying I hate Dead or Alive....^_~
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Post by fakersinc on Sept 7, 2007 19:24:09 GMT -5
Heehee, jiggly engine...
But in either case, Sega isnt owned by Nintendo either. In THAT case, Sega is a 3rd party software developer now, and thats why their games appear on Nintendo systems. Not because Nintendo owns any part of the company (which they dont even have stock). Thats like saying that Columbia Pictures owns Marvel Comics because they published the Spider-Man movies.
Even the fact that Sega is considered a developer anymore is questionable. Almost all of their Sonic games arent even made by them anymore. But anyway, thats why we have Sonic games on XBOX too, but Microsoft certainly doesnt own any Sega stock (no ones that dumb).
Nintendo earns a very small percentage of the money from allowing companies to be able to sell the games on their hardware (say, Wii or Gamecube). I think its a decent enough deal... but Nintendo makes their real money by selling games they make themselves.
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Post by mastersilver on Nov 8, 2007 21:15:48 GMT -5
I'm starting to think that GameSpot doesn't make their own reviews. I've seen reviews that are almost copied out word-for-word on GameSpot from other sites.
They should just wear signs around their necks saying "I'm and unoriginal retard and don't deserve to live".
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Post by Weirdo94 on Nov 8, 2007 21:55:49 GMT -5
Like I said, anyone paid to reserve games should be put out of a job, and now. Most magazines seem to just hate games for being too hard. For example, anyone ever played "S.L.A.I." for the PS2? It's a big ol mech-combat game, and nne of the greatest games I've ever played in my life. Sadly, the reviews for it give it an average of about 3 or 4... I can't even see how. The graphics and the explosions were beautiful, the sound (And soundtrack) was incredible, the controls felt like the system was MADE for the game, and obviously, the gameplay was fast, hard, and downright epic. Not to mention that the modification was deep, real deep. The whole thing took years...YEARS...for me to beat. This is just ONE example of why I end up trusting the GameFAQs user reviews more then "Professionals" (Though I have to admit, the 'tards reviews got me this game for only 20 bucks new ^.^, probably even cheaper now, I highly suggest you buy it and buy it good)
One thing that really pisses me off is how people seem to be going head over heels over Viva Pinata...again...There's ads and "Exclusive screenshots" all over the internet just going on about the game, and it's just a flipping port of a 360 game over to the PC! All it advertises to me is that it takes over a year for the broken mass that was once Rare to port a game over to the PC!
Hell, it wasn't even a good game to begin with! I rented it once and found it to be a glitchy pile of trash! Sonic 2K6 has NOTHING on these bitchin' glitches! It's got long loading screens for every menu, the "Your pinata is about to be eaten" warning only comes when it's already eaten, instead of when it's actually being eyed by a predator. (And I spent so much time with "Cream" and "Cream's Hot Mom" as well as "Cream's Hot Dad") There's also the fact that you can't place the cursor outside the play area, despite the fact that your creatures can run off that way. You can't even put up enough fences or other objects to keep them in, because they've got a laughable limit on the amount of objects you can have. So you can't even do something like, say, make a fence to keep the predators out (Sorry George Dubbya).
*deep breath*
There's a dosche-tastic autosave which you can't turn off that prevents you from undoing the stupid glitchy mistakes the game throws on you, you can't even do anything productive game-wise due to the slow cursor speed and the fact that you'll end up whacking the **** out of predators half of the time, nothing ever actually listens to you, the small text is impossible to read due to the mind-numbingly retarded amount of bloom, (A.K.A. the annoying glow that hides the fact that the graphics are actually CRAP) the menus make it easy to screw up and pick the wrong option, and there's an odd glitch that makes it impossible to build anything on some squares of land.
It already bugs me that this game got good reviews, but the fact that it's going to get good reviews AGAIN despite being the same game with no changes, just ported to the PC, makes me sick.
Then there's other awful games with good ratings. (Right now only SSX On Tour comes to mind, but I know there's others...*Shakes fist...I KNOW!)
That's pretty much why I can't stand "professional" reviewers anymore.
(And DAYUM, that rant felt good!)
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Post by Akago on Jan 17, 2008 5:21:51 GMT -5
Kay, I finally stopped being a lazy lurker and made an account. xD
I know why all professional reviewers are the worst reviewers on the face of the earth. IE: Resently, I heard from the grapevine that someone was fired from Gamespot. Why? Because he gave a bad review for a game. The game was from a big company sponsering Gamespot, and they threatened to pull the funding if the guy wasn't fired. All the reviews are wrong as hell because they fire anyone who isn't a brainless zombie yes-man. I can't blame the reviewers themselves so much as a blame the companies who threaten loss of job if the people don't say what they want to hear.
As for Sonic Next Gen, I haven't got a chance to play it myself, but the VAs (I personally hate the voices. Thats another subject though.), the relitively cliche story line (Woo, save the princess and save the world with the chaos emeralds. Again.), on top of a few other things kinda turned me off to the game. But there is one thing I really do like about that game. Mephiles. xD He's pretty badass. At least I think so.
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So, 3/10 seems like a normal score that it should recieve.
