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The Worst Review Ever Written. Period.

A recent Rock Band 3 review from a major site was quite simply the worst review ever written and a perfect reason why people should not allow reviewers to influence their decision to buy a game or not.

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lostinplace4933d ago

Couldn't agree more. Guys a complete moron.

King_many_layers4933d ago

and that's putting it lightly, I find it hard to believe that they were once my only portal for game information.

Their reviews are getting shorter, more opinion ridden and less informative than they have ever once been. The grading for Games make little to no sense at times when you compare them to their words and final review scores.

Objectivity and a sense of unity in terms of how games of slightly different genres are becoming increasingly distant within their pieces.

It's a sad time when you can read more informative words in a preview than you can in a review.

and here's an example for you:
(Preview)
http://uk.ps3.ign.com/artic...
(Review)
http://uk.ps3.ign.com/artic...

ico924933d ago (Edited 4933d ago )

IGN are far to inconsistent for my liking, some of their reviews are either too harsh or too high, take Bayonetta for the PS3 they done the exact same thing that the entire gaming media done for the Orange Box, they over exaggerated, did anyone actually play the orange box it was nowhere near as bad as the media said it to be, the exact same with
IGN's Bayonetta review,
i've played both versions and imo Bayonetta is not 9.6 worthy i wouldn't give it anything above a 9.0 and no the PS3 version isn't that bad, the 360 version isn't even that much better, IGN were being overly critical, their reviews are totally unreliable.

ChineseDemocracy4933d ago

I used to use IGN as a benchmark score that would make or break my decision to buy a game. Over the pass couple of years, however, it's been a downward spiral of inconsistency.

Metacritic is my friend.

Beefstew4u4933d ago

The Orange Box on ps3 was actually pretty bad. I never finished half life 2 because the framerate was so poor in some areas (literally a slideshow sometimes). Portal was playable, but it got pretty framey near the end.

I don't see why people are always harping on IGN all the time anyway. Some people need to remember that a review is an opinion piece. It's what the reviewer thinks of the game. Whether you agree with their opinion or not does not matter.
Listen to some of their podcasts and get to know the IGN editors a little better. They're all great guys (and girls) who enjoy writing about what they think of a game. No fanboyism, no money hats, just their own personal opinions.

tacosRcool4932d ago

IGN has gone on a downward spiral. Most reviews are way too inconsistent and it makes me wonder what incentives are being tossed around for reviews. Metacritic is alright since their scoring system for letter grades is quite unfair. Like a B- = 67. That isn't fair.

nix4932d ago

are we all talking about IGN's review system... wow count me in then.

InactiveUser4932d ago (Edited 4932d ago )

Orange Box for PS3 isn't 'bad'. Yes the framerate gets out of wack at times.. but that's why it double saves. If it starts getting out of wack, you don't load up the out of wack save file, you load up the secondary file and you're good to go until it happens again.

From what I can remember, Half-Life 2 and Portal each got crazy on me about 5-7 times. That's it. Not fun, but not a deal breaker when we're talking days of good gameplay.. and like I showed above, it's a very simple fix.

King_many_layers4932d ago

That's where my problem is with these types of reviews. The fact that they are so heavily opinion based coupled with the fact that they have stronger and more informative preview pieces than what is provided in their reviews. That is where things become a problem.

Personal opinion will always find it's way into a review, BUT it really ought to just be in touches as to whether something worked or not. I want to read about all that the game offers, if I was new to Videogames I would not have learnt much about New Vegas from that Review. I understand tha it's a sequel, but it's a sequel with so much in it that I feel a 2 page review just doesn't cut it considering the game can last 100+ hours.

DTMBSquid4932d ago

IGN is terrible for reviews. They get some decent news stuff, but their reviews are all over the place

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TheLastGuardian4933d ago

WTF IGN? Why just get some random guy to review this awesome game? I haven't seen any written reviews that scored this game lower than a 9/10 and that makes me so excited. I knew this game was going to be good but OMG these review scores are better than any game so far this fall.

My keyboard and game are coming tomorrow and I can't wait. I was never going to buy the Pro guitar but they shouldn't have bashed it in the review like that. There is another RB3 guitar that doubles as a real guitar.

badz1494933d ago

they will give it 9/10 at least! again...Kotick knows this!

BkaY4932d ago

reviews are opinions.... and i honestly dont care.... there are many games which score below 7.. and i still enjoyed em more than games got the free passes..

how i select my games...

1... demos
if i like/enjoy the demo... i normally buy it..

2... fav series.. like MGS, GeOW, GOW etc

buy it day one..

3.. if i am not sure... then i do some research by watching gameplay movies or reading articles... i read reviews just find out what reviewer loved and hated about that game... (dont care about the scores)

peace

nix4932d ago

sometimes i'm smart enough to not pick up my fav franchises... like NFS games. i can smell crap a mile away. q: but i agree with your ways.

Scary694932d ago

@ BKay
I am with you when it comes to purchasing a game. Also if I am not sure about the game and even after some research I still cannot decide I usually rent the game.(best option) Other then that NEVER EVER base your game purchase on reviews because you will be missing out on a lot.

avengers19784932d ago

It's IGN who cares.
I stopped listening to what they had to say a long time ago.

Beast_Master4932d ago

That Hillary Goldstein wrote the review? HE IS THE EDITOR AND CHIEF OF IGN... so that should answer your questions as to why IGN is in the dumpster right now.

wquach4932d ago (Edited 4932d ago )

I've followed IGN closely since the PSOne days and they have definitely been on a downhill spiral - in terms of content and quality.

Former great editors like Dan Adams, Adam Douglas, Chris Roper, and Jeremy Dunham are all but gone and replaced by idiots like Goldstein. Goldstein's been a huge part of the 360 team, and is a clear fanboy of the system in general. Even besides that, you can tell from his review on Rock Band 3 that his writing is not only godawful but contradictory in places.

IGN's written reviews in general have been cut down. The reason why people turned to IGN in the past for reviews (or why I used to go there) was because their reviews were epically comprehensive, spanning possibly 5 or more pages, clearly breaking down and covering every aspect of the game (from design to graphics, sound, etc.)

With the introduction of "Video Reviews," which all but hash bits and pieces of their written review, they've reduced their written reviews to 2-3 pages. That and the editors seem more content with only briefly covering a game. The scores are also extremely all over the place. Big name exclusives/multi-plat scores have typically been inflated (GTAIV - 10, Resistance 2 - 9.5, CoD Modern Warfare 2 - 9.5). More recently now, they've gone in the opposite - downscoring most games.

Now they seem more focused on trying to keep up with up-to-date news sites like N4G by reducing their reviews and upping simple news articles, and providing their "daily update" vids.

Gone are their once hilarious and quality Weekly Update videos that didn't simply regurgitate news, but included original content, etc.

Now they include new opinion pieces which simply spark fanboy wars and are made to garner hits; I was disgusted with Miller's "Mass Effect 2 is better than Uncharted 2" article basically shoving down readers' throats that they MUST accept ME2 being better.

And lastly, the fact that they are able to take Pachter's predictions/rumors as having more weight than even Sony's announcements; recent example being how Pachter predicted only 300,000 Move controllers were sold in the U.S. with IGN reporting the launch based off of that as "modest." But when Sony announced that 1 million units were shipped, IGN didn't retract anything about listening to Pachter - they instead downplayed the million number by questioning its validity given that it was a "shipped" number.

Beast_Master4932d ago (Edited 4932d ago )

Totally agree. Will add that they now have guys that review games that have no business reviewing that genre of game. For instance, they use to have the RPG/JRPG guy (Ryan Clements) that would do all the RPGs, Racing games would have Roeper, FPS titles would have a guy that was a huge FPS fan. (Greg Miller would stand around being fat til a wrestling game came out)

Now you have Clements, the RPG guy doing Vanquish? Dameon Hatfield who is the weird Techno geek that reviews Iphone and handheld games reviewing the 3d Castlevannia? No wonder why the reviews are inconsistant. This site is falling to pieces. What business does Fanboy Hillary Goldstein have reviewing music games?

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Chuk54933d ago

Lately, Ign's reviews have been all over the place. The fable 3 review was pretty damn vague, the New Vegas review stressed how bad the bugs are, and the dj hero 2 review said it wasn't as good as DJ hero 1, yet it's better in every conceivable way. The only reviewer at ign a truly trust is Arthur Gies.

gaden_malak4933d ago

IGN has been downhill for awhile and their site is a pain to navigate.

imoutofthecontest4933d ago

I have no idea why people reference IGN's pages as if it's the Bible of game reviews.

gaden_malak4933d ago

Because they used to be good I guess?

swice4933d ago (Edited 4933d ago )

They used to be really good

DTMBSquid4932d ago

They used to be OK... never really thought them to be good

Suicide4933d ago

IGN's reviews in general are terrible. Those IGNoramus shall be punished.

ExplosionSauce4933d ago

Well technically they have reviewed the same game several times before(music games)
The addition of the keyboard is new though :P

Alright, sorry, I was being d*k lol

gamerdude1324933d ago

Man, Hilary Goldstein is really friggin' IGNorant.

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Looking Back to 2010 and Rock Band 3 - the First Death of Rock Band

Dave writes: "Hopefully time will be kind to Rock Band 3. It’s the equivalent of a Blade Runner or Van Gogh, unappreciated and undersold in its own time, but something that has undeniable quality. We may never see another Rock Band, no encore to this great series, but in Rock Band 3 and Rock Band 4, we got some pretty awesome final tracks."

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GameEnthus Podcast ep402: Diety of Enclosure or Rap Godz

This week Omari (@OmariAkil) from @bgbrothas makers of #RapGodz joins Mike (@AssaultSuit) and Aaron (@Ind1fference) to talk about: Rap Godz and the Sonic the Hedgehog movie in addition to a plethora of board games and video games.

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10 Games With Achievements & Trophies You Won't Get This Lifetime

Joe Y writes: With server closures, glitches, and broken patches, many games have unobtainable achievements and trophies. Here are the top 10 you can't 100% anymore.

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darthv721977d ago

"It sounds simple enough, but due to the expiration of licenses, one of the four songs, Promised Land by Vesuvius, is no longer available to download. If you previously had it downloaded, it will *not* be taken away, so you'll still be able to grab this one."

Well damn it. I really dig that song from The Rocker and I did not know it was in RB3. I stopped playing after RB2.

franwex1977d ago

Online achievement/trophies are dumb. I’m not sure why they still include them. I recall the modern warfare games were applauded for not including them.
Unless the game is an online only game because what choice is there at that point.

Skankinruby1977d ago

Uhm trophies are fantastic, they give you real reason to keep playing a game after you beat it

Christopher1977d ago

If you need trophies to keep playing a game after you beat it, then is the game worth playing any further? It's imaginary points, not better gaming. Good games will be replayed regardless of imaginary points.

Skankinruby1977d ago

@Christopher
That logic makes zero sense. It's most definitely 'worth playing further' as you go and do things you clearly didn't do the first time....hence why do didn't get the TROPHY. It's not about better/worse gaming, it's about a replay of a game feeling fresh and not redundant.

2pacalypsenow1977d ago

"Online achievement/trophies are dumb"

Christopher1976d ago

***It's most definitely 'worth playing further' as you go and do things you clearly didn't do the first time....hence why do didn't get the TROPHY.***

If you need a trophy to do something and not the fact that you enjoy it, is the game actually worth playing? Seriously, how is that a foreign concept? How is that nonsensical? I guess it's nonsense to someone who plays for trophies, but that's about all you're playing for when you promote the reason for doing more to just get trophies and not because you enjoy it.

mkis0071976d ago

Chris

In fairness sony did have that gold trophy auction for all those commercial props.

Would have loved to have enough trophies for that.

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agnosticgamer1976d ago (Edited 1976d ago )

Pretty ignorant statement to have... there are lots of fun achievements/trophies to be had playing online... I've never played through the single-player campaign in any COD... but had lots of fun playing online... Companies have to be sure to cater to all gamers when it comes to achievements/trophies... a good mix is never a bad thing...

franwex1976d ago

...except if you want to play a game online a couple of years later and not being able to, hence from getting all the trophies.
I’m not obsessed with getting every achievement/trophy but if I like the game I may try to. I’m simply being punished for not discovering the game earlier.

agnosticgamer1976d ago

Most games... minus complete failures last much...much longer online than I believe you are giving credit for...

OneEyedSteve1977d ago (Edited 1977d ago )

Half of these are false .. The Evolve one can still unlocked... Ghostbusters is only unachievable on PS3 its still online on 360.. Destiny 2 one is only unobtainable for a while as said by bungie... GTAV one can still be unlocked too in a private game. And the Black Ops 3 one can still be unlocked using a few different methods. Guy who wrote this is clueless.

Majors1977d ago

When a games server goes offline then they should allow users to create their own p2p servers to keep these games active. They should also unlock or delete the trophies from any list to those who havent got them.

darthv721977d ago

I can think of a few honorable mentions. there is one for smartglass seeing as smartglass is now defunct. there is also ones for 1v100 and dorito crash course 2 since both of those games are also defunct.

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