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Gamespot: Child of Eden Xbox 360 Review

Child of Eden may be over quickly, but it offers emotional highs you'll want to experience again and again.

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MinusTheBear4739d ago (Edited 4739d ago )

Sure why not give this full priced, on-rails, short-ass game with no replayability a higher score than Infamous 2. I am done with the media.

HeavenlySnipes4739d ago (Edited 4739d ago )

just to comment on that. This is supposedly more worth your money than InFamous 2......

EDIT: If they are saying this game is better than Infamous 2, they are recommending you get it over InFamous 2. The purpose of these reviews is to give a professional review of a game before you decide to get it. If reviewers give a movie a bad rating, you are less likely to go watch it over a movie they give a great score.

Arnon4739d ago (Edited 4739d ago )

Where the hell does it say it's more worth your money than inFAMOUS 2?

EDIT:

No they're not. You're just comparing review scores to games that have nothing to be compared about. Ever think they're reviewing the games based on their own merits, not about which one you should buy? Or is that even an option to you? I mean, do you even read the review scores, or do you just look at the number and decide that it's automatically a better game?

Braid scored higher than inFAMOUS 2 and that's a 4 hour puzzle. Are you going to cry about that as well and decide it means "they're telling me to buy Braid over inFAMOUS 2!!"

And to make this even more of a moot point, both reviews are written by two different people.

EVILDEAD3604739d ago

Bookmarked for hilarious response to Child of Eden getting a good score..

On topic..pick up mine tommorow..can't wait

Evil

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Neckbear4739d ago (Edited 4739d ago )

Because it proves to be, at the end, a more enjoyable experience. A "short game with no replayability", as you called this in your (probably baseless) opinion CAN be more memorable, and simply amazing than, say, inFamous 2.

At least in their opinion, that they're free to express.

Seriously, it's no rocket science. Oh, and add to this statement the whole "Dude, they're two different reviewers; don't pay attention to reviews; ad nauseam" points that other posters have expressed, as well.

cobblestone194732d ago

Well they never actually say that Child of Eden is better than inFamous 2. And One game is a Ps3 exclusive and the other is a 360 exclusive... Until September. So I'm sure that both reviews are from 2 completely different people.

Seriously... Why is this even a debate?

Christopher4739d ago

A review score isn't a sign of which one has more to do or is worth the price tag presented. It's an opinion based score on how the reviewer felt about the game overall. This reviewer felt it was an 8.5, not that it was a better game than inFamous 2 or should be purchased over inFamous 2.

It's likely the person rates this high for the music and artistic elements, something not all gamers would share the same view on. Kind of like how I just can't see rating Braid higher than 7/10, many gave it 8/10 and higher scores.

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JasonPC360PS3Wii4739d ago

Funny how Dread's comment get removed for trolling, but MinusTheBear is free to go off topic and cry about Infamous.

MinusTheBear4739d ago

Funny how you wasted your last bubble.

Zynga4739d ago

Two totally different games man. So stop your fanboyish remarks and enjoy your infamous 2.

kingdoms4739d ago

Why are you in here screaming over some ps3 game know one gives a rats a$$ about? Go get your head checked.

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Raven_Nomad4739d ago

Why compare the two? this is a shooter for Kinect while Infamous is a third person game on the PS3. Two totally different types of games.

Personally as a person who does reviews myself, I review Wii games differently then I do PS3 or Xbox 360 games. I can give a game like Mario Kart Wii a 4.5 out of 5 and still give say God Of War 3 a 4.5 as well. It's not saying one is better then other, it's just they are different types of games and both good in their own ways.

HeavenlySnipes4739d ago (Edited 4739d ago )

8.5 - great

7.5 - good.

Great > good. They are saying this game is better than InFamous 2. I understand they are different genres, but GOTY awards aren't given to each genre, one game is deemed better than ALL the games.

EDIT FOR ARNON: A review is not an opinion. The purpose of a review is to provide faults in the game and use proof (that's why video reviews are popular) to support why the reviewer decided to highlight them. When you write about something professionally, you DO NOT USE YOUR OPINION. That is what the USER REVIEWERS ARE FOR. A perfect example is the game trailers review of InFamous 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Try and count how many times the reviewer used his opinion to judge the game. 1 maybe 2 times? Using your opinion only brings bias into the review. The reviewer could be an Infamous fanboy, a open world game hater, or just hate everything to do with the PS3. A review shouldn't show any of that.

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Raven_Nomad4739d ago

It's dumb to compare Apples to Oranges. Stop whining. Play what you want, why care so much what some reviewers think? Really it only matters what you think about the games you like.

I loved Too Human, most other people didn't, does that stop me from enjoying the game? hell no!

I wouldn't worry about reviews so much if I were you, people coming to a review about Child Of Eden complaining about a totally different game in a totally different genre on a totally different console just seem kind of sad and really butthurt.

kaveti66164739d ago

For what Child of Eden sets out to do, it is better than what Infamous 2 sets out to do.

Speaking only from my knowledge of inFamous 1 (having played it recently), I can say that the problem with inFamous is its extremely repetitive nature, faceless enemies, boring missions and lack of emotion.

inFamous 2 was criticized for having repetitive missions as well, so why do you think that inFamous 2 deserves a better score than Child of Eden?

Because it looks better graphically? Because it's longer? Is it more fun?

cobblestone194732d ago (Edited 4732d ago )

@kaveti6616:

http://n4g.com/channel/infa...

http://n4g.com/channel/chil...

inFamous 2 is, so far, my favorite game of this year. 16 out of 151 reviews are below 80. Practically everything you said, I disagree with. And judging by the reviews... The general consensus disagrees with Gamespot.

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turnerdc4739d ago (Edited 4739d ago )

Got this game coming tomorrow through Gamefly. Looks nice and I enjoyed the Kinect comments. A little bit more cumbersome but a much more immersive experience? Guess I'll be playing this with Kinect.

GusBricker4739d ago

Yeah, I'll most likely rent it first to see how it plays with Kinect.

Winkle924739d ago

Suddenly I see why people make such a big deal out of reviews around here. It's because they mistakenly think the review is in comparison to other games. Think about it for a sec: Reviews are not meant to be compared. Only to represent how much a person may enjoy the specific game being reviewed.

I admit, it's an easy and natural step to start comparing review scores and thinking they have some sort of relationship, but they don't.

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Garethvk5d ago

We can hope. Especially if the rumors of Cillian Murphy and Alaska are true.

RaidenBlack5d ago

That'd be too good if true.
But Henderson also leaked that next Far Cry setting was targeting some asian island.

jznrpg4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

With their shitty practices I really don’t care what Ubisoft announces until they reverse their course

Relientk775d ago

Assassin's Creed Hexe is what I wanna hear about most. Yes I wanna play as a witch with magic during the 16 century witch trials in Germany (as per rumors). Sign me up

Huey_My_D_Long5d ago

Yeah, Hex sounds amazing to me as well, and I've been playing since AC 1. I'm real curious how are they gonna fit the magic into the game, maybe in similar way the dlc introduced gods and god abilities. but I love that I've heard its gonna have a horror vibe.

Garethvk5d ago

Hopefully it is full of good stuff.

RaidenBlack5d ago

The studio just completed Avatar and busy with Outlaws and also got their F2P Heartland cancelled ... IMO, Division 3 will surely come but it'll take more time.
I'd be most thrilled if Ubisoft greenlits a sequel or at least a remake of the studio's first game i.e World in Conflict

anast5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

I would get hyped about Hexe. If the rumors are true, UBI might get a gold edition purchase out of me.

Demetrius5d ago

Hopefully gameplay of ac shadows or star wars outlaws, if they finally announce the new far cry I'm definitely getting that, far cry still fun af and gorgeous games, yeah ubisoft has their faults but atleast they're not copying souls like games their titles still have identity

neutralgamer19925d ago

We will definitely see gameplay for star wars and AC. Farcry let's see

OtterX5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

I'm going to be an outlier amongst the rest of these comments.... give us something NEW! I'm pretty burnt out on Ubisoft franchises, unless you're giving us a new Rayman game!

*Edit - imagine what they could do with a Rayman 3D game in this day and age. I say now is the time to revisit the series.

RaidenBlack5d ago

Would love a AAA PoP too or a back to roots Ghost Recon (none of the open world stuff)

MeatyUrologist5d ago

Hell yes! Ghost recon in the style of the originals with real consequences, permanent and all!

jznrpg4d ago

I love Rayman, played it a ton with my kids years ago. But Ubisoft puts dumb crap in their games. MTs , paid tiers , always online requirement for single player games and as they stand now I could see them doing that to Rayman

OtterX4d ago

Yea unfortunately, you're right. :'(

Garethvk5d ago

Beyond Good and Evil 2: It is coming really; we promise.

OtterX5d ago

Their microtransaction monetization scheme on it will lie somewhere between good and evil!

Haha JK.... it'll be completely evil. 🙃

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Ubisoft say AC Shadows protagonists will be "romantically attracted to different types of people"

Ubisoft recently shared more details about Assassin's Creed Shadows protagonists, confirming that both of them will romantically attract and be attracted to different types of people.

Hugodastrevas13d ago

That should please everyone I'm sure...

RpgSama12d ago (Edited 12d ago )

Feudal Japan DEI LGBTQ+ Samurai, sounds very accurate for the time period. Surely a decision made only with historical accuracy in mind.

Crows9012d ago

Or even modern day accuracy.....

Lexreborn212d ago

You have no idea what you are talking about, bet you didn’t know nobunaga was bi-sexual. Or ran maru his is often depicted as androgynous was a “beautiful boy”.

So yeah, feudal Japan had tons of lgbtq and kawaii enough… A BLACK SAMURAI! All without the need of offending a Caucasian because the world is diverse.

VenomUK12d ago (Edited 12d ago )

This story has cracked me up so much! Bravo Ubisoft, bravo! 🤣. So last week everyone was upset that in the long-awaited first Assassin’s Creed: Japan game the protagonist is black. But NOW he is also LGBTQ+ ! It’s like the Ubisoft creative team sat around a table and said “How can we best impress our Kotaku/IGN/Polygon friends and antagonise gamers? Let’s make it woke x 100!’ And then they all silent clapped!

Just you wait until the Star Wars: Outlaws details come out, there better not be anybody complaining about Kay Vess’ dating preferences and the gay droid armies.

Christopher12d ago

It actually is.

Japanese were very Greek in their sexual experiences.

lodossrage12d ago

Lexreborn2 is right

Go read up on Japan's feudal era homosexuality and bisexuality was a very common thing in that time.

I just have to laugh because the same people complaining about this are the same ones crying about wanting "historical accuracy". When it's clear most of the whiners don't even know history themselves.

Christopher12d ago (Edited 12d ago )

Facts don't care about downvotes, btw. You either claim to understand historical accuracy or you just admit you don't like the stuff people did throughout history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

thorstein12d ago

Japan had no Christian stupidity about sexuality.

That's where your nonsensical puritanical view comes from: the Abraham's faiths.

It's feudal Japan, they don't believe in your religion's made up nonsense.

I mean, if you're going to embrace a particular viewpoint, you should at least be aware of where it comes from. Most of the world doesn't care about your ideals.

In those days, they certainly didn't care about your religion.

Get over yourself.

RpgSama12d ago

All of you guys missed the point, I even said I'm very sure they did it ONLY because they wanted to be historically accurate. Stop defending this, we all know why they did it and who they want to pander, it's not out newfound respect for history.

lodossrage12d ago

@RpgSama

Nobody is defending anything.

People are just pointing out the fact that after they just cried about the game not being historically accurate, when they SHOW they're accurate, they cry about it because they don't like certain parts of history

Not to mention you contradicted yourself RPGSama. You just pointed out you said they "ONLY because they wanted to be historically accurate". Then turn around and accuse them of pandering and/or having an agenda. Those two things are opposing statements

Cacabunga12d ago

Dumbest decision ever.. always online was a pass for me but now not even for free I’ll try it..

LordoftheCritics12d ago

It's made by Ubisoft Montreal.

Obviously we'll be allowed to bang anything that moves.

RiseNShine12d ago (Edited 12d ago )

Yeha pretty sure.

H912d ago

People actually telling you that Japan had sexual deviancy which is correct however what's hilarious is that they will act as if it holds the same moral value that the LGBT community holds today, oh the things men used to say about themselves when they are attracted to other men, it's not empowering in the least bit

senorfartcushion12d ago

It was more common to be attracted to the same sex before the crusades.

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Tapani11d ago

You are completely lost on Japanese history. Japan was one of the most liberal places in the world, and in many ways still is. You can slice and dice it from your western hubris and whatever point of view, but the reality is that history tells great stories about freedom of choice and people not being judgemental on this island. Also one of the reasons I want to raise my family here, no need to have those whatever Western woke bullshit here, because everyone just respects each other without using all that nonsense.

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CrimsonWing6912d ago

Geezus, just make a good game… holy sh*t this is becoming insufferable.

Crows9012d ago

Oh yeah!!!! What about being inclusive???

I'm sorry
..please replace the word inclusive with stupid.

Hofstaderman12d ago

You asking UbiSoft to make a good game? This is not 2002.

thorstein12d ago

I thought you crybabies wanted "historical accuracy." Now that your going to get it, you're going to cry more.

PRIMORDUS12d ago

It's past the point of retarded, everyone seems forced to do this bullshit now in games. 😑

Barlos12d ago

Hell no. A good game or film is secondary now to the agenda and the 'message'.

It's not enough to be simply entertained these days, there has to be an overarching real world narrative. I mean look at Dr Who as a recent example. Disney have completely destroyed it all in the name of 'diversity'.

senorfartcushion12d ago

You sound like you don't have a very active sex life ,😅

CrimsonWing6912d ago (Edited 12d ago )

Are you projecting? 😝

senorfartcushion12d ago

It's the only thing that explains the incel crap. They can't simply be angry virgins who don't get any, so then a lack of a sex life i.e. a dad of three or something, is also a good additional explanation. They're either lonely and don't get any or too busy to get any. There's a horrible news for sexual control with incels, and they're angry because they simply aren't the right people to achieve that control. They're weaker animals.

notachance11d ago

dude’s too busy commenting on other people’s sex life to actually stay on topic.

That or he’s angry but didn’t have half the brain needed to refute back so he went for the classic ad hominem fallacy.

senorfartcushion11d ago

Notachance

It's a fact that remains true. The only way it can't be true is if humans were not greedy and heavily reliant on procreation.

Your username is fitting.

CrimsonWing6911d ago (Edited 11d ago )

dude, let’s be real, you’re on a video game news site going into the comments section and taking time out of your life to go to war with people you think don’t f*ck. You sound as much of a virgin as any incel does.

Let’s be real, bub you’re just as pathetic as the rest of them. Anyone who would look at this who doesn’t waste their time on a video game news site or video games in general probably thinks the only thing you f*ck is your crusty ass pillow.

C’mon, man. Anyone who f*cks doesn’t immediately go into a comment section claiming others have no sex life. It’s just one of those things if you are getting your d*ck wet. It just comes off like you’re projecting in hopes to god nobody figures out you can’t get any, so you try to flex, even though you’re completely full of sh*t.

I mean, that’s the only thing that makes sense to me 😅.

senorfartcushion11d ago

I'm engaged without children - I'm doing just fine.

This is just nerd sites now. Users are just so angry and for basically the same reasons. Most people go through phases with this type of stuff but it's scary seeing the same attitudes being regurgitated over and over again. From what I've seen it's a strange mix of sexual frustration, lack of proper financing and the need to have 100% control over both so that they aren't taken away from the users.

CrimsonWing6910d ago

@fartcushion

Look, man, people are allowed to have opinions and show frustration with stuff. It has no bearing on them not getting sex or not making money.

I have no idea how people commenting on being tired of hearing about SJW sh*t being shown in the spotlight like some carnival sideshow where publishers are wanting some pat on the back for means they’re financially unstable and don’t have a sexual relationship.

What, are you on the spectrum? Like how do you come to that conclusion and make multiple responses to the discourse with “virgin alert” or “you need to have sex?” That right there is kind of sus to me.

I don’t know in what world you lived in where this hasn’t been a nerd site, but people are allowed to comment their thoughts on things and still have relationships. You’re just as much of a nerd as everyone in here.

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darthv7212d ago

Is that genuinely a selling point for people?

RpgSama12d ago (Edited 12d ago )

They sure as hell want to see if it is, time and time and time again.

VincentVanBro12d ago

You have to understand they’re incapable of writing a good story so this is the best they could come up with

thorstein12d ago

Well, after last weeks crying about historical accuracy. Now Ubi days, " Oh, okay, historical accuracy: here you go."

Now you're saying you don't want the accuracy? Can you guys just make up your minds?

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notatallsurprisinggg12d ago

It's a genuine click-bait snippet to rile up people like you to push traffic.

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Ubisoft to Focus on "Return to Leadership" in Open World Genre, Expand Live Service Experiences

Ubisoft says they are focusing on two "core verticals," and that's to return as a leader in the open world genre, and live service games.

enkiduxiv20d ago

Calling Ubisoft a leader in open world gaming at any point in time would be like calling Dollar General a leader in retail.

excaliburps20d ago

Well, to be fair, they did pump out good open world games before. It was used as a template so much that people now know what it means when you say it's like an Ubi open world collectahon.

shinoff218320d ago

What though? I can't think of one game they had where I liked anything about it. Atleast since the ps3/360 Gen

Kornholic20d ago

If they have never been the leader in open world gaming, then explain me this: why does almost every open world game follow the same tired old Ubisoft open world formula?

Follow the Leader.

Aphrodia19d ago

YO dont' talk bad about the General. There'll be problems...

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isarai20d ago

You were never the leader bro 🤣

shinoff218320d ago (Edited 20d ago )

I don't think they were ever the leader tbh. I've never really cared for any of their open world games. I do wanna try watch dogs 2 because it looks like it's set in San Fran. Looked interesting

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