Gamefunk: "If you've been anxiously following the pre-release Metal Gear Solid 4 hype, you've no doubt heard about a 'long list' of demands Konami has, mentioning specifically what industry journalists can and cannot mention in reviews. Reportedly, this list includes the size of the mandatory install and the total length of the cut-scenes. This has led publications such as EGM to not review the game, as they believe Konami is restricting their opinions."
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I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
Don't try and make Konamis marketing department and their development department seem like they're 1 department,in reality they are NIGHT and DAY,as Kojima and his talented co-developers have absolutely nothing to do with the marketing decisions for the game.Absoluterly.Nothing.
And this issue is really a non-issue=Konami don't want any spoilers and or unnecessary details out on the internet,is that too much to ask,that a reviewer stay away from revealing key plot elements and gameplay mechanics that m-a-y ruin and thus turn away potential customers?I think not.
They need to stop complaining and wait until the game becomes public, then they can review the game at their hearts content. These "journalists" need to stop whining. I'm sorry that journalism didn't turn out to be the ideal that they portrayed it to be when they were in college, but most jobs never turn out the way you think it does. So suck it up like every other American.
I apologize for the rant. It just seems like every time there is a controversial issue at N4G there's 10 articles about it with no new information and none of them try to find any solutions.
it seems as if konami also had a list of attributes that reviewers has to have... all of the reviews i read so far, was written by huge mgs fans. that is fine, but that in my opinion is also currupting the scores. every reviewer it seems to me are trying to be too philosophical in their reviews. That bothers me because gamers are not like that. I feel it would be best for the game to get out into the "open" and all of the reviewers that was not under the FEW HAND PICKED, will get a chance to review this... only then in my opinion would we actually see scores that reflect the game more acurately. I am getting worried more and more every single day because it just seems as if everything gets more and more shady as the days go past
Everything from books to videogames shouldn't be given scores. I've said this a million times before, not everyone is into the same things, different media styles are pitched to different types of people. Video games especially, if we can even call them that anymore, have gotten so robust and complicated in every aspect, that its now become the most difficult to review or rate.
So why not suck it up lazy people, you know full well what games you'll be buying, renting, or passing up. The average consumer you might ask? I know for a fact a child or teen's decision is based on how cool looking the box art is. While adults carefully dissect the ESRB rating and images printed on the box.
It's for the best of the stroy. If any of u don't like it, don't talk about the game. It's seem like this game is too good to ignore. You can't denied that.