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IGN's dishonest Black Ops' reviews are dishonest.

Sarcastic Gamer finds a startling discovery across all four Black Ops' reviews published by IGN this week. You won't believe the kind of BS shenanigans found within.

From the article: "I do read IGN. I like the website. I visit it often. Because of this, I was particularly annoyed by a BS copy pasta review job by Nate Ahern, the editor that reviewed Black Ops for the 360 , PS3, PC and the Wii.

Turns out, he basically did one review for all four systems and copy pasta’d the hell out of it. Read on for the details because it gets far worse."

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MegaMohsi5544d ago

IGN loves doing this for multi-platform releases they will basically copy/paste into each review section with little tidbits added here and there. USUALLY it's not a big deal as all versions of the game usually play identical and look close enough to each other not to warrant different scores.

GamerSigma5544d ago

Is that they reported the same glitches across all four platforms which is completely dishonest.

MegaMohsi5544d ago

Yeah I remember back in 2008 their review for the PS3 version of Fallout 3 was "edited" after they had said the game looked and performed poorly to it's counterparts, so yeah I don't think IGN is clean at all.

Red_Orange_Juice5544d ago

necessary IGN's bashing is necessary

TooTall195544d ago

mmmmm copy pasta. I think I'll have that for dinner.

barom5544d ago

"What pisses me off is where he did a copy pasta job for the Wii version and was dishonest regarding glitches and AI problems across all of the versions. Look, I haven’t played the Wii version, I’m basically talking out of my ass here, but I”m going to go out on a limb and say this"

I'm not particularly fond of IGN but sarcasticgamer is way worse.

and lol @TooTall19

Hudahudahuda5544d ago

No real proffesional website should ever be using meme's. Apart from excluding tons of readers from their inside joke it makes the website on a whole lose alot of credibility and respect. Makes you feel like the editors who write for them are no different from the windbags you typically see in a comment section.

Longrod_Von_Hugendon5544d ago (Edited 5544d ago )

Oh IGN... pfft.

antz11045544d ago

I completely agree with what the author is saying, but I just think its sad that we have to do multiple reviews for one game across so many platforms.

visualb5544d ago

IGN loves the copy pasta

Sarcasm5544d ago

Why is everyone bashing Lono when it's true? The Wii version should have been reviewed independently, not copy and pasted and then given a random score.

Aquanox5543d ago

While this is awfully written it does hold some truth. The best version is the PC version, visually it kicks the hell of console's versions ass. There must be a difference between those reviews.

Wii on the other hand, should be reviewed entirely different, that's past gen hardware.

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Fan Tastic5544d ago (Edited 5544d ago )

I love the title, I'm going to write a book "the dishonest man is not dishonest".

Who cares, COD is the McDonald's of the FPS world, both sell a ton and both lack in quality.

TheRealist21025544d ago

Had to lol..never heard that before..

Shepherd 2145543d ago

Because McDonald's is supposed to be a gourmet restaurant and all.

MrMccormo5544d ago

Anyone trusting IGN's reviews at this point should be banished.

tacosRcool5544d ago

That must mean that these people who trust IGN review already live in caves, so where to banish them?

chazjamie5543d ago

i only trust their commentary on "babes". thats one thing they got right. such hot girls.

Shepherd 2145542d ago (Edited 5542d ago )

So who do you trust? Aside from yourself.

troncoparati5544d ago

when you take in consideration all the people that go to this sites to decide if their hard earned 60 bucks should go to that game. Misleading those people should be something he should avoid...not triplicate.

Fan Tastic5544d ago

Indeed. IGN has gone downhill in a major way. I think it started around GTA IV reviews (10's all across, hahahahahahahahahah)

Baka-akaB5544d ago

i wouldnt feel sorry for those guys . It's easy to spot a place with worthless reviews that are basically (badly) hidden ads .

You just use the brain for a short while while reading , wich everyone , yes everyone is capable to accomplish .
But no instead they blindly trust ... serves them right .

And it's not as if they would usually even complain afterwards .

lucifon5544d ago

Love seeing the use of 'Copy Pasta'. Originated in MikeB's FF14 BFF Report video.

RE the article - the game elements quoted from the review will apply to all versions. The wii version's Singleplayer is pretty much identical, it just doesn't look as good.

Parapraxis5544d ago

Copy Pasta originated on 4chan, and I'm not proud of knowing that.

visualb5544d ago (Edited 5544d ago )

and no it didn't originate from MikeB's FF14 BFF report, he got it from other people using it before him =)

most memes either come from 4chan/japanese 4chan (forgot the name) or youtube

http://knowyourmeme.com/

phantomexe5544d ago (Edited 5544d ago )

the wii and the ps3 aren't differnt so i'm beting the xboxs and the pcs aren't all that differnt. Just saying because i've seen the ps3 and wiis. grafics wise yes nothing else.

vhero5543d ago

Sounds like somebody's butt hurt Black Ops didn't get a high score?

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Urmomlol5544d ago

I find it pretty funny that Sarcastic gamer is calling anyone out for anything considering all their articles usually amount to little more than pointless whining.

GamerSigma5544d ago

You're defiant in the face of the facts. That makes you look uninformed, and even foolish.

fiercescuba5544d ago (Edited 5544d ago )

Gamersigma: Agree and bubbles.

He is a troll. He basically reports and disagrees with anything just for the sake of it.

With a username as creative as that, who knows what pearls of wisdom lay in his head.

CrzyFooL5544d ago

Sarcastic gamer is sarcastic!!

Nugan5544d ago

GS, troll or not, I'm not sure that getting on N4G and calling out your critics in the comments section does much to establish the professionalism or legitimacy of your website.

antz11045544d ago

Yeah, he's really going to bat in his own post. Great story, but he doesn't have to defend its honor like its his girlfriend or something. Let the story speak for itself.

ThisPlaceSucksBye5544d ago

*blabla* reviews are *blabla"

Oh man, it's pissing me off.
It was never funny.

DaBadGuy5544d ago

I know right?

So many people whining on this site.

Almost over 9000.

......Gallick Guuuuun.....FIYEHHHHHH!

grailly5544d ago

what's with the IGN bashing lately? people always bashed IGN, but now sites are doing it too? that's kinda unprofessional imo. And btw, they're all following HHG's lead with this...

did the writer of this article play all 4 versions of the game? also it feels nitpicky, the games sureley have the same AI problems, as the AI is the same. glitches and bugs are random, but that copy-pasted part in the article talks about problems, not glitches

CrzyFooL5544d ago

The problem is they copy/pasted the same exact words for both reviews. Then gave the Wii version 1 point lower. Why?

GamerSigma5544d ago

all four reviews state that the reviewer saw a soldier shooting at a tank 20 times before doing what the AI was supposed to do. That is a glitch and they've intimated that it exists in all four versions of the game. That is dishonest.

Taggart4515544d ago (Edited 5544d ago )

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10 Classic Games That Are Desperate for Remasters

Licensing issues often leave many games forgotten. But all that aside, here are 10 classic games desperate for remasters.

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Iceball2000340d ago

The getaway
Smugglers run
Dead to rights
Worlds scariest police chases
Sure I’m missing a few.

FPS_D3TH339d ago

Mannn… worlds scaries police chases… that took me back lol

Knushwood Butt340d ago

Ape Escape.
Fun game but, wow, you need a college degree to understand the controls.
A remaster would also save you from having to constantly fight the camera.
Keep the music though. Those drum and bass tracks fit really well and haven't aged. Made me think that more games could work well with drum and bass tracks, but unfortunately it's a somewhat niche genre now.

Abear21340d ago

Max Payne Series
Infamous 1 & 2
NBA Street Vol 2
SSX
Skate

M_Prime339d ago

i could have sworn i read somewhere that Remedy is remaking May Payne 1 but things have been quiet lately

YourMommySpoils339d ago

They are making the first one, as we speak.

jznrpg340d ago (Edited 340d ago )

One of the few Xbox games I own. I have 3 copies of it because of the many discs it has, for just in case reasons

jznrpg340d ago (Edited 340d ago )

Xenogears, Xenosaga trilogy, Vagrant Story, Drakengards, Parasite Eve and many more but I’ll start with those

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Best Classic Call of Duty Black Ops Maps, Ranked

The Black Ops series has featured some of the best and classic multiplayer maps in the Call of Duty franchise, and here's the top of them.

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The Nerd Stash: "Developed by Treyarch Studios, Call of Duty: Black Ops games are some of the best in the series in terms of gameplay, story, and -- of course -- Zombies."

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Rynxie594d ago (Edited 594d ago )

Black ops 4, because it was the last cod of duty I was able to dominate with a +2 k/d ratio. Before all the freaking cheating started to happen. It was nice catching people off guard and shooting at them first and getting the kill. Unlike now, where I shoot people first, but they gun me down with less hits, less time, literally feels like they can kill me in a split second. At times, they are able to run away after me shooting them way more than necessary, yet, the second I'm spotted, I'm dead, there's no me running away to cover. They can do cartwheels, summersaults, backflips and gun you down perfectly. They can shoot you across the map with perfect accuracy. They can jump around like morons and gun you down without even having to correct their aim. They have superman split second perfect reactions. That's the best way to describe it, everything they do is spot on perfect. They can spam and spray (no praying) their gun from far away, because they have no recoil or bullet spread. It always feels like I have to aim and also correct my aim when moving around, while these pricks don't have to do the same.

And yes, I know how to play fps games. I dominated many fps games like: Resistance 1&2, kz 2&3, Socom, MAG, Crysis, Gotham City Impostors, blitz brigade etc. all with 2-4 k/d ratio. Kz2 (lag input controls) and resistance (no aim assist in resistance) being the hardest and were the games I reached either close to a 3 k/d ratio or above.

I truly got to enjoy blacks ops 4 and got my money's worth out of it. Afterwords, I would either stop playing cod games after a while, because of the cheating, or would skip buying cod games for a year or two before buying another.