Apparently CNET shoulders a lot of the blame for what might turn out to be the fall of a great gaming site.
From the article: "The general feel from the forums and "what the GS staff allude to but don't say," was that Cnet dropped the hammer on them. GS itself had nothing to do with it, as Jeff had been a well liked and valuable member of their team for years. I gotta agree with that, as he has been one of the most familiar faces on the site since I started going to GS years ago.
The impression I got was that Cnet dug them a nice deep hole and then told the GS staff to dig up!"
Zach writes: 'IO Interactive have developed a number of highly regarded titles during their two-decade long run. The Hitman games have always been huge commercial and critical successes, and even lesser-known titles like Freedom Fighters ended up as a cult classic.'.
Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "The video game industry is a pretty cutthroat place. More often than not the cycle of a game’s life is pretty set in stone – a title is announced, hyped ,released and hopefully it’s a hit. However sometimes things don’t go as planned and a game doesn’t hit home with gamers. Not that’s it a bad game per say but due to a myriad of issues or the general mood of the world at the time the game isn’t remembered so fondly as its contemporaries. So for this week’s Top 10 we’re listing off ten titles that you should probably give a second chance to because they really are decent titles and deserve more love than they ever got."
I enjoyed Kane and Lynch. I would love to see a PS All-Stars 2 or a non-Smash take on a PlayStation fighter. Maybe a Marvel v Campcom style but with larger levels.
I’d rather Nintendo give Star Fox Assault a second chance and make another new game in that style. I like that game way better than Star Fox Adventures
I heartily agree.
Maybe even a sequel with that new walker from Star Fox Zero.[yes I know it's originally from Star Fox 2, but most of us know it from Zero because we didn't get to play SF2.]
More people played SF2 than SFZ thanks to SNES Mini, and emulation. Also, Star Fox Adventure > Star Fox Assault.
The Conduit.
Just, give us a reboot of that for Switch and make it bigger and better than the original, which had potential but never got off the ground due to being on the Wii.
Castlevania 64 was an amazing game for its time and I'd LOVE to see it get a proper remake or reboot.
In addition to retaining Hitman, IO kept ownership of Freedom Fighters, a 2003 third-person shooter that appeared on sixth gen consoles and received high praise.
I played Freedom Fighter on PC when I was a kid. Damn, the game was so freaking good.
I can live with this IO. So how about that sequel, so I can forgive you already?
WOW!!!!!! I would be so hyped if Freedom Fighters returned but it's very disappointing that Kane and Lynch is still on ice because the story has so much potential. Both games also features Jesper Kyd's best work.
RIP.
I don't have to jump on the bandwagon and pretend to hate Gamespot when I stopped enjoying their site since a few years back.
Big deal, one guy gets fired. Don't visit the site if you don't like it anymore, problem solved.
It is about Cnet caving in to Eidos and trying to change an honest score to something favorable so more of us would buy it. Not saying the game is crap, but I don't like being lied to. The site has lost its credibility and should fold. No one will every trust that a review on that site is not brought and paid for. Want a 10 for your game just pay for it, don't bother to make a good game it is cheaper to just pay CNET in advertising
get rid of numbered reviews, just have the editor talk about the game, say what they like and dislike and everyone else can fork themselves if thats not enough. you cant bribe a reviewer if theres nothing to barter for.
or hell just rent a game and try it yourself
Though it wasn't my site of choice, it is never good when someone gets fired for doing their job.
I hope this incident leads to a broad rethinking of issues such as conflict of interest and corporate control, because the review and opinion section of the video game industry has been on a downward spiral for some time.
If a game is good, it should be able to demonstrate that without help from the people who made it.