Ok so I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with the great scores it's gotten, but I am saying that there's something wrong with how the reviews are done on some sites. I just sifted through basically all the reviews so far and most of them say it like it is and give a well written review about the merits of the game and it garners anywhere between 9 and a 10. Very respectable I say and more so than most of the games that have gotten scores like 10 and high 9s. The problems I have with the reviews boil down to 2 things, number 1 is that all of the reviews so far are early and are not based on the gold version of the game. Guerrilla had stated that they had sent out a review copy of the game but they still hadn't finished work on it, and they only went gold with it fairly recently so most of the glitches and bugs that people found are probably not even in the final retail copy. Which makes it even more amazing how perfected this game is considering all the other high score games lately having almost game-breaking problems with pop-in, frame-rate, bad AI, low-res textures or flickering low-res shadows and so far only a few places have pointed even one of those things happening in very specific place that probably won't even be there when the game comes out. I think it says alot about the reviewers who focus on little niggles in this game and totally forgive serious problems that need to be patched in things like Gears 2 or Fable II (both great games but they do have some serious quality issues right out of the box)
I also have a problem with the way that some of the reviewers (primarily IGN so far) have basically found every little tiny reason to not like some insignificant part of the game and squeeze that in between praise of the game, it's almost like they're trying to purposely instill doubt while begrudgingly giving the game a high score, I just really think that they could have written a much better, more comprehensive review, but then again I almost always think that about their reviews, they're generally badly written, they don't do the job that well and the system they have for scoring is flawed anyway
The thing I find most confusing though is that considering it's an fps there seems to be a hell of a lot of reviewers saying it's too short! Is this just because they want more of this glorious game? because they seem to be completely ignoring the extremely short campaigns of many other fps games which are about 5-8 hours long........I'm pretty sure that there aren't many other fps games that can tout 10 hours as it's average playing time for all skill levels
but why?
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Some great points you made there. I think you r right about Ign taking points of for minor things that they overlooked in other games that they have reviewed, cough , cough Gears 2 . but i digress
I think they shouldn't base their reviews until they get a final copy of the game.
But the reviews are good so far so I'm happy
Seriously, from the video review (on IGN) you see the weak looking zapper and flamthrower. For a game that has so much graphical muscle, IGN found it wierd to have such low grade visuals.
You see, since IGN didn't give it a perfect score they would have to tell you about some of the problems they had. If they didn't, guys like you would be foaming at the mouth for explanation. When they do (and they always do) tell you the issues, you complain about them telling you! What is wrong with you?!
I don't doubt that they might overlook issues with other games (interesting how you only mention two XBOX games and not PS games) but who cares?! It's only a review!
"It's not the gold version"
Give me a break. It's a month from release so the game that the reviewers have is most likely the finished product (save for some light texture issues or what not). The game is basically done so what you see if the final product, face it. GG are not going to rip open the game's code from now until the release date.
I mean, did THIS really warrant a blog?