Absolutely, that is exactly what we do. For example, in Killzone 2's case, we knocked off points for the story, the bugs and glitches that we encountered that weren't covered in the bug list document attached with our press kit, etc. but awarded extra brownie points for the stellar gameplay mechanics and the sheer brilliance of the AI and all the tense combat that made the experience so much bloody darned fun!
Killzone 2 deserves every bit of praise that it's been getting, and ...
@GamerPS360:
Sorry, it wasn't me that brought it here. If there was any controversy, it should raged on our home turf between us, our reader base and our Sony contacts. I was actually scared of N4G after seeing the fanboy wars raging at times here about why KZ2 wasn't given a 11/10 and what would happen after our score.
@Rucky:
Honestly, we don't like assigning scores to our reviews. If you like it, you buy it. Is a game that's rated 9 better than a game rated 8.5...
I'm the Lead Content Editor for the site's that done the review. About the multiplayer part, let me explain.
The problem here is that the press kit we received with the review code a) makes us go through flaming hoops to get online, manually adjusting the IP and DNS settings everytime we want to go online, which no other game has done to us till date. This is something we hope is fixed in the final retail version of the game, and b) there aren't that many people playing online ...
I gave the game a miss when it came on the Xbox 360. Infact, it wasn't even on my radar until it popped up on nV News.
Now, after having seen the gameplay video, I somehow feel like playing the game.
Pardon Our Dust?
Please Excuse Our Dust?
http://pid.bungie.org/dust....
Pathways Into Darkness
http://pid.bungie.org
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According to the insider, it's not Halo and its not a new IP.
Good to see a preview from this side of the world.
This guy is the Country Manager for Xbox India's Entertainment and Devices Division.
He was instrumental in the Xbox 360 launch in India and the eventual launch of Xbox LIVE as well.
Not sure about this, but it looks like the blanks read:
(Couldnt translate all of them, this isn't Hindi at all, it's English written in the most annoying Hindi I've ever read)
Just one more blind alley
Yet another cul-de-sac
Left you nowhere else to go
Only talk of battle
Is the armor that they wear
But this fight has stripped them bare
You get for nothing in this world
Knowledge costs and you have paid
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@Thereapersson: With the way things are going right now in the country with Killzone 2, we put our SP review up with its own score and will put up the MP review with its own score once we manage to clock enough meaningful hours with human players. Since we aren't really on any major score-aggregating sites like MetaCritic, we don't have to worry too much about re-reviewing the game since we've got scores for both SP and MP and once we pass those on to the relevant contacts at Sony India and t...