Just listened to that actual podcast these comments came from. Jst to clarify for all who want to post before actually listening to the bloody thing:
This is a veteran journalist from a multi-award winning INDEPENDENT games magazine, with a FINISHED version of the game, having played it for TWO STRAIGHT days.
But then, if you'd listened to the podcast you'd know that right?
Saying a game is unfinished and not as good as it could have been is not aimed to...
Having read it, I'll further add that it doesn't come across as hateful to me. More that the guy's played it for a whole day and found it severely wanting in a lot of key areas.
It's worth bearing in mind that 'Gameplay footage' and screens do not tell the same story as the game itself. Both of these mediums are often touched up professionally to make the game look prettier. Furthermore, key scenes are chosen to grab from. Ones that don't look horrible. If you look at some if hi...
Am I the only one who's spotted that the preview in question is on the OFFICIAL X360 Magazine blog - a blog that ONLY the writers of the magazine can post on. Secondly, the blog entry for Too Human is by Dan Howdle. That's the same Dan Howdle that broke the world exclusive on Gears 2 Multiplayer a couple of months back.
Still think it's fake? lol
I've been using nowgamer as my main site for a while now. Their reviews are refreshingly honest and well-written and in my experience, have never been wrong.
If you can be bothered to actually find out the history of the site, you'd know that nowgamer is imagine publishing's online multiformat site. Imagine publish award-winning magazines such as gamesTM, PLAY, X360, 360, Total PC Gaming and on andon and alfl of the writers - some of the best in the industry - who wortk on thos...