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We've had a few threads here on the Codex forums about the pathetic nature of the gaming review industry. Namely that they're all corrupt and stupid. <a href="http://weblogs.variety.com/the_cut_scene/2008/04/exclusive-revie.html">Now here's an article on Variety which says the same thing</a>:
<blockquote>I just got an email from an IGN publicist titled "FYI: Exclusive GTA IV Review @ IGN.com, scores 10" alerting me that "IGN.com, the Web's leading videogame and entertainment information destination, has posted the first and only review of Grand Theft Auto IV." I'm reminded of when Game Informer <a href="http://gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/DAF818DF-1429-458B-9033-C5E4C5DF02C3.htm">ran an exclusive review of "Mass Effect"</a> a few weeks before any other outlet and gave that game a 9.75. I was shocked since I really didn't think "Mass Effect" was that great (<a href="http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117935481.html?categoryid=1023&cs=1">and said as much in my review</a>), but of course it's very possible that the Game Informer folks just disagreed with me and that's well within their rights.
(Though I have to say I still found the <a href="http://gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/DAF818DF-1429-458B-9033-C5E4C5DF02C3.htm">Game Informer review</a> problematic, since they gave "Mass Effect" an almost perfect score despite noting that "most of the skirmishes, which begin and end in the blink of an eye, run into balancing issues, problematic AI, and a difficulty in comprehending what is transpiring" and "it controls admirably, but it doesn't live up to the large stage the story sets or the standards you've come to expect from action games and RPGs." Those are pretty significant faults.)</blockquote>
The author goes on to state that he personally doesn't trust any review labelled "exclusive". I mean, people trust reviews at all?
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<blockquote>I just got an email from an IGN publicist titled "FYI: Exclusive GTA IV Review @ IGN.com, scores 10" alerting me that "IGN.com, the Web's leading videogame and entertainment information destination, has posted the first and only review of Grand Theft Auto IV." I'm reminded of when Game Informer <a href="http://gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/DAF818DF-1429-458B-9033-C5E4C5DF02C3.htm">ran an exclusive review of "Mass Effect"</a> a few weeks before any other outlet and gave that game a 9.75. I was shocked since I really didn't think "Mass Effect" was that great (<a href="http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117935481.html?categoryid=1023&cs=1">and said as much in my review</a>), but of course it's very possible that the Game Informer folks just disagreed with me and that's well within their rights.
(Though I have to say I still found the <a href="http://gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/DAF818DF-1429-458B-9033-C5E4C5DF02C3.htm">Game Informer review</a> problematic, since they gave "Mass Effect" an almost perfect score despite noting that "most of the skirmishes, which begin and end in the blink of an eye, run into balancing issues, problematic AI, and a difficulty in comprehending what is transpiring" and "it controls admirably, but it doesn't live up to the large stage the story sets or the standards you've come to expect from action games and RPGs." Those are pretty significant faults.)</blockquote>
The author goes on to state that he personally doesn't trust any review labelled "exclusive". I mean, people trust reviews at all?
Spotted @ <a href="http://sorcerers.net">Sorcerers.net</a>