Review Oblivion review at Firing Squad - 60%

[Claw]

..for no good reason.

 

[Jim Kata]

Wow, an honest reviewer!!

The end is nigh.

 

[Ahzaruuk]

..for no good reason.

I would think that acting like a shit-disturber would qualify, but that's just me.

 

[doctor_kaz]

While I don't agree at all with the overall score, it's nice to see a review occasionally that actually gives a balanced picture of the game's strengths and problems. I'm tired of reading on sites like ign and Gamespot about how great level and loot scaling is.

 

[taxacaria]

MSFD's reaction

Every review out there is "honest," even the ones you disagree with. People are generally "honest" when they express their opinions, and not all of them are the same. A lot of time passed between Oblivion's release and all the Game of the Year awards it was nominated for and in some cases, won. Those clearly weren't knee-jerk reactions. A lot of people "honestly" like the game, whether you agree with them or not. The opinions of authors who gave Oblivion positive reviews are every bit as valid as this reviewer's.

are there no objective criteria ?

---edit1---

I feel that Summer should come in and lock this thread; too many people are saying bad things about the game

___edit2____

yeah - that's the way Auntie Beth is handling criticism usually,
and you can see this practice at the sites they have blacklisted like don't bypass the autocensor.

*g*
btw - the review thread at ESF has been closed.

 

[elander_]

Selective memory FrancoTau? What I asked for was less, or more like enough already, of the Oblivion/Gothic 3 crap and more coverage of indies or mainstream projects people might actually be interested in.

If indie games devs hyped their games a bit more that might actualy be possible. The news site can't do that for them.

 

[LCJr.]

Selective memory FrancoTau? What I asked for was less, or more like enough already, of the Oblivion/Gothic 3 crap and more coverage of indies or mainstream projects people might actually be interested in.

If indie games devs hyped their games a bit more that might actualy be possible. The news site can't do that for them.

You don't have to hype them just report on them. Pretty much every project has a webpage these days. You just have to look for them on the indie sites and places like Sourceforge. Sad thing is 99% of them are MMO's(or tools for MMO's) or FF clones.

 

[Claw]

I would think that acting like a shit-disturber would qualify, but that's just me.

Considering the uproar caused by the Ban of Volourn, clearly the hivemind disagrees.

 

[One Wolf]

volly got banned?

 

[Jed]

volly got banned?

For one blissful day.

 

[Dmitron]

I thought FireSquad was a hardware site? Haven't been there in years..

 

[MINIGUNWIELDER]

volly got banned?

For one blissful day.

Ho-leee shit.

I missed the shitstorm?

Link plz.

 

[Vault Dweller]

http://www.rpgcodex.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=17184

17 pages. Enjoy!

 

[Volourn]

R00fles!

 

[One Wolf]

god dammit! i go away to a tourney and miss a good ol' time on the codex. i demand a recount (no).

by the way, did someone mess with those numbers before retardo land or did volly really get roasted that bad? i'm not surprised, but damn.

 

[dagorkan]

Yeah 6000 people were interested enough to vote for a ban. Though only about 100 people post on this forum... What do you think?

 

[Volourn]

Oh SNAP!

 

[One Wolf]

my illusion of a massive codex fanbase....smashed.

*sob*