the recent contraversy between Eidos and GS does little to shock me as i have been arguing with my friend about the validity of review scores for some time. in general i feel that GS is a good review site but when money enters into the equation, it corrupts everything, as money often does. It is easy to see why Eidos was uspet, even though i dont agree with them. You have your game platsered all over the most popular gaming site on the net saying, "buy me",and thenwhen someone looks up the game and the reivew score you have a nasty 6 staring you in the face and a review that uses the word "ugly" several times. It is a financial disaster for Eidos because they made a bad game, and a black eye for Gamespot becasue the game is heavily promoted on the site, but the review does nothing to support the heavy push for the customer's $. this was bound to happen, i am sure the price to advertise on GS is hefty due to the popularity of the site, but that puts GS in an awkward position when it comes time to review. It forces them to question whether they owe a better score to Eidos because they paid for advertising. It obviously didnt compromise mister Gertsman and whoever approved the review (if there is such a person), andim surprised it led to the termination ofsomeone who was such a lofty presence on the GS site for so long. Eidos should have made a better game, and GS should not have been on the hook to give a good review, because i think that is exactly what was expected or promised to Eidos. And if it was just the language that Jeff used in the review, then it should havenever been posted. If i am wrong then i am wrong. And who knows the truth? nobody. thoughts..............
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