Eurogamer Reviews Folklore, MSNBC Warns Consumers to Stay Away From 360, More...

Eurogamer just released this review of Folklore, which scored a 5/10 :(

But since we're talking about my mum, when she was a little girl, she used to play in the fairy rings around her grandmother's house - and Irish fairy rings aren't patches of mushrooms like they are in this country, but ancient burial mounds that are also the homes of faeries and the entrance to their magical realms.

And it's this world - the world of Celtic folklore and make-believe - that forms the starting point for Folklore. Except, since it's been developed under the guidance of Yoshiki Okamoto (of Onimusha, Devil May Cry and Resident Evil fame), it's got a vividly Japanese twist. One thing that is authentically Irish, though, is that it starts, as so many good Irish adventures do, down the pub. Taking on the role of either Keats, a writer for an occult magazine, or Ellen, a girl in search of her mother, you'll find yourself in the village of Lemrick, where the living meet the dead.

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MSNBC warns consumers to stay away from the 360, and encourages consumers to buy either a PS3 or Wii on their show, here is a link to the video.

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Meh I'll wait for more reviews... What did he mean by boring? Now every 3rd person game is boring?gamingqueen

yeah it seems that way :P, Eurogamer is one of the harsher review sites, I think this game may get a 7 on GS.

I couldn't open the video. What was MSNBCs reasoning for going against the 360?CAD-Monkey

I'm going to take a wild guess and say......hardware unreliability?

I kind of agree with them, really. The other 2 consoles are so much more reliable its not even funny. The amount of people I know who have a 360 and had to either get another one ( like I did )or have their's fixed, is insane. Especially now with the PS3 finally shaping up software-wise, MS is in trouble warranty and all.

I read the "Today" show said the same thing about the 360 and it's reliability. I didn't know MSNBC said that as well. And, why would MSNBC, as in MicrosoftNBC, say say something like this? Very odd. Although, MSNBC, the cable news channel, is more NBC than it is Microsoft.

Actually, now that I think about, I couldn't watch the video, but I'm assuming this video is of the "Today" show seeing as it is an NBC program.

I can't stand regular new reporters talking about games. For those of us who follow the game industry closely, it seems everything they say comes out half-assed and rushed like they do their research the 30 mintues before air time. Get real game journalists who know what they're talking about sit down next to that annoying Al Roker to talk about games.

From video -About 360 warranty plan

Repoter: "....the biggest electronics recall in history...." and a second later, "to emphisize, it's not a recall offically"

Al Roker: "So this one is they're [having people] volunteeringly bringing them back."

Repoter: "That's right"

WRONG

Al Roker: "Any speculation of what the problem is?"

Repoter: "Well [they're so many parts inside] so the speculation could go anywhere."

Even for a person that knows nothing of the issue, doing a google search and will get you 1000 different stories of overheating.

Al Roker: "So what's the advantage of the 360 over the other two?"

Reporter: "It has the most popular games - Halo, Grand Theft Auto, and it also has the Madden games"

Well one out of three (Halo) ain't bad I guess, but he makes people who don't know better think that all these games only appear on the 360.

Then they both go on to say dumb things that make us gamers roll our eyes. One good thing they mentioned to those people who aren't really keeping track of video games is that the PS3 costs less than some standalone Blu-Ray players and with the PS3, you can wtach BluRay movies and play PS3 games.

Aye, I hate watching idiots talk about games. Anyway, I really enjoyed the folklore demo, that 5/10 does not make sense to me, but who knows how the rest of the game is I guess, but from what i've played, it would seem it has many great things such as graphics, artstyle/presentation, pretty fun gameplay and its different. I was thinking GS would give it about an 8.0 (especially after playing the darkness..8.5!) I'll keep an eye out.F1Lengend

well what'd Eurogamer give the Darkness, I'm guessing a 5 or 6.

[QUOTE="F1Lengend"]Aye, I hate watching idiots talk about games. Anyway, I really enjoyed the folklore demo, that 5/10 does not make sense to me, but who knows how the rest of the game is I guess, but from what i've played, it would seem it has many great things such as graphics, artstyle/presentation, pretty fun gameplay and its different. I was thinking GS would give it about an 8.0 (especially after playing the darkness..8.5!) I'll keep an eye out.HiResDes

well what'd Eurogamer give the Darkness, I'm guessing a 5 or 6.

Actually they were pretty generous. It got an 8 at Eurogamer.

Never said the words "Stay away from" not t hat I heard in that video, its two idiots who know little about gaming. Tons of mis-quotes. SOS DD._Bear

no they never say the words exactly, but I believe the quote was more of a paraphrase than an exaggeration.

[QUOTE="_Bear"]Never said the words "Stay away from" not t hat I heard in that video, its two idiots who know little about gaming. Tons of mis-quotes. SOS DD.HiResDes

no they never say the words exactly, but I believe the quote was more of a paraphrase than an exaggeration.

no biggie, they will all be fired by noon tomorrow.

MS really doesnt want this kind of news circulating from mainstream media outlets... the results could be catastrophic.jedigemini

Yes, it could be catastrophic but, to me, the only waya catastrophy of sortscould onlyhappen if its fan base stopped supporting MS by selling their Xbox's and moving on to a different console, and if new users become afraid of spending that kind money on something that is being protrayed by a media that knows NOTHING about gaming as crap. What we haven't realized is(especially fan boys of any console) that no matter what you have THEY ARE ALL MACHINES!!! THEY WILL FAIL AT SOME POINT, if you are lucky to not have that happen....YAY for you! but i know that my system (and i own a PS3) might just kick the bucket at some point just like i will and we all will. Now do i have friends who own an Xbox and are complaining ... yes. Have i played on an 360...yes! Did i like it? that is NONE of Your Bizz!and this almost seems like a dirty political scandal where everyone is trying to find flaws on their candidates through bad press to beat out the competition, and its just disgusting.