Has GS all but given up on PC gaming?

Now i understand GS are busy, i understand they have a fair few games to get through. I don't understand however why they seem to be treating PC as a second class citizen of gaming.

I mean where is the Clear Skies review? Where is the Warhead review? They also seem to miss out the PC version from multiplats. Isn't Mercs 2 on PC too? i see a 360/PS3 review but no PC.

Now i know they are busy but when i see this, http://au.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/outcry/review.html but no review for clear skies, a game i have owned for a week, it worries me.

Maybe i'm being to harsh but im begining to think GS is not the place for a PC gamer.....IGN on the other hand....

warhead isn't even out yet and most reviewers review the game on the day or the day after releaseJangoWuzHere

oh sorry i thought it was out already in some country's.

In my experience It's not uncommon for GS to not release reviews for sometime until after release. My understanding is that they want to ensure that they take the time to fully play the game instead of attempting to get it out ASAP. I beleive in situations where the review is out on launch day is typically because they got an early release copy to work with.

In terms of Mercenaries 2 I think the fact that the game came out for consoles first make that the focus for the review. While they might do a review for PC's it's going to be very similar to the X360/PS3 review so it's probably not a top priority. Also regarding Clear Sky it only came out in the US today/yesterday.

I get the feeling that GS much prefer to mindlessly drop a disk into a 360 and pop a squat on the couch, and play through it that way. No doubt that the entire review will be based on the experience of the console version. Sure, the reviewed might play the PC version, but probably just long enough to justify docking the review score .5 points because the game doesn't run as well on a 486 than it does on a intel duel core.

Don't waste your time looking for good PC game reviews at GS unless you're terribly interested in reading the opinions of a bunch of console fanboys.

I get the feeling that GS much prefer to mindlessly drop a disk into a 360 and pop a squat on the couch, and play through it that way. No doubt that the entire review will be based on the experience of the console version. Sure, the reviewed might play the PC version, but probably just long enough to justify docking the review score .5 points because the game doesn't run as well on a 486 than it does on a intel duel core.

Don't waste your time looking for good PC game reviews at GS unless you're terribly interested in reading the opinions of a bunch of console fanboys.

dos4gw82

Pretty much. I wouldn't bother looking to Gamespot for PC reviews as they are pretty "out-there". Especially compared to their console counter parts. I'd try to pay closer attention to PC Gamer and dedicated PC gaming magazines. But in the end, nothing compares to trying the game out for yourself.

Gamespots not the place for PC news or reviews.

Grid was released on 30th May and GS has not yet reviewed the PC version - and probably never will.

GameSpot is the worst major games site for PC content, but I can't trust their reviews in the first place when Oblivion scores higher than Baldur's Gate 2, when Gears of War scores higher than Max Payne and when BioShock scores higher than System Shock 2.

GameSpot is simply not a PC friendly site. It's just unfortunate that it also happens to have the largest PC gaming forum community (that I know of).

Easy, they are lazy...

And maybe they should hire some more people, if they say they are so busy.

They'll review exclusive pc games and some multiplats but no matter what system they all get the same score.

however their pc dept. has gone to the bottom of the hill years ago.

Gamespots not the place for PC news or reviews.

nutcrackr

Anyone know of a quality website that is more focused on PC Gaming? Herrick

PC Gamer has a website and I found a smaller site caleld 2404 (www.2404.org) that deals only with PC gaming.

PC Gamer has a website and I found a smaller site caleld 2404 (www.2404.org) that deals only with PC gaming.

Jade_Monkey

Thanks, mang. I'll check it out.

I don't know, but when I look at GS review, there is only one reviewer that I trust and that is Kevin Vanord. The others...meh. It was cooler when Alex and Greg was still here. shalashaska88

Isn't Kevin the dude that said MGS4 is the best looking game?

But remember! Despite all this, PC gaming is NOT dead! Repeat, NOT dead.

Or something.

Now i understand GS are busy, i understand they have a fair few games to get through. I don't understand however why they seem to be treating PC as a second class citizen of gaming.

I mean where is the Clear Skies review? Where is the Warhead review? They also seem to miss out the PC version from multiplats. Isn't Mercs 2 on PC too? i see a 360/PS3 review but no PC.

Now i know they are busy but when i see this, http://au.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/outcry/review.html but no review for clear skies, a game i have owned for a week, it worries me.

Maybe i'm being to harsh but im begining to think GS is not the place for a PC gamer.....IGN on the other hand....

Frozzik

Last time I check both of those games come out this week so what are you whining about?

If you want reviews, go to gamerankings.com. BTW, Crysis Warhead is at 91.5% with 4 reviews.

I come here for the game updates, and occasionally the forums.