Eidos Bribing reviewer for high Batman Arkhum Asylum Scores

topic says it all. they basically said put the game on the cover and guarante at least a 90 percent and they can print their review early otherwise they have to wait till the end of the month. link. sad thing, though not unexpected is that some reviewers are planning to go ahead with this according to the article. whats more sad, though is this kind of stuff happens because publishers thing that people put creedance in these reviewers and make their purchases based off of them.

Personally i've had enough of Eidos since Jeff's incident, and not to mention that the tried to vote themselves 1st for the GOTY and tried to stop reviewers posting bad reviews for Tomb Raider till a certain date.

To be honest, if they're so scared of bad reviews etc etc... why not actually make sure the game hits a high enough standard before they release it:?

Either way, i won't be buy this game.

Meh if it me doing the review and I heard that i would ask for it to be on the front cover and then I would just tell the truth either the game is a good game which warrents a good score or if it's anything like Kane and Lynch then well it would be lucky to even reach a solid 70%.

Actually I might just **** this game off and save the money to get something better

Haha I tried it a little at the target in burbank,ca. Not that great of a game. Actually I let out a laugh when my cousin played it for like a few seconds and goes "damn this game sucks." Has eidos released any good games in the past few years at all? Maybe they deserve to go under like midway.

This is the same thing they did with Kane and Lynch

I am so pissed at this I might not even get the game

This isn't bribing. ALL reviewers do this. IGN talked about this on many of their podcasts openly. Duckman5

Yea, although it's not really bribing it's still pretty questionable tactics.

Eidos; Is that not the same publisher for Kane and Lynch?

Kevin V is next. :lol:

Questionable as it may be, as many other posters have pointed out it is common place. It's all part of good marketing. Take, for example, the charts in game stores. Are these charts worked out on the best game? The one the gamers want the most? No, of course not. Companies just pay for them. If you can't pay as much money as the other guy, you get chart position number 2. That is, providing someone doesn't come along before release day and pay more than you. Take a look next time you're in a gamestation or GAME store, the titles by EA and other large development companies are ALWAYS in the top slots for weeks.

All this is saying is 'if you have a good review for our game and dont mind slapping it all over the cover (free advertising), go for it!'. It's just a way to build up hype. If a magazine is willing to actually rate the game high just to get an exclusive story, that makes the magazine a sellout, not the company. All Eidos are doing in this situation is preventing bad press from destroying the game before it's even launched, which is a pretty standard tactic in the business.

They have had shady dealings in the past but this and the Kotaku feature about it are making a mountain out of a molehill shared by every game studio.

and this is the primary reason why i don't trust game reviewers dood.

This is getting me upset a little, in the end I understand it's business however what I'm looking for is: A good game.

If this 'natural' aspect is so widespread then is there even a point of believing or even taking into account majority of the reviews at all?

I love Batman and I'm a big fan for last 20 years since I was first introduced to it by class 80's comics. When it comes to video games, the last Batman title I bought and enjoyed was on Sega Genesis..

There hasn't been a solid quality Batman game since for me and now finally, after a decade, Arkham Asylum is almost here and because of so much talk around it - how will it turn out?

I hope for only one thing, a solid and enjoyable game that warrants 70$.

It is a Batman game...who cares if it is good or not, nobody is going to buy it anyway.

Edios fails, The only good games they have ever produced are Legacy of Kain & Soul Reaver.Genome-Soldier

[QUOTE="Genome-Soldier"]Edios fails, The only good games they have ever produced are Legacy of Kain & Soul Reaver.NotAFurry

It is a Batman game...who cares if it is good or not, nobody is going to buy it anyway.

Videodogg

I will...

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It is a Batman game...who cares if it is good or not, nobody is going to buy it anyway.

dunpeal2004

I will...

Personally i've had enough of Eidos since Jeff's incident, and not to mention that the tried to vote themselves 1st for the GOTY and tried to stop reviewers posting bad reviews for Tomb Raider till a certain date.

To be honest, if they're so scared of bad reviews etc etc... why not actually make sure the game hits a high enough standard before they release it:?

Either way, i won't be buy this game.

Gamespot review will be up tomorrow.AAAA confirmed ;)