Gamespot reviews?

Are they credible?

Stalin vs. Martians 1.0

GameSpot Score 1.5 abysmal

How can this be?

They lost all credibility the moment they started to flop PS3 exclusives 8)

They lost all credibility the moment they started to flop PS3 exclusives 8)

GreenGoblin2099

Yah! Nobody judges teh cell.

I honestly haven't payed attention to reviews here for ages.:lol:

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Damn Salty,how long did that search took you? :P

Too many people judge simply by scores. Even if I disagree with the points awarded it doesn't change the fact that Gamespot reviews are the most professional around. For example, I don't think Duke Nukem Forever is as low as a 3, but its hard to argue with Kevin's review itself. Written review > score

BTW, I know this isn't really the point of the thread, I just wanted to state my point since a lot of people have been angry with the scores given lately.

No game that has Stalin dancing like this deserves lower than a 10.0.

Are they credible?

Stalin vs. Martians 1.0

GameSpot Score 1.5 abysmal

How can this be?

SaltyMeatballs

:lol:

Damn Salty,how long did that search took you? :P

Arach666

I can't beleive they gave infamous a 9.0, the game is a joke. Many Wii games that scored 7.5-8.5 are so much better.

Gamespot is like ign. Some of their reviews are good. Some are terrible and are clearly are just unhappy editors trying exaggeratehow bad the game is for vews.

EdenProxy

A 3 for that game is a load of crap!:cry:

With all reviews, Gamespot or otherwise, I judge the score they give on a range of +/- 2; if Gamespot gives a game an 8, in actuality the overall quality of that game lies somewhere between a 6 on the lowest end and a 10 on the highest. In other words, I don't take Gamespot's reviews literally, but rather as a general marker of what the game is actually like.

I can't beleive they gave infamous a 9.0, the game is a joke. Many Wii games that scored 7.5-8.5 are so much better.

AntiType

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Are they credible?

Stalin vs. Martians 1.0

GameSpot Score 1.5 abysmal

How can this be?

AmazonTreeBoa

That's not really better because their are some ridiculous scores that skew the average anyway.

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Are they credible?

Stalin vs. Martians 1.0

GameSpot Score 1.5 abysmal

How can this be?

epicstory

That's not really better because their are some ridiculous scores that skew the average anyway.

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I can't beleive they gave infamous a 9.0, the game is a joke. Many Wii games that scored 7.5-8.5 are so much better.

EdenProxy

the game was bloated with copy $ paste quests(they made another bus and are shooting everyone?!?!?), unchanging enviornments (err... the sewers... again?) LAUGHABLE good/evil descisons (hmmm help hanging man or leave him to die?????), Silly story, bugs galore and absolutly no consequenses for dying. I would have felt ripped off if I had not gotten it for free.

NSMB was WAY more fun and polished than inFamous.

Scores mean nothing. It's the review that matters. Why SW is so caught up in scores is beyond me.

GameSpot reviews are irrelevant imo. The scores moreso than the actual article. You can find some useful information in the article most of the time...

I stopped trusting gamespot after Gertsman gate and I did even more so when they gave MW2 a 9..

I can't take reviews too seriously from any of the big commercial sites that have ads for the very games they are supposed to be rating, or that are competiting with the very games they are supposed to be rating.

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[QUOTE="EdenProxy"] Um how ? infamous 1 provides great fun gameplay, a shocking cliff hanger, and excellent environments . wiis AA typicaly belong there like redsteel 2 and nsmb EdenProxy

the game was bloated with copy $ paste quests(they made another bus and are shooting everyone?!?!?), unchanging enviornments (err... the sewers... again?) LAUGHABLE good/evil descisons (hmmm help hanging man or leave him to die?????), Silly story, bugs galore and absolutly no consequenses for dying. I would have felt ripped off if I had not gotten it for free.

NSMB was WAY more fun and polished than inFamous.

Never played inFamous 2, am talking about the first. You are doing the exact same thing in those sidequests, in mario, from the first in the 80s, till the latest, the level disegns have always given players something new and different.

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the game was bloated with copy $ paste quests(they made another bus and are shooting everyone?!?!?), unchanging enviornments (err... the sewers... again?) LAUGHABLE good/evil descisons (hmmm help hanging man or leave him to die?????), Silly story, bugs galore and absolutly no consequenses for dying. I would have felt ripped off if I had not gotten it for free.

NSMB was WAY more fun and polished than inFamous.

AntiType

Never played inFamous 2, am talking about the first. You are doing the exact same thing in those sidequests, in mario, from the first in the 80s, till the latest, the level disegns have always given players something new and different.

when they gave big rigs 2 the lowest score in gamespot history they were no longer credible....i mean it's big rigs 2

They lost all credibility the moment they started to flop PS3 exclusives 8)

GreenGoblin2099

Perhaps all PS3 exclusives are just flops themselves..

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I can't beleive they gave infamous a 9.0, the game is a joke. Many Wii games that scored 7.5-8.5 are so much better.

EdenProxy

That Kevin-V has a lot to answer for since he underrated a game by 0.5 :P.

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[QUOTE="EdenProxy"] Um how ? infamous 1 provides great fun gameplay, a shocking cliff hanger, and excellent environments . wiis AA typicaly belong there like redsteel 2 and nsmb EdenProxy

the game was bloated with copy $ paste quests(they made another bus and are shooting everyone?!?!?), unchanging enviornments (err... the sewers... again?) LAUGHABLE good/evil descisons (hmmm help hanging man or leave him to die?????), Silly story, bugs galore and absolutly no consequenses for dying. I would have felt ripped off if I had not gotten it for free.

NSMB was WAY more fun and polished than inFamous.

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I can't beleive they gave infamous a 9.0, the game is a joke. Many Wii games that scored 7.5-8.5 are so much better.

EdenProxy

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I can't beleive they gave infamous a 9.0, the game is a joke. Many Wii games that scored 7.5-8.5 are so much better.

soulitane

True, but I can't think of any open world game that wasn't buggy, nor can I think of any game that didn't have some bugs.

[QUOTE="soulitane"][QUOTE="EdenProxy"] Um how ? infamous 1 provides great fun gameplay, a shocking cliff hanger, and excellent environments . wiis AA typicaly belong there like redsteel 2 and nsmb Pug-Nasty

True, but I can't think of any open world game that wasn't buggy, nor can I think of any game that didn't have some bugs.

They lost all credibility the moment they started to flop PS3 exclusives 8)

GreenGoblin2099

Who cares. GS scores are used for pwnage only. I personally check the metascore and then watch some gameplay on youtube ...

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They lost all credibility the moment they started to flop PS3 exclusives 8)

Ly_the_Fairy

Yah! Nobody judges teh cell.

The Infamous 2 review was terrible. I rated a 10 and I have enjoyed my time with it, so GS can take their 7.5 and enjoy it.