The Unfinished Swan GS Review (6.5) Cows cannot catch a Break

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#101 The_Game21x
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A freelancer reviewed this game and not someone from GS most likely so stop complaining cows.Anyway I could see why he rated the game the way he did from just reading the review.

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As Darklink asked before, why does this matter?

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#102 spiderluck
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"Shallow gameplay"?This Neigher loser completely missunderstood the concept :lol:! What a disgraceful review!Sushiglutton
What concept ???The universally discredited concept that boring = fun
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#103 lundy86_4
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Well, I'm pretty smart and can formulate a sentence pretty well. I also know *not* to put metal in a microwave.

senses_fail_06

This is important... For life in general.

But, anyways, I was just pointing out how volatile trusting the new guy is. He could be the next Aaron Thomas...a dark spot on Gamespot's review history. I'm pretty sure he gave a game positive comments for having "cool achievements" or something like that.

senses_fail_06

You need to do something with your life. Fast.

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#104 kuraimen
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[QUOTE="kuraimen"]GS bias not surprising. Overrating 360 games and underrating PS3 games. Too predictable.DarkLink77
Which is why Metal Gear Solid 4 scored a 10 here, and PS3 has more GOTY awards here than the 360 does. :roll:

That's only 6 points over the Metacritic score. Hardly anything significant like this.
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#105 Sushiglutton
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[QUOTE="Sushiglutton"]"Shallow gameplay"?This Neigher loser completely missunderstood the concept :lol:! What a disgraceful review!spiderluck
What concept ???The universally discredited concept that boring = fun

No, boring is not the same as fun.
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#106 JohnnyCageMK
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[QUOTE="spiderluck"][QUOTE="Sushiglutton"]"Shallow gameplay"?This Neigher loser completely missunderstood the concept :lol:! What a disgraceful review!Sushiglutton
What concept ???The universally discredited concept that boring = fun

No, boring is not the same as fun.

Which is why Unfinished Swan flopped.
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#107 spiderluck
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Who is this Eric fellow? Why is he reviewing PS3 games?senses_fail_06
Better question would be ...Who would want to review ps3 games
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#108 senses_fail_06
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You need to do something with your life. Fast.lundy86_4
Pfft, let's not compare life achievements. That wouldn't be fair, you're already level 50 :(
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#109 JohnnyCageMK
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[QUOTE="senses_fail_06"]Who is this Eric fellow? Why is he reviewing PS3 games?spiderluck
Better question would be ...Who would want to review ps3 games

People that like d-list movies.
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#110 Sushiglutton
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[QUOTE="JohnnyCageMK"][QUOTE="Sushiglutton"][QUOTE="spiderluck"] What concept ???The universally discredited concept that boring = fun

No, boring is not the same as fun.

Which is why Unfinished Swan flopped.

No, that inference is not used anywhere in the review.
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#111 lundy86_4
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Pfft, let's not compare life achievements. That wouldn't be fair, you're already level 50 :(senses_fail_06

This just shows that my time management is superior to yours. I can teach you, if you like.

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#112 senses_fail_06
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[QUOTE="senses_fail_06"]Who is this Eric fellow? Why is he reviewing PS3 games?spiderluck
Better question would be ...Who would want to review ps3 games

Good question. Certainly not the jelly or those who have mass amounts of butthurt.
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#113 spiderluck
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GS bias not surprising. Overrating 360 games and underrating PS3 games. Too predictable.kuraimen
Hahaha Your butthurt ...Too Tooo TOOOOO predictable
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#114 Krelian-co
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http://www.gamespot.com/dragon-ball-z-for-kinect/reviews/dragon-ball-z-for-kinect-review-6397896/

well since we are posting every single bad game with bad reviews i'll leave this recent one here

lems are idiots, lol

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#115 DarkLink77
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[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="kuraimen"]GS bias not surprising. Overrating 360 games and underrating PS3 games. Too predictable.kuraimen
Which is why Metal Gear Solid 4 scored a 10 here, and PS3 has more GOTY awards here than the 360 does. :roll:

That's only 6 points over the Metacritic score. Hardly anything significant like this.

The difference between a 94 and a 98 MC score is monumental in this industry, and it's the same with any other site. Any decent big budget games will score a few 9s somewhere. Scoring a 10, however, is a completely different matter. I'd think someone who's been around the block as much as you have would know this by now.
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#116 senses_fail_06
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[QUOTE="senses_fail_06"] Pfft, let's not compare life achievements. That wouldn't be fair, you're already level 50 :(lundy86_4

This just shows that my time management is superior to yours. I can teach you, if you like.

Maybe later sensei.
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#117 CanYouDiglt
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Posting in a soon to be epic thread. I predict the cow meltdown will be amazing. Seeing this much Sony fanboy torment it is like a early Christmas. Have no fear cows you still have your beanie babies in toy cars game ( LBP Karting ) coming soon or the other major hardcore game Wonderbook.
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#118 mems_1224
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trash game for a trash console. not surprised
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#119 lundy86_4
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Maybe later sensei. senses_fail_06

I decide when the lessons happen... You rodent!

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#120 kuraimen
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[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="kuraimen"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"] Which is why Metal Gear Solid 4 scored a 10 here, and PS3 has more GOTY awards here than the 360 does. :roll:

That's only 6 points over the Metacritic score. Hardly anything significant like this.

The difference between a 94 and a 98 MC score is monumental in this industry, and it's the same with any other site. Any decent big budget games will score a few 9s somewhere. Scoring a 10, however, is a completely different matter. I'd think someone who's been around the block as much as you have would know this by now.

10 is around the average for 94 but 65 from 80 average is not. That's a whole 15 points difference. Besides taking into account ALL games there's a tendency for GS to rate 360 games higher and PS3 games lower. Numbers don't lie.
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#121 Lief_Ericson
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wtf is the Unfinished Swan?

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#122 senses_fail_06
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[QUOTE="senses_fail_06"]Maybe later sensei. lundy86_4

I decide when the lessons happen... You rodent!

Don't you think it is a little ironic you call me a rodent, Master Splinter?
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#123 JohnnyCageMK
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wtf is the Unfinished Swan?

Lief_Ericson
A PS3 exclusive that cows were hyping as their savior for this year and it flopped.
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#124 mems_1224
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wtf is the Unfinished Swan?

Lief_Ericson
some boring hipster game
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#126 thom_maytees
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wtf is the Unfinished Swan?

Lief_Ericson

Did you read the game's review? It can tell you what it is about.

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#127 Master_ShakeXXX
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[QUOTE="Lief_Ericson"]

wtf is the Unfinished Swan?

mems_1224

some boring hipster game

Why is it boring? Because it's not about killing stuff?

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#128 mitu123
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wtf is the Unfinished Swan?

Lief_Ericson

It's an unfinished swan of course.

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#129 mems_1224
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[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="Lief_Ericson"]

wtf is the Unfinished Swan?

Master_ShakeXXX

some boring hipster game

Why is it boring? Because it's not about killing stuff?

yup thats exactly why.
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#130 kuraimen
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[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="Lief_Ericson"]

wtf is the Unfinished Swan?

Master_ShakeXXX

some boring hipster game

Why is it boring? Because it's not about killing stuff?

Mature artistic games are not for lems. They get distracted easily because of their ADHD.
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#131 Ly_the_Fairy
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[QUOTE="Lief_Ericson"]

wtf is the Unfinished Swan?

mitu123

It's an unfinished swan of course.

An ugly duckling.

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#132 JohnnyCageMK
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Wait, why are lemmings acting like this is a big-budgeted and hyped game? Reactions in this thread aren't making sense because I don't remember anyone hyping it.

Bigboi500
http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/29303713/the-unfinished-swan-ign-9.0.-cows-saving-grace-after-fable-the-journey-?page=7
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#133 mems_1224
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[QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

[QUOTE="mems_1224"] some boring hipster gamekuraimen

Why is it boring? Because it's not about killing stuff?

Mature artistic games are not for lems. They get distracted easily because of their ADHD.

nah, 360 has tons of quality games already on xbla, trash like this fits perfectly on the ps3.
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#134 spiderluck
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http://www.gamespot.com/dragon-ball-z-for-kinect/reviews/dragon-ball-z-for-kinect-review-6397896/

well since we are posting every single bad game with bad reviews i'll leave this recent one here

lems are idiots, lol

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#135 Lief_Ericson
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[QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

[QUOTE="mems_1224"] some boring hipster gamekuraimen

Why is it boring? Because it's not about killing stuff?

Mature artistic games are not for lems. They get distracted easily because of their ADHD.

K I just watched the review, I didnt know games about children splattering paint everywhere were mature and artistic.
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#136 DarkLink77
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[QUOTE="kuraimen"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="kuraimen"] That's only 6 points over the Metacritic score. Hardly anything significant like this.

The difference between a 94 and a 98 MC score is monumental in this industry, and it's the same with any other site. Any decent big budget games will score a few 9s somewhere. Scoring a 10, however, is a completely different matter. I'd think someone who's been around the block as much as you have would know this by now.

10 is around the average for 94 but 65 from 80 average is not. That's a whole 15 points difference. Besides taking into account ALL games there's a tendency for GS to rate 360 games higher and PS3 games lower. Numbers don't lie.

It's not. If a 10 were around the average for a game with a 94 MC score, the score would be closer to 100 than 90. 10s are rare scores. And as for the Unfinished Swan's Review score... it only has 26 scores, and it's barely holding to an 80 MC average, not even adding in GameSpot's core. A good chunk of the reviews are below 8.0, one even from OPM UK. As more review scores come in, it's just going to go down. We should let the MC score even out before we argue about how off the mark GS is. And as for this so-called tendency... it's a moot point. Games are scored by what they are, not by what platform they're on. Halo would score well on PS3, PC, or 360. Same with Uncharted, Forza, etc. because those are very high quality games. While the PS3 has a lot of very good games, it has very few "great" exclusive series. There are maybe 3 or 4, same as the 360. The other ones score lower, both here and pretty much everywhere else. It's to be expected, and has nothing to do with the platform the games appear on.
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#137 mitu123
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[QUOTE="mitu123"]

[QUOTE="Lief_Ericson"]

wtf is the Unfinished Swan?

Ly_the_Fairy

It's an unfinished swan of course.

An ugly duckling.

Yeah, pretty much it.
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#138 spiderluck
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[QUOTE="senses_fail_06"]Maybe later sensei. lundy86_4

I decide when the lessons happen... You rodent!

Harsh ...but funny
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#139 DarkLink77
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[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="Lief_Ericson"]

wtf is the Unfinished Swan?

Master_ShakeXXX

some boring hipster game

Why is it boring? Because it's not about killing stuff?

Let's be intellectually honest here: Most arthouse games aren't that fun. Games like Braid, Bastion, and Journey are the exception.
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#140 Sushiglutton
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Solid 8.0 at metacritic which is fantastic for an innovative and unique little game like this :D!

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#141 mems_1224
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[QUOTE="kuraimen"][QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

Why is it boring? Because it's not about killing stuff?

Lief_Ericson
Mature artistic games are not for lems. They get distracted easily because of their ADHD.

K I just watched the review, I didnt know games about children splattering paint everywhere were mature and artistic.

they are when they're the only games you have to play this year :lol:
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#142 DarkLink77
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Solid 8.0 at metacritic which is fantastic for an innovative and unique little game like this :D!

Sushiglutton
Unfortunately for the game, that score is only going to do down.
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#143 Krelian-co
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[QUOTE="Krelian-co"]

http://www.gamespot.com/dragon-ball-z-for-kinect/reviews/dragon-ball-z-for-kinect-review-6397896/

well since we are posting every single bad game with bad reviews i'll leave this recent one here

lems are idiots, lol

spiderluck

Look it's a bird ..no ..it's a plane...naw..just another damage control drone

says the scrub who is in every thread of xbox saying "how great mah xbox is"

i'm just pointing out how fuking dumb are the fanboys in these threads, logic ftw. ofc i don't have to worry i belong to the pc gamer master race.:lol:

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#144 kuraimen
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[QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

[QUOTE="mems_1224"] some boring hipster gameDarkLink77

Why is it boring? Because it's not about killing stuff?

Let's be intellectually honest here: Most arthouse games aren't that fun. Games like Braid, Bastion, and Journey are the exception.

I've had fun with most of those on the PS3 except for one game which I forgot thee name of. People don't watch movies just to have fun they watch movies to get scared, to laugh, to feel sad. If games want to be taken seriously as an art form they should do justice to all the other emotions and not just brainless entertainment.

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#145 Wanderer5
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Can't say I was interested in this one much. Unlike say Journey and Dear Esther, it didn't suck me in.

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#146 Master_ShakeXXX
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[QUOTE="Sushiglutton"]

Solid 8.0 at metacritic which is fantastic for an innovative and unique little game like this :D!

DarkLink77

Unfortunately for the game, that score is only going to do down.

I doubt it will go down much. GS seems to be in the very tiny minority on this one.

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#147 lundy86_4
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Don't you think it is a little ironic you call me a rodent, Master Splinter? senses_fail_06

If I were Master Splinet... No.

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#148 Frostbite24
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God damn cows. Seriously this has to be the biggest amount of ownage in the shortest amount of time. I actually feel very sorry for them, no joke. It is a damn hard time to be a cow in SW.

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#149 DarkLink77
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[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="Master_ShakeXXX"]

Why is it boring? Because it's not about killing stuff?

kuraimen
Let's be intellectually honest here: Most arthouse games aren't that fun. Games like Braid, Bastion, and Journey are the exception.

I've had fun with most of those on the PS3 except for one game which I forgot thee name of.

Yes, but that's a limited number of titles. Trust me. Games like this come out all the time, and most of them aren't that good. This is why we praise the ones we do and why it's so easy to forget the others exist.
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#150 lx_theo
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[QUOTE="Lief_Ericson"]

wtf is the Unfinished Swan?

JohnnyCageMK
A PS3 exclusive that cows were hyping as their savior for this year and it flopped.

No. It was a PS3 exclusive that Lems were trying to act like was the PS3's saving grace for the year (when no one in their right mind would rightfully think so).