What would happen if GS scores God of War 2 like Twilight Princess?

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#1 ASK_Story
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Would you revolt and lash out if God of War 2 gets under 9.0?

A few things to keep in mind. The developers said that they did nothing new to GoW's formula. So it's basically like a continuation of the first one but with more intensity. Kind of like Twilight Princess....nothing new, just more intensity.

Just wondering since I know a lot of Nintendo-fans got furious over Twilight's score and Sony-fans over Virtua Fighter 5.

Well?

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#3 tranhgiang
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Average at Gameranking.com is 9.5

Knowing Gamespot and Sony, GoW 2 will get about -1 to -.5 of the average.

Which mean 8.5-9.0
Given it is a PS2 games and not PS3, add .1-.2 to that.

->>It will get 8.6->9.2

My guess: 9.1
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They wouldnt show there faces in public.

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#5 zaibutzu
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[QUOTE="double-r"]they wont under rate it since it is not on ps3 or wii ps2 is last gen and i think i their contract with M$, they can only underrate next gen games that are not on the 360

I have thought about this too. The ratings of gamespot largely affect sales of a game and microsoft being richest company in the world can spare the cash to make a contract so good that it can't be refused.
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I'll do what I did with TP--Just ignore the review and buy it anyway. 

Seriously, when 95% of the game critics out there give the game a 9.5-10, and then GS gives it lower than a 9, I start to trust GS's reviews less.
 
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#7 apolloluke
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Gamespot should give it a 10 just to shut the cows "anti-sony" claims up
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#8 TimeToPartyHard
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They'll hold a double standard and give it above a 9 most likely.
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#9 frustatedgibbon
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i think itll get 9.2. just shy of GOW1. its like a better version of the previous one and they havent added anything new i hear. but with a sequel that is only the second in the series i think people just want more of the same. so i doubt itll score less than 9.0 here. zelda's gameplay has been the same for ages so thats why TP scored less i think. b xx
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#10 d_black
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I'd laugh then go out and buy it because God of War rocks \m/ :D
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#11 88Ghost89
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I'll do what I did with TP--Just ignore the review and buy it anyway. 

Seriously, when 95% of the game critics out there give the game a 9.5-10, and then GS gives it lower than a 9, I start to trust GS's reviews less.
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#12 immortality20
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It is getting utterly annoying about the Sony bias comments, just because they didn't give your PS3 games a 9 yet, get over it.

As for PS2, you had alot of them, so yeah, they're bias alright :roll:

GOW2 will probably get 9.1-9.3

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#13 Willy105
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they wont under rate it since it is not on ps3 or wii ps2 is last gen and i think i their contract with M$, they can only underrate next gen games that are not on the 360double-r

But Zelda TP scored 8.9 on Gamecube.

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[QUOTE="double-r"]they wont under rate it since it is not on ps3 or wii ps2 is last gen and i think i their contract with M$, they can only underrate next gen games that are not on the 360Willy105

But Zelda TP scored 8.9 on Gamecube.

That rating confuses me...anyone know why the GC deserved .1 more in sound than the Wii.

If it was graphics, yeah I would understand, more of an accomplishment for the GC but sound?

Double You, Tee, Eff

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#15 Riviera_Phantom
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When TP got 8.8, it was the biggest talking point ever, because of the hype, Gow2 although hyped is on PS2 not PS3 so if it does get below 9 it's not going to make a big difference...what so teh antoehr flop for teh PS2? lol. And anyway anything above 8.0 is great, and for a PS2 sequel to get above an 8.5 means it's more than worth getting. Read the review not a number. Even at the end...i'm buying it regardless of gamespots score...unless it got below 5.0 on every site.
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[QUOTE="Willy105"]

[QUOTE="double-r"]they wont under rate it since it is not on ps3 or wii ps2 is last gen and i think i their contract with M$, they can only underrate next gen games that are not on the 36088Ghost89

But Zelda TP scored 8.9 on Gamecube.

That rating confuses me...anyone know why the GC deserved .1 more in sound than the Wii.

If it was graphics, yeah I would understand, more of an accomplishment for the GC but sound?

Double You, Tee, Eff

The GC didn't have annoying sounds coming from the Wiimote. God that was irritating.
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#17 V_Zarnold_N
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i think i might laugh if it scores super low, however, i dont suppose it will piss me off as it doesnt matter what they rate it.. .its gonna be fun and ima buy it
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#19 xxThyLordxx
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they cant, after that article

they will give it AAA for damage control reasons. just like after the whole Twilight flop, they gave warioware AAA, when it clearly did not deserve it.
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#20 delol
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if it is as fun as gow who cares
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[QUOTE="88Ghost89"][QUOTE="Willy105"]

[QUOTE="double-r"]they wont under rate it since it is not on ps3 or wii ps2 is last gen and i think i their contract with M$, they can only underrate next gen games that are not on the 360Riviera_Phantom

But Zelda TP scored 8.9 on Gamecube.

That rating confuses me...anyone know why the GC deserved .1 more in sound than the Wii.

If it was graphics, yeah I would understand, more of an accomplishment for the GC but sound?

Double You, Tee, Eff

The GC didn't have annoying sounds coming from the Wiimote. God that was irritating.

But, you could easily turn off the speaker in the remote. Why penalise the Wii version for an optional feature...

Looks unprofessional to me.

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my guess is 9.5....
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#23 razzy1
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I'll do what I did with TP--Just ignore the review and buy it anyway. 

Seriously, when 95% of the game critics out there give the game a 9.5-10, and then GS gives it lower than a 9, I start to trust GS's reviews less.
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Agree 100%

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[QUOTE="Riviera_Phantom"][QUOTE="88Ghost89"][QUOTE="Willy105"]

[QUOTE="double-r"]they wont under rate it since it is not on ps3 or wii ps2 is last gen and i think i their contract with M$, they can only underrate next gen games that are not on the 36088Ghost89

But Zelda TP scored 8.9 on Gamecube.

That rating confuses me...anyone know why the GC deserved .1 more in sound than the Wii.

If it was graphics, yeah I would understand, more of an accomplishment for the GC but sound?

Double You, Tee, Eff

The GC didn't have annoying sounds coming from the Wiimote. God that was irritating.

But, you could easily turn off the speaker in the remote. Why penalise the Wii version for an optional feature...

Looks unprofessional to me.

Wii has higher standards in Sound. And doesn't matter if you can turn it off, the idea and principle behind it was executed terribly and that should be enough to give it a poor sound rating.
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#25 Willy105
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[QUOTE="88Ghost89"][QUOTE="Willy105"]

[QUOTE="double-r"]they wont under rate it since it is not on ps3 or wii ps2 is last gen and i think i their contract with M$, they can only underrate next gen games that are not on the 360Riviera_Phantom

But Zelda TP scored 8.9 on Gamecube.

That rating confuses me...anyone know why the GC deserved .1 more in sound than the Wii.

If it was graphics, yeah I would understand, more of an accomplishment for the GC but sound?

Double You, Tee, Eff

The GC didn't have annoying sounds coming from the Wiimote. God that was irritating.

It was? I thought it was kind of cool after I played it. Oh well.

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#26 Riviera_Phantom
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[QUOTE="Rockclmbr6"]I'll do what I did with TP--Just ignore the review and buy it anyway.

Seriously, when 95% of the game critics out there give the game a 9.5-10, and then GS gives it lower than a 9, I start to trust GS's reviews less.
razzy1

Agree 100%

But you see that just sounds dumb because you're implying that a number determines the quality of the game, when you actually read their reviews it says the same things as others and the reason for the lower scores is because they judge it on standards and they average scores of other catagories. Ignorance is appauling.
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#27 Riviera_Phantom
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[QUOTE="Riviera_Phantom"][QUOTE="88Ghost89"][QUOTE="Willy105"]

[QUOTE="double-r"]they wont under rate it since it is not on ps3 or wii ps2 is last gen and i think i their contract with M$, they can only underrate next gen games that are not on the 360Willy105

But Zelda TP scored 8.9 on Gamecube.

That rating confuses me...anyone know why the GC deserved .1 more in sound than the Wii.

If it was graphics, yeah I would understand, more of an accomplishment for the GC but sound?

Double You, Tee, Eff

The GC didn't have annoying sounds coming from the Wiimote. God that was irritating.

It was? I thought it was kind of cool after I played it. Oh well.

No the idea was cool, the sound quality was garbage.
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[QUOTE="88Ghost89"][QUOTE="Riviera_Phantom"][QUOTE="88Ghost89"][QUOTE="Willy105"]

[QUOTE="double-r"]they wont under rate it since it is not on ps3 or wii ps2 is last gen and i think i their contract with M$, they can only underrate next gen games that are not on the 360Riviera_Phantom

But Zelda TP scored 8.9 on Gamecube.

That rating confuses me...anyone know why the GC deserved .1 more in sound than the Wii.

If it was graphics, yeah I would understand, more of an accomplishment for the GC but sound?

Double You, Tee, Eff

The GC didn't have annoying sounds coming from the Wiimote. God that was irritating.

But, you could easily turn off the speaker in the remote. Why penalise the Wii version for an optional feature...

Looks unprofessional to me.

Wii has higher standards in Sound. And doesn't matter if you can turn it off, the idea and principle behind it was executed terribly and that should be enough to give it a poor sound rating.

Higher standards in sound? Sound is sound. Why didn't the GC get a higher graphics score?

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#30 Viviath
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If GOW2 gets lower than AAA, I will officially spot using GS as a review site. You cant innovate in everygame. Sumtimes u shouldnt fix it if it aint broke. Like GTA3 was good, then came Vice City which was more of the same with little ad ons, and then GTA:SA which was more of the same with a lil more added on. No innovation, but they were great games...Now if the underrate GoW2 because it "fails to innovate"...well, lets just say i will lose all respect for GS
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If GOW2 gets lower than AAA, I will officially spot using GS as a review site. You cant innovate in everygame. Sumtimes u shouldnt fix it if it aint broke. Like GTA3 was good, then came Vice City which was more of the same with little ad ons, and then GTA:SA which was more of the same with a lil more added on. No innovation, but they were great games...Now if the underrate GoW2 because it "fails to innovate"...well, lets just say i will lose all respect for GSViviath


I have, long time ago.
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[QUOTE="Riviera_Phantom"][QUOTE="88Ghost89"][QUOTE="Riviera_Phantom"][QUOTE="88Ghost89"][QUOTE="Willy105"]

[QUOTE="double-r"]they wont under rate it since it is not on ps3 or wii ps2 is last gen and i think i their contract with M$, they can only underrate next gen games that are not on the 36088Ghost89

But Zelda TP scored 8.9 on Gamecube.

That rating confuses me...anyone know why the GC deserved .1 more in sound than the Wii.

If it was graphics, yeah I would understand, more of an accomplishment for the GC but sound?

Double You, Tee, Eff

The GC didn't have annoying sounds coming from the Wiimote. God that was irritating.

But, you could easily turn off the speaker in the remote. Why penalise the Wii version for an optional feature...

Looks unprofessional to me.

Wii has higher standards in Sound. And doesn't matter if you can turn it off, the idea and principle behind it was executed terribly and that should be enough to give it a poor sound rating.

Higher standards in sound? Sound is sound. Why didn't the GC get a higher graphics score?

Look, the wiimote sounds is what bought the score down, i'm sure of it, also graphics standards for Wii and GC are not that different, not until Wii's 2nd gen games are we going to see the standards raised.
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[QUOTE="88Ghost89"][QUOTE="Willy105"]

[QUOTE="double-r"]they wont under rate it since it is not on ps3 or wii ps2 is last gen and i think i their contract with M$, they can only underrate next gen games that are not on the 360Riviera_Phantom

But Zelda TP scored 8.9 on Gamecube.

That rating confuses me...anyone know why the GC deserved .1 more in sound than the Wii.

If it was graphics, yeah I would understand, more of an accomplishment for the GC but sound?

Double You, Tee, Eff

The GC didn't have annoying sounds coming from the Wiimote. God that was irritating.

No, it was more to do with standards between platforms. The version on the GC was pushing the hardware. The one on the Wii didn't break a sweat.
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#34 Riviera_Phantom
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If GOW2 gets lower than AAA, I will officially spot using GS as a review site. You cant innovate in everygame. Sumtimes u shouldnt fix it if it aint broke. Like GTA3 was good, then came Vice City which was more of the same with little ad ons, and then GTA:SA which was more of the same with a lil more added on. No innovation, but they were great games...Now if the underrate GoW2 because it "fails to innovate"...well, lets just say i will lose all respect for GSViviath
Yeah, gow2 is a leap up from Gow1, i mean there a bigger emphasis on Story and more bosses, more longer, more weapons which gives more variety in gameplay, sound and graphics are also a little bit better. It can't get higher than the first but it should be AAA.
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If God of War 2 deserves an 8.7, it will score an 8.7. Twilight Princess fully deserved the score it got.
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#36 Viviath
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If God of War 2 deserves an 8.7, it will score an 8.7. Twilight Princess fully deserved the score it got.project343
I kinda agree with the TP score. I have it for GC and it really isnt a worthy successor of Ocarinal of Time albeit its alot of fun. But from what I have read and heard about GoW and seen in the crazy videos, GoW2 improves completley on the first one. I mean whats going on with the review sites if all the acknowledge is "innovation" and completley dismiss improvement?
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there would be a 2nd cow nuclear meltdown of a proportion like that of the GS 10 things to get us to buy a ps3 article caused, The nuclear fall out would last for years, We at system wars would have to mutate to survive.....

I give you the cowming

the horror!!! the HORROR!!!!
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#38 Zero-G_basic
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If they "flop" GOW2 it will be comedy gold just watching cows crying some more.
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#39 NeoStar9
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I'll do what I did with TP--Just ignore the review and buy it anyway. 

Seriously, when 95% of the game critics out there give the game a 9.5-10, and then GS gives it lower than a 9, I start to trust GS's reviews less.
  Rockclmbr6
Well said and I've pretty much taken the same approach.

Would you revolt and lash out if God of War 2 gets under 9.0?

A few things to keep in mind. The developers said that they did nothing new to GoW's formula. So it's basically like a continuation of the first one but with more intensity. Kind of like Twilight Princess....nothing new, just more intensity.

Just wondering since I know a lot of Nintendo-fans got furious over Twilight's score and Sony-fans over Virtua Fighter 5.

Well?

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I take issue with that. Twilight Princess while similar to past games wasn't more of the same, there are quite a few things that are new and pretty different. The thing is you have to play more then a few hours to see these changes (game is great even before they come into play though) and I really doubt most reviewers do that. Still I think Gamesport under scores certain games on purpose cause they know it will get a rise out of people. For example there is no real reason to with hold a .1 or .2 point from a game to keep it below the next number other then that. That has never been explained or justified I think because end scores aren't averages. If it was an average fine but they aren't.
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#40 killeer2007
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I'd laugh then go out and buy it because God of War rocks \m/ :Dd_black

same
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#41 Willy105
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there would be a 2nd cow nuclear meltdown of a proportion like that of the GS 10 things to get us to buy a ps3 article caused, The nuclear fall out would last for years, We at system wars would have to mutate to survive..... 


I give you the cowming
the horror!!! the HORROR!!!!
WilliamRLBaker

Kind of like what happened to the hedgehogs after the Dreamcast died?

Too bad.

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#42 Rosencrantz
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OMG.  I think if that happened, a plague of locusts will devour our souls!  The world will end!  I'd better rush out now and stock up on canned goods and beef-jerky just in case such a worse-case scenario occurs!

Or maybe nothing will happen and I will buy it anyway.

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#43 22Toothpicks
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Cows will scream "teh bias."  Then lems/sheep will claim it got what it deserved, then I'll ignore all that and go out and buy the game because it will be awesome.