halo wars: gamespot vs other gaming websites

must of you probably already saw this.. but here it goes anyway:

http://www.gamestats.com/objects/857/857436/articles.html

i have disagreed with gamespot numerous times before but this time they seem to be alone, most reviews range from 8.5 to 9.0, until you see gamespot's of course, a 6.5

i usually don't check other websites for reviews but few times have i seen such a difference between gamespot and the other websites. i wasn't expecting much form halo wars so i was ready to take gamespots 6.5 as what the game actually deserved, but i have changed my mind now.

Anyone else feel the reviewer was a bit unfair? i mean he only describes two flaws in the review and one of them is that the game is too shallow in comparison to other rts. that doens'tany sense considering that the audience for halo wars was not one who had played rts games before- it was supposed to be the introduction to the rts genre to halo fans, however the reviewer took it as a flaw. Just feel like he was not the right guy to review the game, he made a review for the wrong audience, halo wars was not meant for experienced pc gamers but for xbox and halo fans who were being introduced to a new genre.

anyone else feeling the same way?

must of you probably already saw this.. but here it goes anyway:

http://www.gamestats.com/objects/857/857436/articles.html

i have disagreed with gamespot numerous times before but this time they seem to be alone, most reviews range from 8.5 to 9.0, until you see gamespot's of course, a 6.5

i usually don't check other websites for reviews but few times have i seen such a difference between gamespot and the other websites. i wasn't expecting much form halo wars so i was ready to take gamespots 6.5 as what the game actually deserved, but i have changed my mind now.

Anyone else feel the reviewer was a bit unfair? i mean he only describes two flaws in the review and one of them is that the game is too shallow in comparison to other rts. that doens'tany sense considering that the audience for halo wars was not one who had played rts games before- it was supposed to be the introduction to the rts genre to halo fans, however the reviewer took it as a flaw. Just feel like he was not the right guy to review the game, he made a review for the wrong audience, halo wars was not meant for experienced pc gamers but for xbox and halo fans who were being introduced to a new genre.

anyone else feeling the same way?

alfredooo

1. I very rarely ever agree with Gamespot's ratings.

2. I normally agree with IGN's reviews more.

3. I barely ever even consider what reviewers say and base it on my own judgements.

4. I played the demo and thought it was great i predicted it was around a low 8.

the review was fine. The game is selling on its name alone. shabab12

[QUOTE="shabab12"]the review was fine. The game is selling on its name alone. Leo-Magic

halo wars deserves more than a 6.5!!!saadi

so you want gamespot to give any halo game a 9+.. this game is a bad 360 exclusive "sadly"

if this game got a 6.5 is bad and that's all

leave GS alone, they're the best review source

Well after reading the review on here and at IGN I must say that the review (on Gamespot) was a little harsh/low, but you have to remember that it is just one person's opinion.SexyPorkins

i think the zero punctuation reviews have less bias....afrosud12

Just face it you halo fanboys the game is not very good. There are much better RTS out there on 360 so play them insted.delaystation3

really? the game has an average score of 8.4... how is that bad? gamespot is the only one that gave it below 7.5

[QUOTE="saadi"]halo wars deserves more than a 6.5!!!hansolo14

so you want gamespot to give any halo game a 9+.. this game is a bad 360 exclusive "sadly"

if this game got a 6.5 is bad and that's all

leave GS alone, they're the best review source

[QUOTE="saadi"]halo wars deserves more than a 6.5!!!hansolo14

so you want gamespot to give any halo game a 9+.. this game is a bad 360 exclusive "sadly"

if this game got a 6.5 is bad and that's all

leave GS alone, they're the best review source

On the adverage Halo Wars has a 83 out of 100 and being GS is the only review site that gave this a very negative score out of all 33 sites can you really say they're really reliable now these days.

I am undecided about Halo Wars; may end up not buying the game.

But Gamespots review will not influence my decision. They have gone downhill ever since Greg Kasavan left. And evev before Greg left, he was one of only a few reviewers who's opinion I trusted, and most if not all of that group are gone now as well. It seems like these days that the only games that get a good (7.5 +) scores from GS are FPS. I don't think that GS has given a fair and honest review of ANY game in years.

i believe the whole review is FAKE, seeing as the person doing the review was clearly FAKE. (look at the video review at about 25 seconds and his head is seperated from his body kinda...) thus making it a FAKE review.....cupcake_JR

I didn't see a thing..

[QUOTE="Leo-Magic"][QUOTE="shabab12"]the review was fine. The game is selling on its name alone. fenwickhotmail

Well after reading the review on here and at IGN I must say that the review (on Gamespot) was a little harsh/low, but you have to remember that it is just one person's opinion.SexyPorkins

Have any of you people criticizing/supporting various reviews actually played the game, aside from the demo?Palantas

Just face it you halo fanboys the game is not very good. There are much better RTS out there on 360 so play them insted.delaystation3

agreed

this is why they shouldn't put RTS games on consoles, they always suck.

RTSs are made for the PC. no matter how much someone wishes, it usually ends up a flop.

I love how when Halo enters the picture a game can be simple, come with very little content, be a downgrade compard to others in a genre, and still get so many people to back it up saying its going to be great when they havent played it but anything else and the game should have been worked on longer to make it better. Halo Wars deserves to be compared to pc rts' because its an rts. It's going to peak the interest in any rts GAMER, so why should the review only cater to 360 owners. Everyone is so pissy with the RE5 controls saying they should have been more like Dead Space and yet Halo Wars doesnt need to be like other good rts' cause its halo. Red Alert made the transision just fine from pc to console so why couldnt they make Halo Wars just like Red Alert?ceells87

Red Alert 3 (360) got a metacritic score of 77 with 35 reviews.

Halo Wars got a metacrtic score of 83 with 33 reviews. (GS has given the lowest score so far)

You make about as much sense as Gamespot.. :roll:

[QUOTE="ceells87"]I love how when Halo enters the picture a game can be simple, come with very little content, be a downgrade compard to others in a genre, and still get so many people to back it up saying its going to be great when they havent played it but anything else and the game should have been worked on longer to make it better. Halo Wars deserves to be compared to pc rts' because its an rts. It's going to peak the interest in any rts GAMER, so why should the review only cater to 360 owners. Everyone is so pissy with the RE5 controls saying they should have been more like Dead Space and yet Halo Wars doesnt need to be like other good rts' cause its halo. Red Alert made the transision just fine from pc to console so why couldnt they make Halo Wars just like Red Alert?xsubtownerx

Red Alert 3 (360) got a metacritic score of 77 with 35 reviews.

Halo Wars got a metacrtic score of 83 with 33 reviews. (GS has given the lowest score so far)

You make about as much sense as Gamespot.. :roll: