While talking to the fellas on the good ol' Skype chatroom, Denis (NeoJedi) pointed to me the Army of Two - GameSpot review.

It's a rare occurrence that I'd be one to complain about a review. And let me be clear before I get into any sort of criticism of the review--I haven't played the game. In fact, my problems with review have nothing to do with what the reviewer, Joe Dodson, had to say about the game itself.

The problem is he didn't talk about the game for a significant portion of the review. Instead, he focused on his personal reservations about the subject matter it dealt with, and punished the game for it.

Look no further than the last sentence in the opening paragraph, which set the tone for the rest of the review. "But the way it broaches and then mishandles such a controversial modern day issue is far from army strong." Read the review for a multitude of other examples.

There are plenty of places to air your grievances about a particular controversial topic. But a product review is not one of them. Now, I could fully understand if a reviewer didn't like the story and said that the story was uninteresting, the voice-actors stunk or the dialogue was substandard. But I don't want to hear that you disagree with the subject matter, that it's insensitive, or that it "mishandles such a controversial modern day issue."

I want to know whether or not the game is good or not. Period. And this review failed so greatly to give me any indication whether or no this game is worth a purchase.

It's a shame to see how far GameSpot has fallen in such a short period of time. A damn shame.

From industry standard prior to the Gerstmann controversy--to...this.

How the mighty have fallen.