[QUOTE="pundog"][QUOTE="wiidominance"]

the thing is ... they mentioned in the gamespot review the following: "Editor's note: The preceding review is a re-evaluation of Shenmue on GameSpot - the original score overlooked certain significant features that, after consideration, invalidated the original score that the game received. GameSpot regrets the error."

Yet the score hasn't change ? don't tell me thats supposed to be the reevaluation score ??!!!

the other confusing aspect, the reviewer seem to be knowledgable, and indeed the review was quite deep and detailed. My guess he failed to put the facts in numbers .... not sure, but did he have enough reviewing expierence?

Moreover, would someone tell me , Did GS have an offensive approach to the Dreamcast back in the day, similar to whats happening now to the Wii and PS3 ?

wiidominance

Ok .. maybe I exaggerated by saying an offensive approach ... but you can clearly see that they are more enthusiastic with the 360 and PC than PS3 and Wii , you just can't deny it, and the games they cover, are clearly in favour of the 360, these are flat facts that you can't deny.

[QUOTE="Metroid_Time"]If Crysis comes this year it really wont have a chance.JPOBS

it probably wont score higher than 9.3 due to ridiculous pc standards. i dont know if it will get goty, it kinda bores my to watch gameplay vids of it.

Because the game at one point showed promise of providing gears like graphics with great, innovative gameplay. Now it looks like (to quote a SW poster who's name I forgot) "Galaga in 3D with dragons". Once you hype a game you can't really back out. But still I agree the game doesn't look like anything special, it seems that it has actually made the act of spitting honest to god fireballs boring.

the thing is ... they mentioned in the gamespot review the following: "Editor's note: The preceding review is a re-evaluation of Shenmue on GameSpot - the original score overlooked certain significant features that, after consideration, invalidated the original score that the game received. GameSpot regrets the error."

Yet the score hasn't change ? don't tell me thats supposed to be the reevaluation score ??!!!

the other confusing aspect, the reviewer seem to be knowledgable, and indeed the review was quite deep and detailed. My guess he failed to put the facts in numbers .... not sure, but did he have enough reviewing expierence?

Moreover, would someone tell me , Did GS have an offensive approach to the Dreamcast back in the day, similar to whats happening now to the Wii and PS3 ?

wiidominance

[QUOTE="pundog"]I think the biggest problem with Killzone 1 was the developer, but not for the usual reasons. Guerrilla was (and for that matter still is) a very inexperienced developer, and they were charged with making the Sony equivalent of Halo, the be all and end all of console FPS's, which just so happened to be developed by a top notch developer that has been around since the early 90's. I think that Geurrilla was so caught up in trying to beat Halo that they let it get in their way of creatingtheir ownunique game. They were too busy trying to make Halo to realize they needed to make something better than Halo and go one step further.Although I don't have high hopes for KZ 2, I do hope Sony gives the franchise a shot with a more experienced developer (Insomniac would be a great choice) should KZ 2 suck.Mordred19

you make it sound like they tried to copy halo at every turn. you have to admit kz is pretty unique: the art style, the gritty presentation, the bad guys aren't aliens, it had aplausible feel with the weapons and the enviorments. the only possible imitation is that the tougher enemies are called 'Elites'. it seems the game simply lacked polish. I don't know if it was rushed or under-funded, but it could have been way better if the bugs had been fixed.

Definitely has a chance, a snowballs chance in hell that is. The GOTY awards have already been delivered to Bioware for Mass Effect, all the websites are doing is trying to string you along into thinking there is still a competition.:D

And did anyone else notice all the parts where Jade through in english words because she couldn't remember the french word? Brings back memories of grade 9 french.

Gamespot reviewing is shoddy, sadly. Jeff, for example, reviewed Gears of War. Now Gears deserved the score it got; it's an amazing game, however i was so shocked when he was commentating on tournament tv and just didn't know a damned thing about the game, from what maps there were, to the guns you started with. Anything. It's like he hadn't played it at all, or had played once or twice at a friend's house.

Yet he REVIEWED that freakin' game. He frequently refered to the boom shot as "the rocket launcher", once said "oh i can see some green smoke" at which point he was corrected "no, the smoke grenades have grey smoke....". All of that on top of the likes of "what map is this?" and "wow, i didn't know there was even a sniper rifle there" on freakin' Gridlock. The centerpiece of that map is the battle for the sniper rifle.

Unbelievable.

Ninja-Vox

Diablo 2, Deus Ex, System Shock 2 and the fallout series. None of them are AAA, mostly mid AA, and most people here(at least those old enough to have played those games)would agree that they are some of the greatest games of all time. Also KOTOR at 9.2 is a joke, if I had to give one game AAAA that would be it.

In terms of over-rating games, obviously theres THPS 3 andevery game that scored 9.9 that isn't perfect dark.