Can't stand his reviews anymore.. he just looks to find every flaw he can in order to make himself enjoy the game less. Honestly, I don't know why he even plays video games since the vast majority of them just cause him to be upset.

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[QUOTE="nitekids2004"]

It's not as if Gamespot is the only review that gave it a low score....

Some notable ones:

Giant Bomb - 80
1Up - 83
GamePro - 80

campzor

Giant bomb- 4/5
1Up-B+
Gamepro-4/5

Those are all significatly higher than a 7.5, Tom's review is a real outliar here. Which is fine but it just makes his review look less credible (not the opposite like some of you seem to believe).

>significantly

what? :|

Well first of all a B+ transfers to an 89 in my book.. not sure where the 83 come from but that's okay. And yes, a 4/5 is more comparable to a 9/10 than an 8/10 on a five point grading system, especially when they don't give out half stars.

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[QUOTE="Bread_or_Decide"] Sorry...you can't say this. Zelda games are automatic hyped because they take so long to come out and they have a gigantic snobby fan base. There is no way a new zelda is never NOT hyped. Bread_or_Decide

It was hyped but they hype was not anything out of a normal game being hyped on this site. I didn't see anything astronomical here.

The hype for SS was no where near the level of TP. Surely the game was hyped but I'm going to have to agree that it wasn't until the first few reviews came in, up until that point most people were skeptical.

It's not as if Gamespot is the only review that gave it a low score....

Some notable ones:

Giant Bomb - 80
1Up - 83
GamePro - 80

nitekids2004

Giant bomb- 4/5
1Up-B+
Gamepro-4/5

Those are all significatly higher than a 7.5, Tom's review is a real outliar here. Which is fine but it just makes his review look less credible (not the opposite like some of you seem to believe).

The funny thing about this thread personally is that the people defending the review are almost just as funny as the sheep. :P Saying McShea gave his honest opinion on the matter and wasn't affected by nostalgia or fanboyism and wasn't afraid to give this game a score this low. By golly, because he did this he's a heretic to some and a hero to others! :lol:

How do you know other reviews were affected by nostalgia or fanboyism? Maybe they just really liked the game and thought it played perfect? That's too crazy to think, but McShea being so far off from all the other reviews automatically makes him honest. Just know, I'm not saying he isn't honest, I'm just pointing out the sort of argument that seems to be preseneted.

Or how do we know the score was an honest and justified opinion? Journalistic integrity? Well, anytime IGN gives a score that seems too high people shout things like "CrapGN." Then again, we have also seen reviewers paid off or expected to give games higher review scores before, so is it so crazy to assume maybe that Gamespot as a whole wanted this game to flop after how much attention Twilight Princess garnered?

Just adding fuel to the fire! :D

Zassimick

QFT

Whats funny is that by todays standards maybe the game really is a 7.5 ? I mean if it were judged as a last gen title it would be 10/10 for sure but going up against Skyrim and UC3 and DS ...

rasengan2552

Or maybe it is still a 10 by todays standards... Tom's review is the lowest review so far and pretty heavily goes against what other reviews have said. Now what's more likely, Tom just didn't like the game and motion controls and reflected it in his review score or Nintendo bought off all the other reviewers and that's the reason for the high scores.

I would rather play SS than any of those games and I say this knowing that I will spend hundreds of hours immersed in Skyrim (can't play the others because they aren't on PC).

[QUOTE="fueled-system"][QUOTE="lightleggy"] or maybe he is the best reviewer in gsenterawesome

Or he's just trying to give a sensational score to ignite a fanboy war...

I'm not saying that's what he's doing, but calling him a great reviewer just because he gave a game a low rating doesn't make any sense. The fact of the matter is that there are many many reviews that directly contradict the problems that Tom had. I'm not saying that Tom didn't have those problems but I think they may have been caused by his desire to not want to use motion controls in the first place.

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I'm kind of bothered by the fact that the GS staff doesn't post on the GS forums, at least I don't see too much of it. Petit tweeting. Supposedly McShea is on the Neogaf forums under the name "giggleboo." It bothers me that they are supporting their community and talking directly with them here.

Of course, giggleboo said he was walking on or his way home, and the tweeting may mean Petit isn't around a computer at the time. I dunno. i'm just a little bothered by this.

Just wish the staff would talk with the community in the forums more. :?

soulitane

Ignore the obvious trolls and attempt to talk to reasonable people, if they actually took time to communicate with their community it would seem less like their scores are just an attempt at bringing out fanboy rage.

This should make way for some massive lulz, but really 7.5 is ridiculous. I haven't played the game yet but I don't see how you can have multiple reviews that praise the controls and then have one just saying they are awful. Lets face it, Tom just probably doesn't like motion controls.. this is fine and dandy but as a reviewer its your job to at least try and make an attempt at being subjective.

Interesting study but they give it an unnecessary negative connotation by correlating it with addiction.