PS3 Fanboy

IGN UK are very harsh consistantly with PS3 titles. They also sound as though they go out of their way to find flaws with games. It's not being honest, it's just being as asshole. If there were no Archery chapter, any money the reveiwer would have labelled the game repetitive. There's no pleasing some people.
I can only assume that either the UK dept want to stir up trouble for attention, or they think that by being harsh they can make thier opinions count more (kinda like the whole it-scored-high-in-Edge-it-must-be-good syndrome)

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I felt the same as I read this review as I did when I read PSM's 5.0 review of Lair and their 6.5 review of Warhawk; Pitiful.

I suppose Ratchet will get a 4.5 or so and Uncharted will squeeze out a close 6.0.

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is it even remotely possible that this game just isnt that good?

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If this game,Warhawk,and Lair all turn out to be mediocre games,we have a big problem.

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we needed this game so bad...

this is a hyped supposed AAA title.
even one bad review is fodder to slam Sony for over-hyping. i'm really hoping the rest of the reviews dun turn out this bad.

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reviews are opinions not dogma ... if you played the demo and didnt like it there is nothing a better review would do for it .. vice versa .. get over it.

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lolz obvisly their justa bunch of xbotfanb0iz mirite?!!1 *hrkhrkhrk*

Back to reality, I'll probably still play the finished product and form my own opinion on it. But if the review is even somewhat accurate, it should serve as a reminder that no amount of next-gen gloss (on any platform) will turn a mediocre game into anything more than that. Just because we now get to play them in HD on PS3 and 360 (or while shaking a controller on the Wii) doesn't inherently make a game any more fun or engaging.

I do disagree with Kattleox's predictions though. Naughty Dog has had a string of commercial AND critical successes with the Jak series, and I'm fairly confident that they'll be able to pull out a very decent outing with Uncharted. The same can easily be said of Insomniac too.

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"is it even remotely possible that this game just isnt that good?"

Sure, it's possible. But in all honesty the review read to me like the guy was expecting it to be a different game.

He essentially complains that there's too much fighting... but I mean, isn't fighting the focus of the game?

It just really did read to me like he was being as hard as he could to stir up controversy. Why would he do that? Because controversy=page views. Page views = pats on the back for the writer.

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Melodramatic storyline in a video game?? You don't say.

didn't one of the best selling games on Wii. the Mario Party 8 got a 6? well, didn't stop it from selling like a hot cake, now does it? Consumers don't really read reviews that much anyway.

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The game simply isn't that good. i am basing my opinion on the demo. Why do you fanboys take everything so damn personal. CAn you honestly tell me that you were blown away by the demo. I had no idea the game was a damn slash and hack fest. The graphics are great but that was really it. You know that I am telling the truth you just don't want to admit it.

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After reading about the 6.5 for Warhawk, I don't know what to think. That game is great, and a day-one purchase for me. It's disappointing to read poor reviews for the games, but that game alone gives me a reason to just ignore the reviews and play the games I want to play.

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It really did seem like a dumb review and I say this as no fanboy. It's like moaning that all you do in Ninja Gaiden is fight.

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Just because you're not blown away by it Wurider, doesn't mean very much to me. I loved it.

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Oh yeah, and just how much can IGN's reviews vary?

Resistance: Fall of Man 9.1
Resistance: Fall of Man [UK] 8.0

FYI, Matt Wales is the UK reviewer on both...

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I think the quotes should be around the word "review" and not Sevenly Sword.

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I really liked the demo for this game. I know for sure that I am going to get me my copy as soon as the game is released. I think Microsoft could be paying critics off to give sony games bad reviews and their games good ones. They even said something about how their games were getting good reviews at E3. If they paid off some wikipedia writers to change some stuff on windows articles, I would not put this past them.

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yea i agree with the other guy, this reviewer is expecting something different from the game..review the things the game has..not what it doesnt

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The review does appear biased in first taking some time to concede on a few points and then criticize the gameplay (the only thing people haven't gotten a real chance to try it so are relying on the review). They could be honest or just following the ever growing popular trend of bashing anything related to the PS3. I tried both the demos for Heavenly Sword and Ninja Sigma for PS3, and I really liked Heavenly Sword more for how cinematic the combat is. Yet they reviewed Ninja Sigma for 9.0 awhile ago. I, for one, intend to play this game for myself instead of relying on the words of someone from across the Atlantic.

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I was hoping I was missing something after playing the demo, it felt like a very poor playing NGS but put it down to my hours playing NGS leading up to the demo and not being bothered learning the stances properly (Although looking at the move list there was plenty of apparent depth) .
A single review isnt enough to make me avoid any title, I will read a cross section and sometimes to hell with opinion I will buy it anyway if I really think it looks good. However the IGN review does compound every negative thought I had about the demo.
I wonder if HS was multi platform would this review be taken so badly (saying that the review isnt slating the game just pointing out problems of which some were clear at the demo point)

Gareth

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Yeah like i said before i never ever pay attention to reveiws i test it out for myself by renting.

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