People are upset. They just like to point out the irony of the situation at this moment.
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Bioshock "Exclusive Review" IGN edition - A lot of annoyed journos (Ironcreed wow).
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People are upset. They just like to point out the irony of the situation at this moment.
Vire
Member
As soon as they get their milk taken away, they are suddenly the "entitled ones".
It's the Mass Effect 3 ending all over again!
Do you think Kotaku would have said no to an exclusive Bioshock review?
I mean, it does seem pretty tempting.
That wasn't apparent from the single post he presented and I'm not reading through that huge thread to find out if he ever paid. If you're going to show a post as an example of a lack of integrity, you should show the part that actually shows what you're claiming.
Ivan A Nguyen
Member
We get early reviews. So it helps te readers. Unless you want to imply that IGN is going to give this game a higher score because of exclusivity. I know you wouldn't because you yourself says there is no conspiracy among the reviewers and publishers to game us out of $60.
scytherage
Member
War of the journos, wow...
outunderthestars
Banned
Yet another reason why we as consumers should stop rewarding publishers by preordering games or buying them at launch.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
The most delicious irony...
As delicious as my bag of Sun Chips and Red Bull
As delicious as my bag of Sun Chips and Red Bull
When most of the major players clearly only care about revenue, and a suspect more sure seem like it, what's the point of going on? The few nuggets that are still clean?
Dragon1893
Member
There isn't enough popcorn in the universe.
Yep. Keighley's favorite words: "interesting", "exclusive", and "first".
Haha, was about to post that exact same thing. fucking gold.
i just noticed your handle, hehe
CambriaRising
Member
Nailed it.
None of us like exclusive reviews. They are almost always misleading and overly positive.
djblackice
Member
It seemed to have been fine for others, so if you couldn't take the minute to read his response posted shortly thereafter, so be it.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
EmCeeGramr
Member
they're going to post a review along with all the other popular ballots?
The Faceless Master
Member
doritos pope and press esc for score are now the saviors of integrity?
Gamasutra shares "All too accurate satire" about "entitled journalists"
Vol5
Member
How would Polygon have been perceived if they gave Sim City a 9 or whatever and stuck to it? I think it shows more integrity to bite the bullet and reduce your score...like Edge when they gave GTA on PS2 a 6 and changed it to a 9. It's a mistake and they rectified it.
The people with the least integrity are the first in line to slag someone off.
The people with the least integrity are the first in line to slag someone off.
Wuthering_Heights
Banned
Since I have zero problems with IGN and enjoy their content, I look forward to their review.
Gies crying about integrity is pretty hilarious, by the way.
Gies crying about integrity is pretty hilarious, by the way.
Hold on I'll get Stephen in here to answer you
Two separate issues.
Issue 1: exclusive reviews good/bad (bad)
Issue 2: people who have lately gone out of their way to say that gamers should stop complaining about business models are now complaining about business models. The point being that business models are fair game for criticism and complaint at all times, regardless of whether it affects you or not.
tl;dr - every game site that has an article on their site telling gamers to stop whining about online DRM, microtransactions, and the like are going to get a deaf ear from me when asking my support for their crusade against exclusive reviews.
He replied a couple of posts later, saying he wasn't going to pay up.
Forums, how do they work?
Vire
Member
Haha, this thread seriously made my day.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
Last time I checked kotaku didn't give scores...
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
Would you have rejected an early Bioshock Infinite review if it had been offered?
Did you reject a chance to post an early review?
Let's not get this twisted, we all have issues with things like this. But we are told repeatedly there's no major impropriety at all going on between gaming sites and publishers.
When we have more tangible evidence, be it free flight/games/consoles, we're repeatedly told that journalists are able to maintain their integrity.
Is the only issue the fact IGN were picked over them or is there a hint that IGN did something untoward to secure it.
baphomet
Member
For customers who actually read reviews, yes, having access to a review days before release is serving them. It's not like the rest of the non exclusive reviews are an amazing source of honesty. They're all going to rate the game much higher than it should be, because the majority of them are on the pr's books whether its actual payola, or free games.
I think he meant to say plebeians, probably just cell-phone autocorrect.
Yeah if someone snags the exclusive GTA 5 review we may have to actually fear for the reviewer's life. Everyone else wants to be the first one to come up with new hyperbolic positive phrases to convey how life changing this new massively hyped game is.
ElRenoRaven
Member
That's one of the things I'll totally give Kotaku too. They have broken the mold in that regard.
Vire
Member
It'll earn two Oscars this time.
Sessler should do a review of IGN's review tbh
Now I really, really want some Taco Bell. Because there is honestly nothing better than Baja Blast.
John Rabbit
Banned
funny how the things that concern game journalists don't always line up with what concerns the consumer.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
Wasnt gies defending polygons exclusive simcity review like a week ago?
Pachterballs
Banned
HAS NO ONE POSTED THE IGN+EA+MASSEFFECT MONEY SCORING GIF??
stephentotilo
Behind The Games
Tempting indeed! But I'm pretty sure I'd say no. I've never written or published an exclusive review, but I'd guess that I'd feel pressure to tilt positive. An exclusive review is going to be a pre-release review, and I already publish those with some reluctance. It's hard to assess multiplayer games prior to their release (which is why we often don't and update the mp part of a review after the game is in the wild). But even reviews of single-player games, I've seen, generate more interest when people have a chance to compare those reviews with the game they've played or heard about others playing.
In general, I prefer exclusives of our own making.
PapaJustify
Member
At least everybody agrees now that IGN is the worst scum in "paid hobby-writing about games" (journalism).
Because it doesn't matter at all if it goes down or not after it was originally published. The only score that counts for Metacritic is the first one, and that's the site publishers use to gauge their games' reception.
That's why what Polygon did with SimCity's score was nothing but a charade. They had already blown it with the early review.
Yeah but at least you feel better after finishing a bowel movement, unlike reading game journalists like those in the OP
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