Preview of said game written by our favorite tomb raider fan.
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are you shittin me? they let Lauren Wainwright write about a S-E game again?
smh
It makes me sad that Square-Enix Europe seems to be involved in a lot of this shit lately, which makes me sad because I've liked their games a lot.
Then again, maybe they're the only ones dumb enough to be caught red-handed.
ADAM SMITH said:At the last moment before exiting the level, I was spotted and thought I’d have to replay the last ten minutes. The prospect of doing so made me reach for a bottle of bourbon, hands trembling. But then I managed to kill about thirty men and move on anyway.
I decided to replay and attempt to do things quietly and used instinct to cover my face and walk from one end of the level to the next. I used one piece of cover at the beginning, but otherwise just strolled through, undetected. This is not a level that has been balanced effectively for all difficulties, if any. I enjoy testing the limits of games, particularly sandbox murder-sims, but Absolution is more like being the one kid on the see-saw than building cities in a sandbox.
Head of marketing calling John Walker the king of trolls, then apologizing when Walker started to ask him questions.
https://twitter.com/botherer/status/270496718762676224
Lately? They (Meaning the branch formerly known as Eidos) have been pulling PR shit since Kane & Lynch! This and the whole crap between MCV, Wainwright etc is just a continuation of this.
The fact that MCV still appear to be falling for their trap and becoming basically a shill for them is actually rather worrying, but not entirely a shock. I'm glad they've at least pulled back from this rather than throwing their toys completely out of the pram like they did before and almost did here, but still, bad form.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/11/18/wot-i-think-hitman-absolution/
Holy shit, does this guy write a lot for them?
He's awful.
The entire article is about how he hates this game for not being Hitman: Blood Money while talking about new elements that he does not like. Things he does not like: Guards talking. Frankly, we should all get equally as upset and throw twitter-fits over guards talking and not being critically received with harsh judgement.
Or, we acknowledge that the Thief series did this and we hold this game accountable to general design and not just our own petty grudges over "franchising" and the lament changes to it.
This dork can go dork his dork ego.
e; Oh, John Walker is just some guy at RPS who is upset about... the credibility of their game review among other game reviews.
who on the site pimped magicka as to be some grand, creative suite of game design when it was just combine arcane with everything after struggling to get the damn thing to even work
"THE CREDIBILITY OF GAMES JOURNALISM IS AT STAKE"
Eh, no. I've played it in full and it just ain't that good.
I'm not defending the quality of the game, I'm attacking his obvious bias and petty reasons for his whole article dedicated to not getting exactly what he wanted, knowing he wasn't going to get exactly that, and then acting surprised while stating that it was expected or some shit.
It's an awful piece.
After lots of comments and people engaging with us on Twitter.
They just don't care all that much. All out of fucks etc.Hah, MCV deleted all the comments, even though they still have this:
Gotta say I agree with his assessment from the quote you picked and, although I am disappointed it's not a proper hitman game on it's own merits too, it just ain't very good. The enemy AI is practically game breaking it's so lopsided.
Hah, MCV deleted all the comments, even though they still have this:
Hah, MCV deleted all the comments, even though they still have this:
They didn´t delete them. The article is just reposted with an url that matches the new headline.
To be clear, it's very normal for us to write review roundups and as a trade site these typically focus on the higher scoring write-ups.
Part of our MO is to promote and aid the industry we serve. Requires a delicate balance. Perhaps we sometimes get it wrong
*reads comments*
And Hitman has received plenty of positive reviews. When people voiced their concerns, we added links to some negative ones too
Which isn't really what our Review Roundups are for, incidentally - you have Metacritic for that!
round·up
Noun:
A systematic gathering together of people or things.
A summary of facts or events: "a news roundup".
"@MCVonline: We're sorry if people don't like the way MCV operates but please don't think we're "corrupt" or "bought"."
https://twitter.com/MCVonlineIt is true that Lauren Wainwright no longer works for us. She did not pass her probation. We wish her well.
https://twitter.com/MCVonline
Reading the tweets posted above, I'd have thought she'd fit in well at MCV.
https://twitter.com/MCVonline
Reading the tweets posted above, I'd have thought she'd fit in well at MCV.
https://twitter.com/MCVonline
Reading the tweets posted above, I'd have thought she'd fit in well at MCV.
After all the shit that's gone down do you honestly think anyone connected to the Eurogamer group (which includes RPS) is still on MCV and their parent company's Christmas list and vice-versa?
Seriously guys, this is a tawdry spat between two big companies, neither of whom are particularly squeaky clean.
After all the shit that's gone down do you honestly think anyone connected to the Eurogamer group (which includes RPS) is still on MCV and their parent company's Christmas list and vice-versa?
Seriously guys, this is a tawdry spat between two big companies, neither of whom are particularly squeaky clean.
You agree that you did not want to replay a segment but then did it willingly in order to make an exaggerated point about Drinking and Sandbox design (*read in girly voice, like one coo'ing over Travolta in Grease* and how he likes to break it)?
Look, I'm sure it's awful in many respects and there are good reasons to not like the game. I don't care about that.
The review stops being about analyzing the game and becomes an author's constant reminder that they exist and are angry. Angry about something. Hitman doesn't even have to be the thing. It could be anything since the majority of complaints are not exactly "specific" to the game(ex:bad plot, invasive story) or completely disassociated with the franchise(ex:bad ai).
It's a nerd's drooling ego, and now his buddy is coming into throw a tantrum with him but this time is pointing fingers. They may not even be unfounded! However, the honesty behind the accusations is so criminally low that the whole thing is embarrassing child's play. In other words, "Fuck videogames."
I contacted Michael French, the Editor in Chief of MCV, to discuss what went wrong, and Parfitt’s reaction to criticism. “The writer wrote the first piece based solely from Metacritic. The flippancy of tone was probably a bit naïve, yes. We have since amended the story,” he told the Penny Arcade Report. When I asked how Parfitt had failed to see any of the negative Metacritic reviews or to include the review pointed out to him days ago, French replied that “it was a mistake that has (quite publicly) since been corrected.”
French offered to speak on the phone about Lauren Wainwright’s Hitman story in the magazine and their lack of disclosure of her business relationship with Square Enix, but due to Intent Media’s past of pressuring outlets who are critical of MCV and the reports of their writers threatening litigation I responded that I would rather keep our communication in a format that gave me a written record. He then told me his previous comments weren’t meant for publication. (The words he used were “This isn’t a comment, but I’ll run you through it.” Without being told explicitly that remarks aren’t for publication or are off the record, I consider them safe for publication.)
After all the shit that's gone down do you honestly think anyone connected to the Eurogamer group (which includes RPS) is still on MCV and their parent company's Christmas list and vice-versa?
Seriously guys, this is a tawdry spat between two big companies, neither of whom are particularly squeaky clean.
Not really when both are trash and neither should be taken as credible sources.Comparing a PR pamphlet which masquerades as a "trade publication", & the Eurogamer "group" is a pretty bad comparison (so bad you could probably get a job with MCV).
You have no fucking clue about what's going on here, do you?
Maybe the EiC should step down.
MCV seems to be mostly staffed by young writers who dont know any better and given the utter lack of professionalism from the site during all of this I think the blame has to land of the guy who makes the calls and who makes sure the things that go on the site are up to snuff ether by vetting there potential writers during the hiring process or by simply reading over something before it goes on the site.
Young writers will make mistakes but you need a strong senior editor to be the filter. Someone who knows their stuff and who can show these young people the proper way to do things and clearly MVC need someone better in that role.
There response to criticism has also been really unprofessional by first threatening another publication and now by posting about a staffers firing over twitter and by just looking REALLY desperate.
If a young writer is controlling that twitter then they should probably be told to stop and never given access to the account again. If its a higher up person like a editorial director and EiC then they should be fired because clearly they have no sense of professionalism and what the outside world thinks.
MCV
‏@MCVonline
It is true that Lauren Wainwright no longer works for us. She did not pass her probation. We wish her well.
Kuchera's reporting throughout this whole journalism scandal has been great. Someone actually willing to do some investigation and pose tough questions. Hopefully him and the others (John Walker, Stu Campbell, etc) keep doing what they're doing.Ben Kuchera's got another good report on it here, with some quotes from MCV editor-in-chief Michael French.
Well whatever, the fact that we're actually getting a response that isn't "why are you being so meeeeean" is an improvement, though that's what they should have done in the first place. On the continuing saga of Lauren Wainwright:
I really don't know what else to say about this. MCV really have proven themselves to be utterly untrustworthy throughout this whole thing.
Nope, evidently you still don't know what you're talking about.RPS writer throws twitter fit because eight negative reviews (four from PC exclusive websites) were not included in their review roundup that is to influence how much physical stock should be bought up by retail stores.
Internet goes on to claim that retail chain store number influencing is videogame coverage on par with actual videogame journalism, continuing to slog down the idea that Games and Gamers should be taken seriously.
There is nothing more pathetic than this debacle caused by Dork Egos.
Ben Parfitt thinks their only mistake is not taking trolls seriously
https://twitter.com/BenParfitt/status/270555076203008000
Nope, evidently you still don't know what you're talking about.
:lol I think this is called 'banter'.
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@superpixelbros - it's because people inherently believe we have to be swayed, or can't accept a review is someone's personal opinion.
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Hey games people. Stop posting about corruption and make a pop video.
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