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Read this! Summary of the events by Kazerei.

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Posted by kassatsu on the PJ SideScroller OT:

Also IGN posted a review 6.5

Dylan called them out on twitter saying they rushed through on casual and they removed part of the review.

IGN = a fucking class act.

Edit: Daemon's answer:

http://www.ign.com/blogs/daemon-ign/2011/10/26/concerning-my-pixeljunk-sidescroller-review/

 

[xxracerxx]

As I said in the other thread....the IGN saga continues.

What a fucking disgrace.

 

[Deadly Joker]

This is fucking awesome.

IGN just got fucked.

 

[MotorbreathX]

Lazy person is lazy.

 

[kassatsu]

disgusting that he gets paid to do this.

 

[purg3]

sad, but not really surprising coming from IGN.

 

[Kerrby]

At this point I'm not even surprised anymore.

 

[Shurs]

lol

 

[Erekiddo]

IGN

Done reading.

 

[Criminal Upper]

Can we have IGN banned now?

Figures it was Daemon, one of the worst journalists I've ever seen.

 

[GoodMorning]

lolz fucking awesome

not surprised by this at all though

 

[Dead Prince]

LOL.

 

[Fourth Storm]

Caught red-handed!

 

[shadyspace]

But they gave Uncharted 3 a 10.

 

[iNvid02]

how can you lose credibility when you dont really have any to begin with

 

[Gravijah]

you guys realize this probably happens with like 90% of game reviews, right? so depressing.

 

[Electivirus]

More review drama? Oh my.

 

[lowrider007]

That's pretty embarrassing for Daemon, now the game is stuck with a 6.5 from ign because he didn't play through the game properly and tried to cover it up, very poor show indeed.

 

[Finaika]

 

[Dresden]

If I was writing fake reviews I'd take ten minutes to do some research.

 

[Foffy]

I wonder how often IGN does this..

 

[snack]

IGGN

 

[Neuromancer]

Why didn't he just admit to playing it on casual? What a dumbass.

 

[Boney]

But they gave Uncharted 3 a 10.

they gave god hand a 3

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Holy Shit.


IGN exposed. You tell'em Dylan!

 

[Dead Prince]

Why didn't he just admit to playing it on casual? What a dumbass.

it's too late now lol.

let's see what he has to say though.

 

[Shurs]

At least they removed the false part, though there should an explanation as to what happened at the end of the review.

 

[ryan-ts]

Holy Balls, haha.

 

[baekshi]

inb4uc3chaos

 

[shadyspace]

they gave god hand a 3

But Uncharted makes me feel alive.

 

[fernoca]

That's awesome, I mean been called out by Dylan Cuthbert of all people. XD

 

[Himself]

Another reason to not give a fuck about review scores. There's been plenty this season, huh?

 

[Doel]

He probably should have just admitted he played on casual.

 

[DrForester]

 

[xxracerxx]

you guys realize this probably happens with like 90% of game reviews, right? so depressing.

What usually doesn't happen is the guy straight up lying through his teeth about what difficulty he played on.

 

[SolidSnakex]

you guys realize this probably happens with like 90% of game reviews, right? so depressing.

Eurogamer was busted for something similar a few years ago

When we read the hostile review by Ed Zitron, one thing became apparent: he had not played the game at all. Eurogamer readers and Darkfall players are posting bullet lists of factual errors in the story. The reviewer hadn't even figured out the very basics of the game before he wrote about it. We checked the logs for the 2 accounts we gave Eurogamer and we found that one of them had around 3 minutes playtime, and the other had less than 2 hours spread out in 13 sessions. Most of these 2 hours were spent in the character creator since during almost every one of the logins the reviewer spent the time creating a new character. The rest of the time was apparently spent taking the low-res screenshots that accompanied the article. At no point did this reviewer spend more than a few minutes online at a time.

http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=185060

 

[Loudninja]

He probably should have just admitted he played on casual.

It was that simple.

 

[Vamphuntr]

I think many reviewers are like that, unfortunately. Sometimes they have a lot of games to play so they rush through the game or simply do not beat it from start to finish. Sad but I'm not suprised by IGN. No one remembers the Joystiq Nier review?

There is one reviewer that posts here in particular that I won't mention that never got to beat the last chapter in MGS Peace Walker (the chapter after the first credits roll). In fact he thought the game only had 4 acts while it has 5.

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

Oh IGN!

 

[StriKeVillain]

That's pretty embarrassing for Daemon, now the game is stuck with a 6.5 from ign because he didn't play through the game properly and tried to cover it up, very poor show indeed.

That's what's so horrible about this. The weight that an IGN score carries in the gaming community is devastating to a game like this.

Ugh - so unprofessional. The writer should be fired on the spot.

 

[GeoramA]

Not even surprised.

 

[Oli]

It's funny of all games that didn't get a full view, it's the one that's apparently 10 minutes long.

 

[Forkball]

They don't have time to play games, they have to write articles about what they think GTA V will be about.

 

[iKeepPlaying]

That's what happens when you don't moneyhat.
Shame on you dylan, shame on you.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

How can people put a game on casual/easy difficulty then review it. I know this time of year there are tons of titles to review but that still seems unacceptable. Then again, I don't read reviews for the most part so I'm not their audience.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

Don't these people review games for a living? I mean at least do a review justice.

for fucks sake IGN

 

[Cipherr]

I can understand them doing it on an easy difficulty considering the number of games they have to try and play through.

However, just dont lie about the shit. I mean cmon man. Jesus.

 

[cj_iwakura]

That's what's so horrible about this. The weight that an IGN score carries in the gaming community is devastating to a game like this.

IGN matters?

 

[AlphaTwo00]

More game companies and devs should do this, just to troll journalists and see who's doing this.

 

[Brazil]

Eurogamer was busted for something similar a few days ago



http://forums.darkfallonline.com/showthread.php?t=185060

A few days ago? ... That's from 2009, man.

IGN matters?

Unfortunately, yes.