CornBurrito
Member
LevityNYC said:
Er... A 5/10 would be average wouldn't it?
-
Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!
Reviews that were totally 'off'
- Thread starter Mesijs
- Start date
Er... A 5/10 would be average wouldn't it?
MidnightCowboy
Member
Any review that says Beyond Good and Evil does not have one of the worst cameras in game history.
iconoclast
Member
Death Smiles review by Meghan Watt: http://www.gameshark.com/?a=reviews&id=3578
Just terrible from top to bottom. It's not surprising though; most shooting game reviews by the mainstream press are complete trash (with a few exceptions, of course).
Just terrible from top to bottom. It's not surprising though; most shooting game reviews by the mainstream press are complete trash (with a few exceptions, of course).
GeekyDad
Member
MMaRsu said:
Damned if you don't, damned if you do, though, right? If he'd simply started a new thread, there would surely be some tryhard who'd dig this link up, with a nice little "try using search" attached to the reply.
Anyhoo...
I'll throw one into the ring: Game Revolution's review of TMNT Smash-up (Wii). Not only was the review oozing hyperbole from every pore, the overall score was simply absurd. The review itself would have gotten no attention had it not appeared on the Metacritic, and sadly, that was probably the reviewer's intent to begin with. Either way, it's a fucking farce of the first order.
Visuals, voice acting, cut-scenes, overall story, gameplay, and loading screens. Co-op design wasn't as fleshed out as it should have been. I just did not enjoy it at all. Really uncreative boss fights aside from a few moments that were tolerable (the vehicles). I hated every minute. I wasn't impressed by hundreds of zombies on screen, given I had to trudge through them dozens of times -- taking what should have been a 3 minute stroll and turning it into a 10 minute maze.Orayn said:
No, I can appreciate a game attempting to do something different. It was the core gameplay mechanics that bothered me. Not the save system or the time limits.MMaRsu said:
Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
7.5
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/ratchetclank/review.html?tag=summary;read-review
7.5
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/ratchetclank/review.html?tag=summary;read-review
TheLastCandle
Member
LakeEarth said:
Good god. That's completely ridiculous, but Tallarico always makes sure to let his hatred of Kirby (and anything involving him) well known.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Takao said:
Just because advertising outlets masquerading as video game reviewers have grouped together and broken the 10 point scale doesn't mean all of us adopt the same policy. When I give a 5, it means average. A 7 is well above average.
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
Edge giving Mirror's Edge 5/10 really ticked me off. Significantly below most other publications, and the game was absolutely outstanding, one of my all-time favourites in fact. I understand that not everyone "gets" it, and Edge sometimes does this just because they're Edge, but damn, that was not a fair score.
Also, Eurogamer giving Fable 2 a 10 was flat-out ridiculous. That game is a 7 or 8 at best.
Also, Eurogamer giving Fable 2 a 10 was flat-out ridiculous. That game is a 7 or 8 at best.
Risk Breaker
Member
Nier and GT5, no doubt.
Mortrialus
Banned
Acquiescence said:
Deadly Premonition is a piece of postmodern genius and well deserving of 10/10 for being one of the most enjoyable games this generation.
Vicetrailia
Banned
9.9 Jade Empire
3.0 God Hand
Both from IGN.
JE reviews were either purchased or like I dunno, it made no sense that JE review. It was a complete lie (besides graphics and amount of dialog).
3.0 God Hand
Both from IGN.
JE reviews were either purchased or like I dunno, it made no sense that JE review. It was a complete lie (besides graphics and amount of dialog).
Magicpaint
Member
Jade Empire was SO SO disappointing.ssolitare said:
CoffeeJanitor
Member
8/10 = enjoyableMortrialus said:
10/10 = revolutionary, perfect
just my opinion
whatsinaname
Member
Loxley said:
I can see why this happens. In the old search, the search results were ordered by date. In the Google GAF search, depending on keywords, old results turn up.
More regular members don't do this as if they don't remember a recent thread, they just create a new one.
Alligatorjandro
Banned
I forgot which magazine but they gave Bullet Witch either a 9 or 10.
I'd say a lot of the criticisms to FromSoftware's "predecessors" to Demon's Souls. The King's Field, Shadow Tower, and Eternal Ring games were all heavily criticized for beating you into the ground and requiring you to persevere over the games challenges, all of which were deemed as negative aspects to those games. And yet Demon's Souls does the same thing, and it's considered to be one of the most rewarding experiences of recent memory.
The games were also criticized for being slow, but Demon's Souls is a slow game, too.
The games were also criticized for being slow, but Demon's Souls is a slow game, too.
Guerrillas in the Mist
Member
IGN's legendary 7.9 for Mario Kart: Double Dash. While it's not a terrible score in itself (I personally would have rated it higher, but not that much higher), almost everyone on the boards thought it was an outrage, and "7.9'd" was from then on used to describe any game that was thought to be underrated.
Primate Ryan
Neo Member
I feel that Zero Punctuation often does a good job at magnifying or picking out the flaws in games, but at times he is completely off in his reviews (yes, I went there). Take for example Mirror's Edge or Monster Hunter. I enjoy most of his reviews, but these two told me more about ZP himself than they did about the games.
The Monster Hunter review clearly shows that he did not even play past the first set of missions so that his review merely concerns the tutorial part of the game. Granted, the game takes a couple of hours to get going, which not everybody wants to invest, but the fact that he didn't mention that he only played a very small part (which he did in the FFXIII review, I believe) makes it look like he covers the content of the whole game, whereas it's only a part of it, and it undermines the whole review and its amusement value.
From the Mirror's Edge review it becomes clear that
1) he was completely inept at playing it and put the blame on the game (first-person platforming doesn't work, collision detection)
2) he approached it like your average game that should be played through once for the campaign/story and then put on the pile of finished games. I think most people who have played through the game multiple times and dabbled in the time trials agree that the game requires you to train a bit before you can really appreciate its mechanics and level design. Mirror's Edge needs some investment from the player because it's different from what most people are used to, but the returns on that small investment are almost unrivalled. I still remember the first time I returned to the campaign after acing most of the time trials (I actually liked those more than the campaign and the first time I only continued through the game to get more time trials). Such a rush.
The Monster Hunter review clearly shows that he did not even play past the first set of missions so that his review merely concerns the tutorial part of the game. Granted, the game takes a couple of hours to get going, which not everybody wants to invest, but the fact that he didn't mention that he only played a very small part (which he did in the FFXIII review, I believe) makes it look like he covers the content of the whole game, whereas it's only a part of it, and it undermines the whole review and its amusement value.
From the Mirror's Edge review it becomes clear that
1) he was completely inept at playing it and put the blame on the game (first-person platforming doesn't work, collision detection)
2) he approached it like your average game that should be played through once for the campaign/story and then put on the pile of finished games. I think most people who have played through the game multiple times and dabbled in the time trials agree that the game requires you to train a bit before you can really appreciate its mechanics and level design. Mirror's Edge needs some investment from the player because it's different from what most people are used to, but the returns on that small investment are almost unrivalled. I still remember the first time I returned to the campaign after acing most of the time trials (I actually liked those more than the campaign and the first time I only continued through the game to get more time trials). Such a rush.
I'd prefer if it was:CoffeeJanitor said:
5/10 - enjoyable and maybe somewhat flawed
6/10-8/10 - various degrees of very enjoyable
9/10 - revolutionary and perfect
10/10 - pretty much the best game the reviewer has played without anyc ahnces to be topped in the next 5 years
It'd give entire scale more meaning, the current 7-10 scale makes no sense.
Sonic Mega Collection Plus review from Games Radar.
This is the summary from Metacritic:
Keep in mind Sonic Mega Collection Plus came out sometime after the franchise went downhill.
Oh and those "OLD GAMES ARE GOOD BECAUSE NOSTALGIA" shit always pisses me off in reviews. New does not always mean better and Sonic has proven that. And old does not always mean "good for just nostalgia", many classics such as Mario and Mega Man has proven that old games can age well.
And who can forget Play Magazine's review on Sonic 06?
Score was originally 9.5 just a FYI.
This is the summary from Metacritic:
Keep in mind Sonic Mega Collection Plus came out sometime after the franchise went downhill.
Oh and those "OLD GAMES ARE GOOD BECAUSE NOSTALGIA" shit always pisses me off in reviews. New does not always mean better and Sonic has proven that. And old does not always mean "good for just nostalgia", many classics such as Mario and Mega Man has proven that old games can age well.
And who can forget Play Magazine's review on Sonic 06?
Score was originally 9.5 just a FYI.
CoffeeJanitor
Member
Aka revolutionary.JdFoX187 said:
Damn opinions, damn them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDLkaISa-B8szaromir said:
LightofRohan
Member
People are thinking too much in the context of now. Back when you first play a game and it releases it is so much different. Like Assassins Creed 1, yea we can look back and be like wtf it's pretty janky. But, when it released there was nothing else quite like it and the free climbing alone was mind blowing. So then definitely a ~9.5 and now probably ~7.5.
Primate Ryan
Neo Member
Darknessbear said:
I'm not sure that's what's happening here, at least not in all cases. I don't think many people dig reviews up now to look at what was written there. They remember the reviews they mention because they completely disagreed with them then, and there are some famous examples of that in here (God Hand, Twilight Princess).
Also, there was no unanimous praise for Assassin's Creed 1 around release whatsoever. The reviews were divided and so were the players and many agreed that the game was lacking in interesting content. I think it's actually one of the worst examples you could have used to make your point.
No opinion to it. There are many games that set the standard that aren't revolutionary. But we're talking semantics here.CoffeeJanitor said:
As for the OP, I would throw out many of the Halo 3 reviews that proclaimed it as the best in the series or anything resembling a flagship title. Most reviewers were caught in the hype of the moment with the final game of the trilogy, but it turned out to be such a shit game in every aspect from the campaign to the multiplayer to the shit map editor hailed as "revolutionary" at one point.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
What is the "Gears is too good" quote from anyway?
TheJollyCorner
Member
GameFan. FFVIII.
ECM can eat a dead badger.
ECM can eat a dead badger.
archnemesis
Member
An old episode of the 1UP Show, IIRC.The_Technomancer said:
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Was there a transcript of the context around it? I really want to understand that one, haha.Dance In My Blood said:
Any review that gave FFXIII more than a 6/60/D.
Jade Empire. Didn't deserve more than an 8/80/B.
As someone who has played through the entire series, I completely agree that ToD was the low point in the main series and totally deserved hat 7.5.
Jade Empire. Didn't deserve more than an 8/80/B.
theBishop said:Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
7.5
http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/ratchetclank/review.html?tag=summary;read-review
As someone who has played through the entire series, I completely agree that ToD was the low point in the main series and totally deserved hat 7.5.
Just a roundtable kind of review of the game.The_Technomancer said:
I think this is the episode:
http://www.1up.com/news/1up-show_6
IGN's Football Manager 2009 review.
Was so bad they had to remove it from the site
http://darkzero.co.uk/game-news/ign-removes-210-football-manager-review-and-apologises/
Was so bad they had to remove it from the site
http://darkzero.co.uk/game-news/ign-removes-210-football-manager-review-and-apologises/