Yeah, he should have been civil there. Swearing at everybody doesn’t help his cause.

Yeah, it looks like a great game.

NeoGaf, many of those people there are douche bags!
The ONLY good thing NeoGaf is good for is their leaking breakthroughs, that is all! Anything else part from them is just moronic, opinion, hate, boasting, show offs etc.

I have no beef with NeoGaf but when I see how majority of them act, they are no different to the gamers who are causing problems to the industry. Who gives a damn what they think of the review? what makes them think their voice is as important as Bill Gates?

What’s wrong with the line “one of the best games ever made”. That’s the journalist opinion. Don’t people usually say
*Uncharted 2 is one of the best games ever made?
*GTA 4 one of the best games ever made?
*GOW3 one of the best games ever made?
or even MGS4 “the best game ever”

People complain about websites like IGN, Gamespot etc giving good games bad reviews and not so good game amazing review such as GTA4 “10/10.
And then when someone gives a good game a great score (people normally complain because of lack of good scoring) everybody moans and complains.
What gives?

Batman AC is a game that triumphs greater than Batman AA. I like Batman but I’m not a big fan of him. Someone was recommending me to play Batman AA because it’s the best Batman game to date. Denial for a long time and later I decided to rent it. I was blown away, the game does deserve GOTY!

Now Batman AC is coming out and looks 10x better than AA. But who knows, sequels always turn out trash when they look so great and 20x better than its predecessor.

Of course he was paid off, who cares man, its part of journalist job to do that so the site remains creditable. And what is wrong with getting your quote on game box art or game launch trailers? If I was a reviewer, I’ll be freaking honoured that my reviewed quote was used in the game’s boxart or launch trailer.

The problems are the gamers, gamers are ruining the gaming industry!

But, what does happen in the media is advertising revenue, exclusives, ect. All of this will influence an authors review. And for this one to take to his blog defending himself only helps prove just that.

The real ignorance? That would be the fools who base their purchasing decisions off of these reviews. Most just use them as ammo in an argument as if it’s a fact or absolute truth. Most need that justification to show the game they enjoyed is the “best game ever” and they are so very smart for buying and playing it. Of course these people need that. These a the people that can only afford one console and a couple games per year. Then they take their envy and jealousy out on the world wide web.

Back to the point. Let’s use Modern Warfare as an example. Everyone in the media slams Activision for the stale franchise and their greedy behavior. From their twitter feeds to their podcast. But when the game ships, they will all score it a 9 or better to keep relations running smooth. They will never play the multiplayer online. They won’t see it’s nurmous glitches, hacks, bugs, and cheats. They will praise it anyway. So you end up with a 9-10 review for a game with a 4 hour on rails campaign with an untested multiplayer. Just wait and see.