Boss Man
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Is that really happening though? It seems like people just want it to be...
I feel like the Polygon thing is sort of a different issue.
The Last of Us - Review Thread [Emargo up, scores in OP.]
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I feel like the Polygon thing is sort of a different issue.
this is the part I kinda don't get
I mean, if you dont agree with it then sure go ahead, but I dont get why saying that they liked other games better than this one somehow makes them SHADY, when you're talking about different companies that are not MS (supposedly where they get their moneyhats)
they're shady because of a lot of other things, not liking Epic Yarn better than a game that isnt out isnt one of them IMO
I mean, do you think Jim Sterling got paid for the 10 considering he tends to shit on everything?
Maybe you should stop dehumanizing them. Many people get into the business because they have a passion for gaming.
Steve Youngblood
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Personally, I don't understand why any of this is worth harping on. People familiar with Polygon know what they're about and whether or not they still think the site has any credibility and can react to the review accordingly. As for people who may not be terribly familiar with Polygon, why is it important to make sure that people know that the site is bad? There's no shortage of positive impressions. Are we concerned that people will be scared off from playing the game themselves based on one mediocre review from an outlet they're not familiar with? Or is this just about "it affects Metacritic!"?
^This. QFT
this is why i dont trust ANY review scores
Fuck Superman. Just play this all night. You really think you're gonna be able to walk away from it after starting it up?
This is too much
Yeah I see your point, but I think its the first major comparison we have of the Set pieces and I still think it was a big comparison to draw especially when we haven't seen or heard of much in the way of set-pieces at all for this game.
If it's not about having an opinion, why is this your immediate response to Gamespot's review?
A mere ~3 minutes after being posted. You can try to build up some anti-polygon stuff, and that may have legitimacy, but a LARGE portion of the outcry here happens regardless of who writes it, and his point is dead on. It's hostile, juvenile, outright shameful bulshit.
This point was reflecting my stance on how Polygon wanted to be the odd one out, so they could get the most hits.
Thus purposely scoring it lower
EdibleExplosives
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What the fuck if true.
airmangataosenai
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Yeah, you can argue about difference of opinion if you want but we have a clear pattern which goes back to the founding of the site. This isn't the same as the Gerstmann thing at all.
Lol.
Polygons shady relationship? As evidenced where? Yes it's known that MS funded the documentary and they have been open about that. And I'm sure they receive just as much revenue from Sony from the massive TLOU banners I've seen all over the site.
Gies's hyperbolic tweets - I follow him and other journalists and I remember seeing just oas many tweets from journalists gushing over the game. So he's not allowed an opinion now?
3 - sorry I forgot you'd played and finished the title. And so fucking what if they did? Are those games not deserving? Maybe in your opinion.
4 - I forgot Polygon were the only journalistic outlet who got things wrong and jumped on the bandwagon too soon without thoroughly fact checking. We must single them out and burn them!
Who is Tom Chick?
Apparently you, Solo and others who have jumped into this thread have reading comprehension issues.
Boss Man
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That's a silly Wikipedia application of a logical fallacy. The argument is that they've received a ton of money from Microsoft and have shown this sort of behavior before. That's hardly irrelevant.
it wouldnt surprise me if they did do that, I just think that point was weird
there are many posts to read here, I wouldnt jump in defending everyone here like that
An actor. I have no idea other than that.
Not sure if it was sufficiently clear, but I wasn't disagreeing with you. I always become extremely worried when reviewers talk about how "emotionally gripping" a game is, but barely mention how it plays(although some reviewers did).
http://www.honestgamers.com/9640/playstation-3/uncharted-3-drakes-deception/review.html
Steve Youngblood
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There's another possibility: the reviewer simply didn't like the game as much as other reviewers. As for their history, their past work speaks for itself.
Secretarial Dog
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Me too. I even managed to get one of my best friends to play Uncharted 2, his very first video game, and ND convinced him to buy a PS3.
Dreams-Visions
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Hmm. To change my pre-order to Gamestop and pay their shipping & handling feels for the better DLC or not...
what say GAF?
what say GAF?
What's it to you if we choose to talk about Polygon? This is a thread about TLOU review scores. Polygon gave a TLOU review score....you can see why we're discussing this..right?
PAULINK
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Some people take reviews personally. 8.8 Never forget.
Mr.Squirrel
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Do you really think Sony crated the PlayStation brand because of their love for gaming? Do you believe Naughty Dog's main motivation isn't to make a humongous profit? Do you have the same emotional attachment to corporations like Colgate, Pepsi, Georgia Pacific, or Exxon Mobil?
These are for profit corporations who have 1 responsibility, to make as much money as possible. What Pachter said in the NeoGAF documentary was 100% right, some of the people on this site have this twisted idea as to why these companies are in business.
Better lol.
SniperHunter
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Man, I pre-ordered this game through Futureshop last year. And this game is shipping on a Friday...I won't get it for another two weeks or so 
damn
damn
KaptinKeezey
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Its still easy to have an opinion on. I can look at all the 10/10's and then see the 8/10 and guess what that tells me something about that outlier.
Gamespot has a history of odd ball low scores that don't make sense and they aren't doing anything to remove that stigma.
Polygon isn't taken seriously and they arn't doing anything to change that either.
This is all it proves and you don't need to play the game to know this.
Oh, right. Some people were unhappy about me when I said essentially the same thing about BSI reviews.
The actual mentions of gameplay in these make me expect "pretty good," rather than "mediocre" like for BSI.
EdibleExplosives
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Ah, thanks.
walking fiend
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well, fuck, guess final game rankings number 1 will be toppled.
Salsa is right on that one, some people are leaping to illogical conclusions about the review score itself.
DanteGhost
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It's a fake. God people can be so easily fooled.
I do believe that many of the developers that work for Naughty Dog didn't join the industry not caring about gaming. There are far less risky and far higher paying careers out there. But they chose to be games developers. The suits at the top who control everything may be different and only care about profit, sure. But the people working on your games actually care about gaming (and paying their bills in the process).
It's clear you have a strong bias.
Some dude.
Sandy Nipples
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Could be, I would have given Bioshock Infinite a 6.5 but everyone gave that thing 15/10.
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Boss Man
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We will ultimately just have to get the game in our hands before we figure out whether or not this is another GTAIV scenario or something, but if it turns out that the game really is as good as most publications believe - I would hope that this situation (along with everything coming from gies and all of the other things surrounding Polygon) might at least allow us to sit down and have a big serious conversation about Polygon, their potential interests, and their credibility.
That doesn't refute the quality of the review itself. People haven't argued about whether the criticism is valid but rather about Polygon itself. This is an ad hominem.
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