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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided review embargo lifts on 8/19

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Moff

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It's been a long time since I've seen that show, did he get fat in reality and it bled into the show? Or was it faked for plot? Either way. I remember hating it.

I thought it was absolutely hilarious and loved it. Stuff like that happens far too rarely in tv shows.
 

Diancecht

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It's been a long time since I've seen that show, did he get fat in reality and it bled into the show? Or was it faked for plot? Either way. I remember hating it.

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Mifec

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Anyone want to place bets on how much DeathSparks is going to be posting here after this public brutalization?

EDIT: Considering he made a thread earlier today, I assume that he was juniored just now over that lie.

Nah that's the last post in the thread, he didn't make a thread in 9 days unless I'm missing one.
 
Just got linked this post. Sorry for quoting several pages back. But just want to be clear here: you are not employed by OpenCritic, nor do you have any contractual relationship with us.

Knowingly breaking an embargo is a serious mistake, one that calls into question your motives for reviewing games to begin with. Are you posting your reviews to help others? Or are you just doing it to gain a quick follower or two? Regardless, it's not sustainable and certainly not something that OpenCritic will support. The entire reason we made OpenCritic is to better the industry for all parties, and we believe embargoes do that. One reason we believe that is for what's you've been called out on in this thread: so that no one's pressured to publish a review after only a few hours.

We've disabled your contributor account for the time being; I'll discuss next steps with the team in the morning.

I'm surprised this blog even became "one of the 30 launch partners for this contributor program" when the author couldn't even keep the big description in the header on his site free of spelling mistakes.
Constantly misspelling the game's main protagonist's name throughout the review, calling him Adam Jenson, further points towards low-effort writing.
On your site you say "The other thing to call out is that we'll be doing a basic quality check on each applicant." I feel this quality check could be tightened slightly. I certainly wouldn't trust the "review" of such a sloppy writer.

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"(...) it nails the core aspect of Deus Ex in almost every way and delivering an unforgettable experience."
"(...) you once again assume the role as Adam Jenson"
"(...) to stop the Illuminati which was caused millions of innocents to die."

Wow. And this is just the first paragraph.

http://opencritic.com/blog/8/opencritic-contributor-program: "We don't intend to be too harsh here, but we will be looking for basic grammar, spelling, comprehension, and review structure."
Hmmm...
 

Staf

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My most anticipated title in years. Just such a damn shame that they've scrapped the yellow filter. Made HR look distinct and futuristic.
 

nOoblet16

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Ahhh then I'm expecting mine to ship soon too.

Shame I'll only have a bit of time Saturday and Sunday to play until next weekend.
There's really no reason why we can't have same day deliveryespecially when shipped first thing in morning in a small country like this when they have them in Germany.
 

nOoblet16

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Btw I have something to say regarding the Deathsparks bit. I see everyone is now enjoying that he got rekt/humiliated and also taking time to read his blog for spelling mistakes so that he could be humiliated more. Yea that's fine and all but how come no one said a thing when he first posted the pictures of the graphics menu? Instead everyone thanked him, called him a life saver and what not and started asking him more and more questions about how the game performs...I didn't see a single post concerning the embargo back then.


Also out of curiosity do embargos cover menus/graphics options? Because I don't think he said anything at all about the game itself.

Yep I got one earlier today, so far I'm enjoying it but I can't go into detail about the game until Friday.
 

Window

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Btw I have something to say regarding the Deathsparks bit. I see everyone is now enjoying that he got rekt/humiliated but how come no one said a thing when he first posted the pictures of the graphics menu? Instead everyone thanked him, called him a life saver and what not and started asking him more and more questions about how the game performs.


Also out of curiosity do embargos cover menus/graphics options? Because I don't think he said anything at all about the game itself.

I agree. The way some users are treating DeathSparks is a bit obnoxious. I think the embargo is considered to be broken because the actual full review is up on their website (it may have been unintentional but that's probably not a valid excuse).
 

EatChildren

Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
6.5/10 reviews incoming
disappointment of the year
12fps console average
dual 1080s for 60fps on pc required
linear
impossible to lose even on the hardest difficulty
invisible war 2
only odd numbered deus ex is good
 

Fledz

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How come PSN and Xbox Live don't put a timed unlock like Steam does, so people can't play it early? Or do people just disconnect from the internet, stick the disk in and play?
 
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ZombieFred

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6.5/10 reviews incoming
disappointment of the year
12fps console average
dual 1080s for 60fps on pc required
linear
impossible to lose even on the hardest difficulty
invisible war 2
only odd numbered deus ex is good

Get out!
 

Fordy

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How come PSN and Xbox Live don't put a timed unlock like Steam does, so people can't play it early? Or do people just disconnect from the internet, stick the disk in and play?

They do on digital but not on disc. Like you say, if they started blocking disc you would just stay offline.
 

nOoblet16

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I agree. The way some users are treating DeathSparks is a bit obnoxious. I think the embargo is considered to be broken because the actual full review is up on their website (it may have been unintentional but that's probably not a valid excuse).
I see.
It may have been that he didn't take the actual time into account but rather just the day i.e. Friday. That's fault on his part ofcourse. But the way some people here are acting is just ridiculous.
 
Btw I have something to say regarding the Deathsparks bit. I see everyone is now enjoying that he got rekt/humiliated and also taking time to read his blog for spelling mistakes so that he could be humiliated more. Yea that's fine and all but how come no one said a thing when he first posted the pictures of the graphics menu? Instead everyone thanked him, called him a life saver and what not and started asking him more and more questions about how the game performs...I didn't see a single post concerning the embargo back then.


Also out of curiosity do embargos cover menus/graphics options? Because I don't think he said anything at all about the game itself.

I'm not trying to humiliate anyone. I was questioning OpenCritic's quality checks during the application process for the contributor program, and I was pointing out clear discrepancies between what their criteria is as stated on their site, and the quality of the content found on this Pixels Game Reviews blog. The author of the site can write and post as many sloppy reviews has he likes, and break every embargo in the world, but I don't think such sites should be acknowledged by reputable review aggregators. Do you?
 
Btw I have something to say regarding the Deathsparks bit. I see everyone is now enjoying that he got rekt/humiliated and also taking time to read his blog for spelling mistakes so that he could be humiliated more. Yea that's fine and all but how come no one said a thing when he first posted the pictures of the graphics menu? Instead everyone thanked him, called him a life saver and what not and started asking him more and more questions about how the game performs...I didn't see a single post concerning the embargo back then.


Also out of curiosity do embargos cover menus/graphics options? Because I don't think he said anything at all about the game itself.
Some in here are quick to jump on a dog pile when someone is getting mocked/humiliated. It even happens in community threads.
 

Unstable

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6.5/10 reviews incoming
disappointment of the year
12fps console average
dual 1080s for 60fps on pc required
linear
impossible to lose even on the hardest difficulty
invisible war 2
only odd numbered deus ex is good

you forgot this

header.jpg

everything is okay
the curse has been avoided
 

BigTnaples

Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
6.5/10 reviews incoming
disappointment of the year
12fps console average
dual 1080s for 60fps on pc required
linear
impossible to lose even on the hardest difficulty
invisible war 2
only odd numbered deus ex is good


Yes. Bring down my expectations m. I need to be blown away again.
 

pa22word

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Good news: Vacation starts today. Preordered at steam and looking forward to the release!

Bad news: my internet broke, and it is an serious issue. They will come by on monday to start to try figure out why and hopefully fix it. :(
 

Mifec

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Na, technically GO is #4, so odd numbered shenanigans are back in play x_x



it's def going to be 0451

if they fuck it up like infinite did and do the konami code there is going to be rage in the OT let me tell you what....

I assumed it would be 0451 or 573 is the konami code I think?

Also the Time Traveler ones, did you see the guy getting made over cheevos thread? He's gonna go insane.
 
Btw I have something to say regarding the Deathsparks bit. I see everyone is now enjoying that he got rekt/humiliated and also taking time to read his blog for spelling mistakes so that he could be humiliated more. Yea that's fine and all but how come no one said a thing when he first posted the pictures of the graphics menu? Instead everyone thanked him, called him a life saver and what not and started asking him more and more questions about how the game performs...I didn't see a single post concerning the embargo back then.

Wait a minute, is it really the first pictures of graphics menu?

I'm pretty sure it has been revealed since yesterday. Or more like 2 days ago.
 
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