IGNXBOX Mercenaries review!!!
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Mike Works
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SSSSHHHHHH, COCKLES MIGHT HEAR YOUnewsguy said:
Mike Works
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I just watched some videos of the game, and a 9.0 for graphics? They're clean I suppose, but these reviewers really need to start putting shit in perspective.
ImNotLikeThem
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that would make a 9.1 from igncube about a 12.8 then?
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koam said:
Same here, ever since then I have NEVER taken a review from IGN seriously.
Kanbee-san
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monkeyrun said:
They could give the rest of the xbox exclusives 1/10 and they would still sell more xbox games than gamecube games.
bitwise said:
Actually the highlighted ones are the one to be taken seriously (and no, not because they're the lowest scores). IGN and TeamXbox have fanboys doing the reviews, and Gamespy sometimes overates certain games. And btw you lost all your sense of humor in this thread. What's up with that?
Kanbee-san
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Che said:
By this kind of logic, cube.ign (for mario sunshine) and ps2.ign (for ffx2) should be eliminated from gamerankings.
Cube.ign has the biggest fanboys known to man.
All you can ask for is that a review is well written, states an opinion and is critical. I find it hard to believe that these sites would just give out great scores because they are fanboys, after all they have to play and finish the games, so if they suck then the reviews would follow suit.
Teknopathetic
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I fail to see how fanboyism factors into a multiplatform game on a single-platform site (not defending TXB, good GOD no, just saying).
Kanbee-san
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Tre said:
I should have said that. :lol
IAmtheFMan
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Kanbee-san said:
That isn't exactly something to be happy about.
Kanbee-san said:
I'm totally with you man on this one.
Actually there's a huge difference. Yes they are fanboys and they love Nintendo but it's quite the opposite of what's happening with XboxIGN. They always critisizing Nintendo and their scores are pretty objective (notice I said pretty objective not objective). XboxIGN's editors on the other side are huge suck ups who could give a 9 to any first party MS game without even playing it. Actually after reading some of their infamous reviews I could swear they didn't play these games.
Kanbee-san
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Che said:
I see where you are comming from, there are some shocker reviews and one of those reviewers has since left xbox.ign, the other one has gotten better.
Its all about opinions, games like wreckless, raw, raw 2, doaxbv, segagt, blinx, tao-feng were majorly over-rated in my opinion. But i also reckon they got games like halo 1+2, rsc1+2, PGR2, Top Spin, crimson skies and amped spot on. In the middle of GS and IGN never fails for me a gamer.
Ughhh, every damn IGNXBOX review thread always degenerates into a flame fest for or against the site.
To put some more prespective on this game Gamespy also gave Mercenaries a 5/5.
http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/mercenaries/578386p1.html
PS2 version got 4.5/5
To put some more prespective on this game Gamespy also gave Mercenaries a 5/5.
http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/mercenaries/578386p1.html
PS2 version got 4.5/5
Mike Works
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Can you blame people though? There are lots of reviews on that site that make them look like a complete joke.Mrbob said:
Next time a game you're interested in gets a great score at IGN XBox, I'd suggest making a thread titled something like, "Mercenaries gets awesome reviews, text inside!"
And then show the scores from IGNXBox, Gamespy, EGM, etc. If someone sees a 9+ score from IGNxbox alone, many people are going to completely discount or disregard it, but when you see a bevy of sites giving the same scores (and the game isn't DRIV3R), then it's hard to questions the credibility of the overall concensus.
Operations
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Who could anyone take IGNXbox's score seriously at this point? They're worse than Xbox centric fansites.
ScientificNinja
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I got bored with Mercenaries after about 3-4 hours' play. Bear in mind, I dislike the GTA games passionately, but I found myself enjoying Mercenaries a lot more than GTA until the pointlessness (and the ridiculous camoflauge rules) of it all set in.
Mike Works
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Not as many. And other sites are notoriously known for underscoring games. IGNxbox doesn't do this. They may not give terrible games amazing scores, but come on:Mrbob said:
Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions 9.0
True Crime: Streets of L.A. 9.0
GUNVALKYRIE 9.0
NHL 2002 9.0
WWF Raw 9.1
WWE Raw 2 9.1
Fable 9.3
Deathrow 9.3
Now I'm not saying games like Deathrow or Fable are bad games or anything, but the way I see it, utterly amazing games (ie Halo) = 9.7+, really great games = 9.4 - 9.6, great games = 9.1 - 9.5, pretty good games = 8.5 - 9.0 for IGNXBox.
You can't blame people for viewing their scores with an extremely critical eye. It's the same with GameSpot, except the opposite. When a game gets 7.9 at GameSpot, people think it has the chance to be a really good game, since GameSpot is considered overly critical when it comes to their scores. So when a game on GameSpot, like Resident Evil 4, gets a really high score, people know it's good. When a game at IGNXBox, like Conflict: Vietnam gets something like a 6.7, people know it's probably not worth it.
I'm just saying, if you really want to positively promote this game, and I can understand why you would, I'm interested after watching a couple videos, you should't use IGNXBox as your sole hype-anchor.
Yikes. You really don't want to give up on this issue, huh? It isn't my anchor. I've posted about the game in the official thread, and I've posted about playing the demo and the gamespy review in this thread and the official thread.
Just wait a couple days and stay tuned to the official thread.
Just wait a couple days and stay tuned to the official thread.
Mike Works
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Really don't want to give up on this issue? What the fuck? I responded to your post, just like you responded to mine.Mrbob said:
And that's fine if you've already posted in the official thread and posted gameplay impressions in another. I was referring to this thread, in which you quoted IGNXBox's score and nothing else, and finished with the words "XBOX GOTM".
Ugh, you could've dropped an XBox controller in a tub of grease and the player's ability to control the player and camera wouldn't change. But the first level of shooting alien bugs, jumping on giant mushrooms, and then shooting more alien bugs was a hoot!!Bebpo said:One of the few places that actually scored the game correctly
koam said:
Seriously. I think IGN Xbox overrates pretty a whole lot of exclusive games for Xbox, but for the majority of them, you can make reasonable arguments that justify their score. WWF Raw however, is just completely inexcusable. That game was one of the most broken, awful games I have ever played and I am as hardcore as a wrestling fan gets. 9.1 is absolutely absurd for that POS.
Back on topic, the Mercanaries demo was pretty good. My friend can't stop jizzing himself over this game.
Kanbee-san
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Raw64life said:
That was one reviewer who doesnt do reviews anymore. Hil and Doug are spot on the money. Kwaiser was even better.
Kabuki Waq
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Well actually True Crime got a great review here ,and lets not forget every fucking Nintendo review Craig M does on this site. 