â Narayan
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VANQUISH |OT| Bullet Ballet performed by the London Awesome orchestra
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distantmantra
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Just got done watching IGN's video review. It was really nice to see a review of a single-player title that didn't even once bitch about the lack of a multi-player component.
5/10 from destructoid
http://www.destructoid.com/review-vanquish
baffling review as it seems like the reviewer only used the slide to get in close for melee attacks, which is what the game mechanics tell you not to do, rather than as the backbone of everything you do in the combat arenas, meaning that he claims the emphasis on speed actually makes the game worse, when that couldn't be further from the case in my view.
http://www.destructoid.com/review-vanquish
baffling review as it seems like the reviewer only used the slide to get in close for melee attacks, which is what the game mechanics tell you not to do, rather than as the backbone of everything you do in the combat arenas, meaning that he claims the emphasis on speed actually makes the game worse, when that couldn't be further from the case in my view.
John Rabbit
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game reviewer doesn't understand game; awards low score.Empty said:
exactly what i predicted was going to happen to this title. shame really.
keltickennedy
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Defunkled said:
I remember listening to that hack in a interview on the epic battlecry podcast. Half-way into the interview you heard him yelling at his small child. Man, that guy thinks his own kid is a 5/10.
TheKaeptain
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He liked EnslavedDefunkled said:
Anyone else think Destructoid should have more than one reviewer? I know they have other people do reviews sometimes, but Jim handles the bulk (no pun intended) of them. As Animator said, more often than not, a low score on Destructoid usually means I'm going to enjoy a game a lot.
Well, the first half of the review just sounds like he's terrible at the game. There are some legitimate criticisms in the second half, which were already trickling in, like no upgrade system outside of ammo capacity increases, and less than six hours including cutscenes.
Also, if the final boss
I'll be sad.
Also, if the final boss
really is just an earlier boss x 2,
keltickennedy
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Koralsky said:
I guess he ended up eating the kid...
Fimbulvetr
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Woah, what happened.
Freeza Under The Shower
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Beezy said:
I honestly don't think that comparing anything with God Hand is going to be a service to that product.
I for one, hated playing god hand and everything about it. It may not have been completely fair, but I sure as hell understood where IGN got that score from.
The only reason people go all overboard on it, is because so many other games are judged FAR to kindly. If all those 9's, 8's and 7's were more in line with what they should have been (and, of course, that 'oscar worthy' 10), very few people (that is: even fewer than now) would feel inclined to say that GH was treated overly unjust.
But to conclude this offtopic rant: I do not think that Vanquish has that same lack of initial appeal, nor the glaring lack of ways the game can point out that you would be playing it wrong.
I find 'human failure' to be a much more acceptable speculation in this case then I ever felt it to be with GH.
â Narayan
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Destructoid: Does not understand games designed for gamers. Black-listed.
"look a reviewer doesnt like the game, he must be stupid!! and FAT and he liked Enslaved he doesnt know anything about games lololol"
calm the fuck down, really :/ i hate this defense force crap. Go buy the game and watch the reviews that please you. One guy doesnt agree, so ? have you even played the game yet ?
calm the fuck down, really :/ i hate this defense force crap. Go buy the game and watch the reviews that please you. One guy doesnt agree, so ? have you even played the game yet ?
Scythesurge
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Dammit, just realized I'm going to be working late this whole week so I probably won't even get to play this until Saturday night, ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Maybe I just won't sleep...
â Narayan
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Yes.SalsaShark said:
so you get worked up and say a website doesnt know about games because they disagree with you ?
move on
People say God Hand is crap, i disagree, i love the FUCK out of that game. Now, i DO understand how someone would not like it, its a game that really fits my taste.
Seriously i laugh when people get all RAGE when a game gets this kind of reviews. Not that it will affect sales or anything, since the game is probably not gonna do so well since SEGA cant market shit.
Animator said:
Says you, not Jim Sterling.
Here's a mindblowing fact: different people have different opinions.
I for one kinda dig Destructoid for going out of the usual way when reviewing games. Will i agree with this review ? probably not. But i do agree with a lot of the other reviews on the site, of mostly universal-praised games.
Bashing a site for having a different review must be the most fanboy-ish thing possible.
keltickennedy
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Amir0x said:
All joking aside, The size of the guy can be related to the reviews. Meaning, he probably isn't that active and probably doesn't do many things but play video games. Especially this month alone, how many games has he reviewed so far? I think anyone sampling so much of the same thing over and over is bound to get jaded, thinking everything is the same old shit. Very few things can entertain and be fun to them anymore.
But hey....The review is just one guys opinion.
Freeza Under The Shower
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SalsaShark said:
To be perfectly honest here, giving Enslaved a 9/10 does show that he only played the first few levels.
Let's not pretend that these guys are not being either paid or specifically put forward as 'experts' and we can hold that expertise against critical inspection as you would any other expert.
Zeitgeister said:
Like i said, Destructoid is the other side of the coin most of the time. Their reviews always seem a lot more subjective and open to the particular taste of the reviewer. I think this is kinda cool, and i give their reviews the same amount of importance i give to any other review: not much. Gameplay vids + devs involved already sold me on this game. I have to try it myself, so reviews do nothing for me. Same with a lot of other games.
SapientWolf
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If he has valid reasons for his appraisal then it's possible that he just has different tastes. Reviews are subjective. But it's hard to tell if that's the case without seeing the text. I've read reviews where a misunderstanding of the mechanics have had an effect on the score.
keltickennedy
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My favorite reviews are the ones that don't have scores. Makes people actually read it, instead of just scrolling down and looking at the score and thinking, Yay or Nay.