EPTIGN finally gives its verdict on StarCraft 2 - Page 2
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djcube
United States985 Posts
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prototype.
Canada4215 Posts
On August 04 2010 10:23 djcube wrote: Er am I the only one who thought this game should have scored waaay lower? I honestly thought the single player was less than stellar and the voice acting/dialogue was just incredibly awkward. The multiplayer is obviously fun but it's missing so many basic features that it's hard to believe this game is averaging like a 9.5 all across the boards. So true... if you look at the game realistically, there's nothing like AMAZING about anything. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11565 Posts
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rockon1215
United States612 Posts
It's not a big deal. I would give FF VII, one of the most beloved and highly rated games, a very poor score because I don't really like the turn based RPG genre. | ||
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dcberkeley
Canada844 Posts
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Ndugu
United States1078 Posts
On August 04 2010 10:41 dcberkeley wrote: I stopped reading when you said IGN is one of the best gaming sites. I stopped reading when I saw "I stopped reading" at the start of your post, one of the surest-fire signs that a post will contribute nothing. I tend to like IGN's PC game reviews. They aren't great, but there is no such thing. Every gaming website reviews PC games by n00bs who don't notice basic frigging things like weird mouse acceleration or lack of anti-aliasing. | ||
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Sky
Jordan812 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Don't forget that broodwar has been patched continuously over the years. No game is perfect out the running gate, and no critic is worth a damn.+ Show Spoiler + Meh, pretty sure this is about single-player anyway.+ Show Spoiler + nipples | ||
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Xenocide_Knight
Korea (South)2625 Posts
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Megalisk
United States6095 Posts
On August 04 2010 11:00 Xenocide_Knight wrote: 10 is reserved for Broodwar If I could I would post an extra large trollface here. | ||
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Tazza
Korea (South)1678 Posts
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dcberkeley
Canada844 Posts
On August 04 2010 10:53 Ndugu wrote: I stopped reading when I saw "I stopped reading" at the start of your post, one of the surest-fire signs that a post will contribute nothing. I tend to like IGN's PC game reviews. They aren't great, but there is no such thing. Every gaming website reviews PC games by n00bs who don't notice basic frigging things like weird mouse acceleration or lack of anti-aliasing. There aren't such things as great game reviews? I think if they took the time to actually play the games then maybe they could write good reviews. And I think every "major" site does these kinds of reviews. If you don't know of any websites that critique games properly, then you haven't been to enough. | ||
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Musoeun
United States4324 Posts
But then, I don't go around giving out random 9.5s to every other title either. | ||
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ironchef
Canada1350 Posts
Buuut.. Really, there is no reason this game shouldn't be a perfect 10 out of 10. The campaign, from what I've heard because I don't have enough damn money to actually buy the game, is awesome. | ||
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Mindcrime
United States6899 Posts
On August 04 2010 11:17 Musoeun wrote: I don't know. I'd say 9/10 is generous. I'd give SC2 an 8 so far. But then, I don't go around giving out random 9.5s to every other title either. I agree with that. It's an 8 for me. But no post-n64 console fps would get a score that high from me. :/ | ||
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Count9
China10928 Posts
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WeSt
Portugal918 Posts
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antelope591
Canada820 Posts
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Kezzer
United States1268 Posts
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
While the graphics was good...the customization of the campaign was good...and all the choices you're given was good...but the story itself didn't satisfy me. | ||
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Alou
United States3748 Posts
On August 04 2010 09:46 supernova wrote: So I like IGN. They are one of the best gameing sites on the planet. In addition to reviewing video games, they also cover comics, movies and tv. Today, IGN released a video and article reviewing the long awaited sequel to Brood War. Now I will mention that IGN has let me down a few times as well as giving me warm and fuzzy feeling on ocassions. One such time of the former was when they gave CoD: MW2 a 9.5 (out of 10) and needless to say, I was pretty pissed. It was just another generic FPS game and you'll find thousands of others. It didn't do anything ground-breaking. However, when they gave Super Mario Galaxy a perfect score, I was overjoyed. I wanted to personally go to every 360 and PS3 fanboys house and give'em the finger. Anyway, back to the story. CoD: MW2 is a pretty damn entertaining game. A game doesn't have to be ground-breaking to be considered near perfect. It's a fun game to play and obviously a ton of people agree and play it. On August 04 2010 09:46 supernova wrote: To say that Wings of Liberty is impressing some folks is saying that A Clockwork Orange wasn't a good move. The scores are very good. GameTrailers gave it a 9.5, GameSpot scored it a 9.6 and GamesRadar gave it a perfect score along with VideoGamer.com. Again, I was super-psyched about these numbers and then I read the review and score. They gave it a 9. After reading a review where they basically praised the game and watching a video where they didn't touch on any negatives whatsoever, they gave it a 9. I am super pissed off while writing this and I'll site some examples first being the most obvious. This game was scored lower than another generic and, quite honestly, shitty game in Modern Warfare 2. In MW2, you kill hundreds of people in an airport. In the written review AND video review they didn't mention it once. Not one time. It has to be one of the worst levels in a video game and they didn't even touch on it on lousy time. Another part of the review that pissed me off was when they say some of the lines are cheesy. Who cares? I've always said that if you are being told a story, and if it is engaging and if it capture you're attention and IF you are enjoying it, dialouge shouldn't matter. It's presentation shouldn't matter, what's being said is a factor but shouldn't hinder the plot and lines shouldn't matter. You don't need to kill people in the airport. You still beat the mission, people shoot them anyways. Why? Because its a video game. They didn't mention it because it isn't an issue that is worth mentioning. If you want a story to be engaging, you need good dialogue. Your point is pathetic. If all your dialogue is cheesy then people will find the campaign amusing and that's not the tone blizzard was trying to sustain duringthe campaign. I agree with IGN. It seems like Blizzard wanted all kinds of awesome one liners. It made some of the scenes laughable. It was still a great story though. On August 04 2010 09:46 supernova wrote: Really, there is no reason this game shouldn't be a perfect 10 out of 10. The campaign, from what I've heard because I don't have enough damn money to actually buy the game, is awesome. The multiplayer has bugs but its what makes StarCraft, StarCraft and the visuals are stunning if you don't have a low graphics card. You see what I did? I just wrote a better review then IGN did in about 3 sentences. This game deserves a better rating then some others right now (including Joe Danger whatever the hell it is) and it's another prime example of why IGN has let me down. You haven't bought the game, yet your opinion is supposed to be more informed than IGN's? That's ridiculous. You admit the game has faults, but you still give it a perfect score? I love SC2 and will continue to play it because it's great, but crying about a 9 when that is a perfectly reasonable score for the game is ridiculous. Your entire post is laughable. | ||
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