Duke Nukem Forever PR Agency Threatens Sites Over Bad Reviews - UPDATED
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Also, if you are curious, this is the exact review he is referring to:TheComedown said:
http://www.destructoid.com/review-duke-nukem-forever-203658.phtml
Oh, I have a feeling Jim might bring this up in an episode of Jimquisition soon.
Truth be told game journalism is in a pathetic state and they have a point. A lot of game reviewer act like 16 year olds who believe that cussing and bashing for the sake of bashing is acceptable. Not to mention that game reviewers tend to stop playing after Act 1/half-way through and never finish the actual game.Andy Chalk said:
And then you have things like this [http://www.g4tv.com/games/pc/34809/Red-Orchestra-Ostfront-41-45/review/] where the game is reviewed by someone who obviously hates the sub-genre with passion.
Normally, I would agree with you, this is low, but we are talking about game journalism - the most unprofessional job on the planet.
People in positions of authority need to stay the hell away from Twitter. Seriously. They get a little bit annoyed and suddenly entire companies look like childish arseholes.
As for negative reviews, that only certifies what Duke Nukem is and should be in my opinion. Duke Nukem Forever is the gaming equivalent of Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus, or my favourite crap B-movie, Sharktopus. Of course reviews are going to say it's bad, on so many levels it is, but that doesn't mean there won't be people having a good time.
As for negative reviews, that only certifies what Duke Nukem is and should be in my opinion. Duke Nukem Forever is the gaming equivalent of Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus, or my favourite crap B-movie, Sharktopus. Of course reviews are going to say it's bad, on so many levels it is, but that doesn't mean there won't be people having a good time.
With a 14 year development cycle being claimed, they should have been prepared for the backlash if they didn't release the next greatest thing since sliced bread. I'm not overly suprised this came from 2k Games or an affiliate. You can't expect reviewer to risk his/her credibility just so you can get a good review. Jim Sterling's answer is the right one.RedEyesBlackGamer said:
Until these developers learn to accept failure the game industry will never go anywhere but down. Blaming the reviewer, the user, the pirates, anyone else but yourselves isn't productive.
This is extremely unprofessional. How on earth would they ever think this would be something to tweet? This agency should be shunned from the industry.
It's not our problem the game is so fucking shit. I for one am pleased that reviewers aren't kissing it's ass like they normally do with big releases. If a game is this much of a mess it deserves the hate.
It's not our problem the game is so fucking shit. I for one am pleased that reviewers aren't kissing it's ass like they normally do with big releases. If a game is this much of a mess it deserves the hate.
I find it somewhat ironic that they'd do this, considering I kept hearing so often about them actually *wanting* people to hate on the mysoginy and their supposed 'old-skool flair'.
Whelp...guess they got what they asked for.
Whelp...guess they got what they asked for.
See, you in the PR industry, this is why those of us not in the PR industry think you are scum of the earth.
Your entire industry is built around controlling people. Telling people what to think, what to like, what to do, often. Why in heaven's name can't you control yourselves?
Your entire industry is built around controlling people. Telling people what to think, what to like, what to do, often. Why in heaven's name can't you control yourselves?
Wow, if its not devs accusing us of "not being real gamers" or "no getting it", its PR reps accusing us of stating personal opinions.
For a start, if I was that rep's boss I'd be giving him a verbal warning right now. Working in PR you need to be thick-skinned and not the sort that starts crying on twitter when it doesnt go your way.
His comment about reviewing who gets to review the games made me chuckle - its essentially saying, "We're only going to give the games to people who like us and will give us good reviews."
Problem for that rep is I haven't come across a positive review of Duke's latest title yet...
For a start, if I was that rep's boss I'd be giving him a verbal warning right now. Working in PR you need to be thick-skinned and not the sort that starts crying on twitter when it doesnt go your way.
His comment about reviewing who gets to review the games made me chuckle - its essentially saying, "We're only going to give the games to people who like us and will give us good reviews."
Problem for that rep is I haven't come across a positive review of Duke's latest title yet...
Odd that the PR company would do this publicly. Whoever wrote that threat has probably been fired - if you work at a PR firm, the LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO is to issue thinly veiled threats at the people your PR firm is ostensibly trying to reach out to.
If they actually carried through with their threat, then they'd better be prepared to ship very few review copies because almost the entire field of gaming journalists hate the game (or dislike it at least). Way to go man, threatening the majority of journalists your industry needs to co-operate with to survive!
If they actually carried through with their threat, then they'd better be prepared to ship very few review copies because almost the entire field of gaming journalists hate the game (or dislike it at least). Way to go man, threatening the majority of journalists your industry needs to co-operate with to survive!
Don't act like this is a new thing.
Didn't Gamespot or IGN fire a reviewer that on orders of their sponsor a while back?
Didn't Gamespot or IGN fire a reviewer that on orders of their sponsor a while back?