Is IGN Biased?
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Saying journalism (a review no less) is biased is like saying light is shiny. It's an overly simplistic and inherently obvious thing to point out.
Mind you, I personally think IGN is one of the more objective review sites, but I don't really read reviews (barring Yahtzee) all that often.
Mind you, I personally think IGN is one of the more objective review sites, but I don't really read reviews (barring Yahtzee) all that often.
No reviewer is without bias; But I will say that I don't listen to IGN anymore because of their making the two piece for Gears popular. They also give incredibly annoying camping spots in their videos...
But as far as review bias, yes, they are, but so is everyone.
But as far as review bias, yes, they are, but so is everyone.
Every review IGN has ever given has been biased towards the 360
For whatever reason, be it being paid off or because they see something superior with it (possibly due to IGN being run primarily by retarded frat boys), they find everything the 360 does to be better than PS3
That is why I can't stand them .
Also because of this:
For whatever reason, be it being paid off or because they see something superior with it (possibly due to IGN being run primarily by retarded frat boys), they find everything the 360 does to be better than PS3
That is why I can't stand them .
Also because of this:
It's funny, because this thread would show a 360 bias, wouldn't it? I, personally, favored InFamous much more than Prototype. Ps3 bias right thar? Perhaps, but only because I felt it was the better game.Azaraxzealot said:
Seriously, I do not get why people always complain about "bias" and "favoring" and all that. Of course a review is going to be biased, it's made by a human, and if you happen to like/not like the game that they don't like/like, then all of a sudden "OOOOOHHHHHH, U SO BIASED, YOU JACK OFF TO 360/PS3 MORE THAN PS3/360, FANBOIES, BRIBERY!"
Reviews should be taken on a case-by-case basis. You should not look at one review and then decide on the game based on that one review. You should look at many different reviews for different perspectives. If the majority say that the controls are bad, take that into consideration. If a minority say that the story is great, but a majority say it's awful, take that into account.
Yeah, until some nerd develops a review making robot that can watch/play and effectively critique a movie/game, then alot of reviews are going to be a little biased.
It's the reason alot of people trust forums more than professional reviews.
It's the reason alot of people trust forums more than professional reviews.
I get what you're saying, but I do think it's a little bit bullshit that a 'con' of the game is that a previously Microsoft exclusive game coming to PS3 is "Late to PS3". What the hell did they expect? It's fucking amazing it even got to PS3 in the first place, what with Microsoft's vice-like grip on whatever comes out on their consoles first.Chibz said:
lol sorry to go off on a tangent, I just hate IGN's bullshit review style. I reckon the only reviewers I trust are Bajo and Hex from Good Game.
You think IGN is biased because they didn't give a 0.5? Thats pretty dumb. Now if you haven't already, go pick it up and play an awesome game and see for yourself why its an amazing game.
why dont they have it for ME2. Not that Im complaining, but it seems a little wierd.Marik2 said:Damn that sucksSuicideking said:
They seem to be just as biased as any other outlet one would go to for reviews, like Game Informer or the Escapist... Zing!
What do you expect? Can anyone really be non-biased? The person who reviewed the game probably is a PS3 fan, it doesn't really reflect the opinion of the entire company.Trezu said:
Though the fact that they released the review as is does raise a few questions.
I think he means is do they really review everything fairly. Personally, i think not. Any site that gave final fantasy 13 as good a review as they did cant have been fair. As far as biased? yeah, but as skull said, bias is human nature.Skullkid4187 said:
Indeed. Most reviews from companies backed by big corporations are biased but only to a certain extent. Did you hear about the Gamespot reviewer who got fired for giving a bad review for a game that was an advertiser for Gamespot? - exactly.
Actually on most review sites a perfect score actually just means that whatever flaws a game has is overshadowed by how well it does everything else. But i will agree that IGN isnt the most reliable site for reviews