Is IGN Biased?
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Not really. They just seem afraid to have any original opinions, worrying that the greater masses won't understand the fact that ALL reviews are subjective.
I watch IGN mostly because they have HD fotage and interesting "exclusive" information on several games, not because I need their help to pick which games to buy.
For anyone who wants funny and honest reviews from two middle-age guys, full of vulgar language and hilarity, I suggest checking out NoobToob over at Youtube. They don't use a number-based system, rather just a simple thumbs-up or thumbs-down.
I watch IGN mostly because they have HD fotage and interesting "exclusive" information on several games, not because I need their help to pick which games to buy.
For anyone who wants funny and honest reviews from two middle-age guys, full of vulgar language and hilarity, I suggest checking out NoobToob over at Youtube. They don't use a number-based system, rather just a simple thumbs-up or thumbs-down.
It's pretty cheap on Steam if you got a computer that can handle it. Unless of course the reason you want to play it is the transfering of your character.Marik2 said:
This is the problem with game criticism as a whole. The games press is so obsessed with being taken seriously that they try to present themselves as being soullessly objective, that they are totally untainted by anything resembling an opinion. This is great when you're delivering news, but there is no way you can review a game that isn't totally subjective. Well, there is, and that's what they do, they spend a couple thousand words describing the game's features and then giving it the same score as everybody else. Games will never grow as a form of entertainment until people actually start critiquing the games as they should be. There should never, ever be a consensus when it comes to opinions of a creative work.binvjoh said:
I think he/she means "fan boys" without using the term... There's an idea I can get behind, I grant you. Don't like the term. Although the platform Mr. OP is suggesting they're fan boys of is left a little ambiguous. Looking back on it, that's probably what you meant, but anyway.Susan Arendt said:
As Yahtzee said in the mailbag showdown; 'all reviews are personal opinions'. Though it does seem weird that they lost some points on it just because they needed extra development time on the PS3 or Microsoft paid them for semi exclusivity or ducks ate their entire collection of PS3 development tools or whatever.
Not going to happen - MS have exclusivity (of the consoles at least).Marik2 said:
OT: Wow, a whole 0.5 from a meaningless score. And it was probably a joke anyway, I doubt they actually knocked marks off for that.
But no, they're not a particularly good site.
Why would two different reviews done by two different people with about a year between when they were written have the exact same score?04whim said:
I think the terminology could be the problem. What they're giving is an overview, not and actual reivew and then they attach an arbitrary score at the end of it.Talal Provides said:
For a review to actually mean something you need a closer connection to the reviewer themself, or at least confidence in that the person actually "knows his/her stuff".
Exactly. And, while I only skimmed, I didn't see any mention of "we knocked this down because it's late." Everything I saw said that the game was excellent, awesome, go play it like nao.Talal Provides said:
It's a fantastically positive review, and one that seems appropriately on par with the 360 version - I'm not seeing any bias here in any direction.
IGN are very biased by money. It keeps them going. Therefore they are going to make it part of their bias to get as much as they can.
honestly i never liked IGN that much they do favor the 360 more than the ps3 but alot of companies do, but IGN makes it point blank that they like the 360 more out of frat boyism
I gave up on IGN when I saw a Killzone series V Halo series article on their site asking people to vote for the "best". Looking at it, even just the title EVERYONE can tell it will turn into fan-boys ranting at each other and only spark more idiotic arguments.
What made it worse?
The author of the article who wrote out the pro's and con's of both games so it could be debated... then added another bit saying how he supported Halo and how it was infinitely better, before the voting was even up.
It just put me right off going on that site or bothering to pay any heed to whatever they say about PS3 related games.
What made it worse?
The author of the article who wrote out the pro's and con's of both games so it could be debated... then added another bit saying how he supported Halo and how it was infinitely better, before the voting was even up.
It just put me right off going on that site or bothering to pay any heed to whatever they say about PS3 related games.