Poll: IGN is dead to me

[Treeinthewoods]

Pac Man CE was fun as hell, so I have a feeling that this one probably is too.

The only relevant factor to rate a game on is fun, everything else is superfluous.

 

[Aiden_the-Joker1]

You can't say pacman is not a 10. It is decades old yet everyone knows it. It is a best of the best game however I do not believe any game deserves a 10. A 10 is perfection, no game is absolutely perfect, none. I believe you should forgive IGN, It is just someones opinion, just because you disagree does not mean the site is wrong.

 

[Cab00se206]

You shouldn't get amgry for them giving a perfect 10 to an XBLA title. What you should be angry about is the way they can give phenominally high scores to mediocre titles, while picking apart other legitimately good titles with a fucking microscope. It's like they realise that they're waaaaaayyyyy too soft on some games, so they savage other games unnecisarily. I have no problem if they are hard to please, like Yahtzee (even though he's a critic rather than a 'reviewer') or if they are full of the milk of human kindness, just pick which they are!

In summary, don't be angry that they really like an XBLA title. Be angry because they're inconsistant.

 

[Ranma12569]

Generally as a rule of thumb i only watch reviews on game websites so i can see what the gameplay footage looks like.
If it looks good i'll rent the game. That way i can ignore what reviewers and critics are saying and i can make up my own mind, cause someone once told me: Never let anyone tell you if you will like something.

 

[Scarecrow]

That is crazy, but why is Mass Effect 2 there?

 

[cerebus23]

Isn't IGN in everyone's back pocket? Like, the point where you can mail them a check with "8.5 or better plz" scrawled in the memo line and automatically get a good score on your game?

i think if your microsoft or activision or blizzard you can ;P.

ign is pretty damn weak period their review scores at lest imo overfluff some developers titles while downgrading others, their news is chronically late, usually by several days. and their previews tend to make even the most steaming pile of shit sound like cake. if there is any real reason to keep going to ign it is for the occasional exclusive reveal, and just for a place to get movies, tv and comic news to check out on occasion.

ign needs fixing tho badly in many areas i dunno if pacman deserves a 10 cause i not played it, but some of the game i have played and can base a judgment on vs their reviews their does seem to be a ton wrong with their scoring system or their reviewers in general.

 

[KarumaK]

Pac-Man was already legendary.

Now there is a better version... I fail to see the problem.

EDIT: Where is the; Y U MAD? option for the poll?

People like pac man?
Thought it was mere a myth...

That statement is so obviously incorrect it doesn't even qualify as sarcasm.

 

[Juggern4ut20]

If that is your list of 'best games ever made' than you haven't been playing games that long, but i digress. IGN hasn't been a good source of unbiased reviewing for awhile now, but this score is not as crazy as you make it sound. Older franchises get bumped ratings on things based on their past. While a 10 is a little overboard, if you get a lot of content out of not that much investment and if this is the best game of it's genre, then why not?

 

[Aura Guardian]

Mass Effect 2
Portal
Half-Life 2
Starcraft 2
Fallout 3

When you see this list of games, you most likely think "this is a list of some of the best games ever made

Fallout 3 is ok..but the rest are god awful. And did you play Pac-Man C.E DX? That game is awesome.

 

[Something Amyss]

I didn't know reviews were that serious a business.

 

[TheBoulder]

Wha... What? They gave a game a 10?!?! Oh dear Jesus Christ, they should be burned at the metaphorical stake. I mean a 10!?!
/sarcasm
In all seriousness, calm down a bit, it's just a single game review.

 

[Adzma]

I lost faith in IGN after they rated Magneto as a better villain than the Joker. I remember reading a comment at the time which summed it up perfectly.

"If you were trapped in a room with Magneto the worst he could do is kill you. If you were trapped in a room with the Joker, the best he could do is kill you."

Ever since then I've never even given IGN consideration.

 

[Reagus]

To those saying its rated a 10 compared to other XBLA games, you do know that includes:

Portal, Braid, Limbo (even though the ending sucks), Super Meat Boy, and multifarious other debatably better and superb games, right?

 

[Prometheous]

"Did you know "Pac-Man" used to be called "Puck-Man?"

Now that I got that out of the way; yes, IGN has really put down some titles that deserved ratings higher than many over-hyped games that get lots of IGN love. Metro 2033 deserved a rating higher than a 6.9 "passable." It was probably one of the better games of its year.

I have stopped trusting IGN, however, I do occasionally watch their videos to see what games to play: usually the ones with ratings under 7.

 

[Ruffythepirate]

Have you actually played the game?

 

[gibboss28]

To coin a phrase: wah wah wah.

 

[That's Funny]

This may not be relevant at all to the thread, but it reminds me of this video.

OT: IGN isn't my favourite website, mainly because of all the spam, and also their writing can be god awful at times.

 

[bam13302]

Seriously?,
...Seriously?
This makes me glad that i dont frequent IGN

 

[ParkourMcGhee]

You actually go to WEBSITES to tell you game "SCORES"? ... Then you deserves whatever befalls you.

I don't - and haven't for a while - put any faith in the game review sites. Mind you the "readers score" on IGN is a bit more fair, but I still wouldn't give Half Life 2 any more than an 8 at best.

While an artful game like Dreamfall I would give a 9 or so http://uk.pc.ign.com/objects/535/535842.html

Furthermore in my opinion, Gothic 3 with the community patches comes out as excellent - around the score of Fallout 3 http://uk.pc.ign.com/objects/726/726093.html

Therefore I cast scorn on any review sites and bid them good day.

PS: V:TM Redemption (http://uk.pc.ign.com/objects/011/011636.html) was worth two games, and popularised games like halo 3 (http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/objects/734/734817.html) get a way higher score rating than they should. ... again reader score goes a way to pleasing me

 

[PeePantz]

It's funny that Yahtzee says that marks out of ten are stupid and we all nod sagely...then a few weeks later you see a ten and shit a church.

Read the review and see what they really thought, a number means nothing.

I hate when when people refer to Yahtzee as law. Just because it came out of his mouth, it does not mean that it's correct or not open to disagreement. Maybe while people were aping sheep, OP was busy forming his own opinions.

OT: Original Pacman will always be a ten. You add to that experience and improve the game without changing its core, of course it's still going to be a ten.

This is one of the few times that IGN actually reviewed a game with professionalism. I would understand an uproar if it was given anything below a nine.