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[Preliatus]

Title says it all..

Either 9/10 for scores has dropped down to 4/10, or EA waves a large wad of cash infront of the Critics bribing them for a good review to increase revenue?

I just read a good chunk of Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000, a book I bought from a garage sale.. weird indeed, and I say that it has a better plot than DA2.

Where did the reviews get 'Epic' from? I don't see 'Epic' in DA2, I see 'Rushed' and 'Filler' nothing 'Epic'.

Edit: Bribe sounded better than 'pay'.

Modifié par Preliatus, 11 mars 2011 - 09:27 .

[Morrigans God son]

EA games never really get real low scores. So it's likely. This game isn't a 9/10 that's for sure. More like a 6/10 or a 5/10.

[upsettingshorts]

I'm developing a theory... those who would say DA2 does not have "an epic story" but DAO did probably thought that World War II was the only interesting, or the most interesting war they learned about in school.

Maybe that's just the sleep deprivation talking.

[17thknight]

No one is bribed.

However, sometimes an editor will make it known that a specific publisher is to get 'at least ______ score' because they want to stay on friendly terms with the publisher and get previews in the future. Some review-mags are simply too powerful to be affected by this (Game Informer comes to mind) but others risk exclusive access.

That being said, it would be impossible to say how often this realistically occurs.

And I highly doubt anyone gets bribed (it's possible, but seems silly, because if one journalist wrote that they were bribed then it would be a ****storm raining down on the company that tried to bribe them)

[WidowMaker9394]

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[Yamsandjams]

Bioware/EA didn't bribe them, I did.

There, now you know.

[upsettingshorts]

Morrigans God son wrote...

EA games never really get real low scores. So it's likely.

You'd think they woulda just greased a few palms and released NBA Elite 11 to bought-and-paid-for reviews.  Alas, Andrew Bynum died for their sins.  

[Dave of Canada]

My opinion is that your opinion is not the opinion of the critics which is payed to show their opinion, because your opinion doesn't match their opinion you believe in your opinion that their opinion was purchased by EA. In my opinion, you need to realize that not everybody's opinion is your opinion.

[Preliatus]

Correction, their "high grade" games don't get low scores..

Theres been some low scoring EA published games, but they're the ones that the general populance doesn't know about.

[Dave of Canada]

*DP*

Modifié par Dave of Canada, 11 mars 2011 - 09:35 .

[Duncan Anderson]

Oh no, someone has expressed an opinion dissenting from my own, there is no way such a thing could happen in an just and ordered universe, foulplay must be afoot.

[upsettingshorts]

Riight. The NBA is an obscure license. No-one found out about the NBA Elite thing at all. Totally swept under the rug. And EA's CEO never spoke about it because no-one bothered to ask. None of those things happened. All the reviews we disagree with are the result of bribery and fraud.

...I'm not sure if there's enough truth... er, sarcasm in that post. I should add more.

[DonKaran]

and they shove it up our a**es as soon as we get into the website to say how disappointed we are about this disappointing game.

[DonniexxDarko]

Bribe? No - but they probably feel obligated to score it highly - I mean just watch the video review of it on IGN, it mentions the words lazy, it mentions the bad graphics and linear gameplay, the reused dungeons - but it does it in a manor that glosses it over, they don't really expand further than that - then at the end they mark it 8/10. <_<

Modifié par DonniexxDarko, 11 mars 2011 - 09:38 .

[Preliatus]

Upsettingshorts wrote...

I'm developing a theory... those who would say DA2 does not have "an epic story" but DAO did probably thought that World War II was the only interesting, or the most interesting war they learned about in school.

Maybe that's just the sleep deprivation talking.

World War II is probably the only war taught in the US schools these days, but in a personal opinion the Norman Invasion of England. I know 'Epic' stories, but the course of the game filled with more filler than your average anime. Not epic, though some of the fights were epic, and some were head scratching 'WTF?'.

[Dave of Canada]

DonniexxDarko wrote...

Bribe? No - but they probably feel obligated to score it highly - I mean just watch the video review of it on IGN, it mentions the words lazy, it mentions the bad graphics and linear gameplay, the reused dungeons - but it does it in a manor that glosses it over, they don't really expand further than that - then at the end they mark it 8/10. <_<

I'd mention all those faults (except graphics which I prefered here) and still would give it an 8/10, personally. I'd give ME1 a 8/10 too, even though I loved that game and it suffered almost all the same faults as DA2.

The good outweighs the bad for me in DA2. /shrug

Modifié par Dave of Canada, 11 mars 2011 - 09:40 .

[Vpsycho]

İf this isint bribing, then these critics really dont undertand about a game. For my side, this game cant go high from 6/10

[Preliatus]

Duncan Anderson wrote...

Oh no, someone has expressed an opinion dissenting from my own, there is no way such a thing could happen in an just and ordered universe, foulplay must be afoot.

Oh, I love that sarcasm, please more. Arouse me with your delicious sarcasm!

[captain.subtle]

17thknight wrote...

No one is bribed.

However, sometimes an editor will make it known that a specific publisher is to get 'at least ______ score' because they want to stay on friendly terms with the publisher and get previews in the future. Some review-mags are simply too powerful to be affected by this (Game Informer comes to mind) but others risk exclusive access.

That being said, it would be impossible to say how often this realistically occurs.

And I highly doubt anyone gets bribed (it's possible, but seems silly, because if one journalist wrote that they were bribed then it would be a ****storm raining down on the company that tried to bribe them)

Almost correct, but change previews to adverts. 

[Preliatus]

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Modifié par Preliatus, 11 mars 2011 - 09:42 .

[Bryy_Miller]

High score for a game you didn't personally enjoy is not the end of the world.

[dark zentai]

no its a great game whats the problem ?

[Ryllen Laerth Kriel]

Game reviewers don't exist without games to review so...by making a game for the reviewers to cover, doesn't every game publisher bribe a reviewer by giving them work and potential for hype amongst the gaming public?

If you are asking if money was slid under the table(s)...well...nobody knows and I'm not sure if I care. I tend not to trust reviewers much, most are horribly biased towards one genre or the next or are driven by nostalgia of what types of games they grew up playing. Most reviewers go with what is trendy (which you can't entirely blame them for) so any popular movement in gaming is usually rated highly. DA 2, in my opinion, is geared towards a larger market and has alot of features catering to quick, gratifying gameplay that most people likely would enjoy I guess.

Modifié par Ryllen Laerth Kriel, 11 mars 2011 - 09:45 .

[Ari87]

I'd wager the scores have nothing to do with bribes but rather with reviewers not knowing what RPG means and/or playing on casual.

[AlanC9]

So when a review comes in where someone thinks it should the reviewer is honest, and if it's above someone got bribed.

The great thing about this theory is that it's completely impervious to disproof.