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Friday, April 13, 2012

Why am i not suprised?


I'm not sure whether it has been mentioned at all on the blog, but the three of us that posts here, that's right there are other people than 4ever, basically we don't particularly like ign, for various reasons, mainly because we often disagree with their reviews. So, if you think about it, reviews are an integral part of the game making progress. As a reviewer, you are meant to be honest, you are meant to tell the gaming community the truth about a game, unlike marketing which is solely there to make a game look good, reviewing can also point out the flaws in a game. This can then get a developer to fix the game before it goes public, or just warn the average gamer of what a game is really like. Reviewers are pretty important, but, when reviewers like ign start accepting money so that they will give games better reviews it ruins the entire system. Major flaws can get through to production and people can easily be disappointed in what they buy. This seems, to me, to just be another reason to dislike ign.

I found most of this out from a totalbiscuit video.

4 comments:

  1. Are you sure IGN accepts money for better reviews?

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  3. i only get info from ign for walkthroughs if im stuck and ive tried EVERYTHING i can think of

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