LOL! Call of Duty isn't the only franchise with inflated scores

being honest i think every company does this nowadays.

Don't blame them when reviews mean so damn much and you have idiot reviewers who intentionally give it a bad score because they're fanboys of another series.

...okay I do blame them. This is kinda low, but it must be hard to judge the MP when you have no one else to play with.

God damnit EA. You would do this wouldn't you.

I guess one can't blame them but it's a matter of ethics.

No comment....

being honest i think every company does this nowadays.

razgriz_101

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being honest i think every company does this nowadays.

nintendoboy16

I'm sure they do. I'm sure everybody who pumps millions into game development does.

Yeah, its so much better to fly your reviewer out to a island paradise spa treatment for them to do their review. :lol: Heil68

This has been done since forever. MS threatened to include reporters on a black list if they didn't give their products good reviews. That's why games like COD and Halo score so well across the board even though they mostly rehash. So many money is invested in them and their companies are used to doing it.kuraimen

[QUOTE="Heil68"]Yeah, its so much better to fly your reviewer out to a island paradise spa treatment for them to do their review. :lol: ActionRemix

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"][QUOTE="razgriz_101"]

being honest i think every company does this nowadays.

Wasdie

I'm sure they do. I'm sure everybody who pumps millions into game development does.

being honest i think every company does this nowadays.

razgriz_101

[QUOTE="razgriz_101"]

being honest i think every company does this nowadays.

nintendoboy16

they all probably do theres no good or evil in the industy only grey.Same goes for music labels almost always do this with big releases, try and get it reviewed by a fan and its all golden.Theres been many a good example of this over the years.

It's business and I'm pretty sure many big name companies did it also.

I really hate the "everybody does it" argument. We have no way of knowing that. It's so demoralizing. EA has been caught, now they need to get flamed (within reason, I'm still getting the game :)!).Sushiglutton

These are businesses.. Ones that deal with multi million dollar profits.. They are going to do everything in their power to maximize their profits, this is a extremely cost effective way of going about it.

[QUOTE="Sushiglutton"]I really hate the "everybody does it" argument. We have no way of knowing that. It's so demoralizing. EA has been caught, now they need to get flamed (within reason, I'm still getting the game :)!).sSubZerOo

These are businesses.. Ones that deal with multi million dollar profits.. They are going to do everything in their power to maximize their profits, this is a extremely cost effective way of going about it.

how low can EA/Dice go? While it won't happen, it would be awesome if BF3 bombed in reviews and sales.

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"][QUOTE="razgriz_101"]

being honest i think every company does this nowadays.

Wasdie

I'm sure they do. I'm sure everybody who pumps millions into game development does.

Than what is the point of game reviews anymore if they all get influenced by the companys making the games ?

[QUOTE="Sushiglutton"]I really hate the "everybody does it" argument. We have no way of knowing that. It's so demoralizing. EA has been caught, now they need to get flamed (within reason, I'm still getting the game :)!).sSubZerOo

These are businesses.. Ones that deal with multi million dollar profits.. They are going to do everything in their power to maximize their profits, this is a extremely cost effective way of going about it.

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[QUOTE="Sushiglutton"]I really hate the "everybody does it" argument. We have no way of knowing that. It's so demoralizing. EA has been caught, now they need to get flamed (within reason, I'm still getting the game :)!).Sushiglutton

These are businesses.. Ones that deal with multi million dollar profits.. They are going to do everything in their power to maximize their profits, this is a extremely cost effective way of going about it.

God, it's a good time to be a reviewer. Who knows what EA and Acti are planning for them this time around?

Suppose we should start to abandon reviews in SW for big budget games. It's gotten pretty ridiculous.

Well it is pretty important to EA that BF3 has higher scores than MW3 and they don't want troll reviewers bogging the score down

Well it is pretty important to EA that BF3 has higher scores than MW3 and they don't want troll reviewers bogging the score down

BPoole96

Suppose we should start to abandon reviews in SW for big budget games. It's gotten pretty ridiculous.

KungfuKitten

Agreed it seems only indie game reviews still have a point if every big budget title does this.

Gaming journalism and ethics don't go hand in hand. Journalism generally does'nt actually.

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Well it is pretty important to EA that BF3 has higher scores than MW3 and they don't want troll reviewers bogging the score down

KungfuKitten

It is unacceptable for them to do this but your average consumer is too lazy to read an entire review so if they go on metacritic and see BF3 - 88 and MW3 - 92, it may hurt sales. I would imagine the swag that EA is giving to reviewers is going to be top notch

Wow so pathetic. When EA does it everyone says "everyone does it" but when Activision does it, it's not the same is it?

EA/Battlefield fanboys can be so pathetic sometimes

Just let the Reviewer tell them that they play Halo.

That's a for sure 9.0+ Review right there.

Wow so pathetic. When EA does it everyone says "everyone does it" but when Activision does it, it's not the same is it?

EA/Battlefield fanboys can be so pathetic sometimes

OB-47

I believe that's your personal perception. EA is generally regarded as having reverted to their old ways of evil in mine.

Wow so pathetic. When EA does it everyone says "everyone does it" but when Activision does it, it's not the same is it?

EA/Battlefield fanboys can be so pathetic sometimes

OB-47

That's pretty funny.

Wow so pathetic. When EA does it everyone says "everyone does it" but when Activision does it, it's not the same is it?

EA/Battlefield fanboys can be so pathetic sometimes

OB-47

depends on perception and after gretsmanngate its become a common conception most major pubs are doing this to be absolutely blunt.

This has been done since forever. MS threatened to include reporters on a black list if they didn't give their products good reviews. That's why games like COD and Halo score so well across the board even though they mostly rehash. So many money is invested in them and their companies are used to doing it.kuraimen

This seems like the worst way to get a grip on review copies. Can't they just lie and say the reviewer freaking loves it even if he despises shooters with a passion? How does this work again?

How did the expect this to be kept a secret if they don't give copies to some major review sites? I mean they may write about it...Sushiglutton

Not really that big of a deal, people can review it a little after it comes out.

I mean, I am not advocating EA doing this. I think it's vile and unethical. But the timing of the reviews isn't as important to me as the quality.

This does remind me of an episode of Top Gear where Chrysler refused to give Top Gear the Charger because they were afraid they were going to hate it

So Hammond went out and bought one.
Lol.

[QUOTE="Heil68"]Yeah, its so much better to fly your reviewer out to a island paradise spa treatment for them to do their review. :lol: ActionRemix

I wondered if Namco did something to piss off GS at the time. The game is bad and the review isn't wrong, but 5.5 implies it's broken to me, 6.5 sounds right. It's just a bad game.