Sorcery Video Review

Also, his version of the game appears different than mine, as the shortcut for Quake/Earth magic is different.

Oh, and one more thing, about the "poor controls" for any who claims trouble aiming in the proper direction. There is a setting to display a Mouse Pointer...

 @Jyakotu I've read a bunch of other reviews that said this game would have been a solid 7 or 8 but the move controls completely ruined the experience. I believe it. I got Starfox for the DS and they FORCED the stupid stylus into a game that not only didn't need it, but in fact broke the experience, making it often unplayable without severe hand cramping. That's what I think happened here, they took a fun game and ruined it by forcing it to work with the move controls.

 @IceJester45 looking at metacritic, and Gamerankings the average score is 7.0 so its not bad.  This may not have been McShea cup of tea. Thus the low score.  Like ALL games I do not think that everyone will enjoy this game.  

So like every game people need to look at the game and how the reviewer scored it and what they have to say and decide for themselves if they want to give a game a try or not. 

 @IceJester45 "The HD Consoles have so few exclusives"? You are referring to the X360 I hope!Anyway, I played the demo, and this game is far from being so bad. It's actually fun. Sure it has some flaws (the camera is bad indeed) but in no way it deserves a 4.5. 4.5 is for broken games, this game is playable and enjoyable. If the jerk wanted to trash it a 6.0 was bad enough. 4.5 is way out of proportions.

 @IceJester45 TO read your boring post about fanboys.

I'll buy this game and play it like it's a 10/10 game !!!

Don't care who wrote the review and read the s**tty messages from Gelugon_baat. I'm here to play Sorcery !!!

This... IS... SPARTA !88 I mean SORCERY !!! AND IT'S NOT on WII U !!!!!

 @agentghost now tell that to the sony waaaambulance police pls

 @Gelugon_baat I didn't say you were defending his review, I said that you were defending him.  He doesn't need you defending him, he is a big boy.  If he was afraid of what a couple of goof balls said about him on the internet, he wouldn't be posting these reviews.

 @Gelugon_baat Sorcery got a 10/10 on my personal notebook review. This is SParta. I guess you didn't care about gamespot policy. To not defend the reviewer if you didn't personally play the game !

 @Gelugon_baat  @masterlake ?just throwing this out there for you guys, there's no need to spam the whole comment page with your argument. People have their own views on the game, let's leave it at that. Thanks guys.

 @Gelugon_baat And oddly enough, they all still rated the game higher than GameSpot.

I have to wonder if they have a proper setup for the move controller.  It works best when you don't have a bunch of lights behind it so the PS Eye can see the pink light.  If they're not set up right then you get glitchy movement.

PSU still has screenshots of the old E3 demo from a couple years ago, which is laughable.  To say they "lambasted" it is equally laughable.

@Gelugon_baat

Then by all means, let me explain why I'm here...

I got Sorcery the day after it came out and I saw the first reviews on metacritic.  It was receiving 7s and 8s and I thought "it must actually be better than Sports Champions", so I got it.  I agreed with the reviews completely - it's not a perfect game - but it's certainly better than what Mc Shea is giving it.  Anyway, I recommended it to a friend a few days later and he said "Really? I heard GameSpot gave it a 4.5"  So I came here to find out why, and after reading both the review and watching the video, I know that the review is total crap.

I call BS on this review because it's a cheap move to pull when you're late to the review game and you want people to come read your biased opinion to make those sweet advertising bucks.  It misinforms people and unfairly discourages them from trying what I and many other people would call a great game with fun and unique experiences.

So this is going to be my final post about the matter and you can be as contrary as you like after the fact... the review is a sham.  Take it from someone who has played the game and the rest of the reviewers out there who actually put some journalistic effort into their scores.  It's definitely worth playing, and there isn't a game out there like it.

 @Gelugon_baatI brought up invulnerable enemies because in the video (2:22 - 2:30) he cries about wanting to hit the troll instead of the minions in the foreground, but you can't hit the troll because it's invulnerable.  He even says "It might be obvious that you want to hit the troll", but it's not obvious because there isn't a reason to, it's futile.

As for Ice guys weak against fire - In the video (1:59 - 2:06) Tom clearly doesn't get the obviously placed firepit while fighting the ice bogey.  He instead avoids it at all costs - even though there is a tutorial at the beginning of the level where Erline tells Finn that his spells will turn into firebolts and be much more powerful if he casts through them.  By ignoring the tactics his attacks are almost worthless and he spends a ton of time and energy purposely doing things the hardest way possible.

Take it from someone who's played through it and doesn't really care about MC games... the video as a whole is full of this type of blatant ignorance - as if he went out of his way to make it look frustrating.  He never uses his shield, he just sits there and takes hits in the face and then says it's the game's fault that he sucks.  The game is much better than that and I'm inclined to think that he knows it.  The low score is just a cry for attention to make GameSpot seem relevant where other critics have for the most part agreed the game is a solid 7.

Also, Halo is a fine comparison because Sorcery is in fact a lot like a shooter.  The battles feel a lot like shooting galleries, and you have to know how to use the weapons in your arsenal to be effective.  It's actually better than most shooters because you actually have to think about what you're doing.  When you get a spartan laser for the first time you don't really have a clue what it does or how to be effective with it until you fire it.  It's not a normal weapon and it doesn't magically recharge it's ammo when you fire it like your magic does in Sorcery, so I'd say that Sorcery is even more forgiving.

 @Wetty01 shoulda bought the move last summer when it was on sale for 50% off at gamestop :P.  Thats what I did.  The only game I've actually really used it for heavily has been Killl Zone 3. 

 @Wetty01Before you decide to blow off the game based on this review, you should check metacritic.  The game is obviously underappreciated here.