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In April, a free update known as "The Dope Bag" added four new maps titled Clean Cut, Hooker's Trail, Flying High, and Hasta La Vista for use in the Fragile Alliance multiplayer mode. Five new achievements worth a total of 250 Gamerscore points were also added on the Xbox 360.  

98 Comments

  • xtremeflem2day

    Posted Jul 10, 2009 4:15 pm PT

    I only played the demo for kayne and lynch and jeff is right, there is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too much F-bombs being dropped, but i like the cover mechanics, and the guns arent too hard or too easy to aim. Regardless of whether or not the characters are understandable, jeff didn't see what was understandable, thats just one review, he shouldn't be fired for it.

  • raev92

    Posted Jul 7, 2009 10:02 pm PT

    this review always make me laugh!

    R.I.P. Jeff

  • Bringerofpwnage

    Posted Jul 7, 2009 7:40 pm PT

    Thanks Jeff for staying true to your heart and love of gaming.

  • Azuki

    Posted Jul 4, 2009 4:23 am PT

    Ah so this is the infamous review that got poor jeff fired. Luckily he's kicking ass on GiantBomb.com now (the greatest gaming site in existence imo) so eh.

    Still amazes me that he got fired for simply telling it like it is, the game was as awful as he said it was and no one should have bought it.

  • travisstaggs

    Posted Jun 29, 2009 7:46 pm PT

    Poor Jeff he was one of my favorites.

  • Np_Pro

    Posted Jun 28, 2009 6:15 pm PT

    @ bodygaurd1
    no one should be fired for a review. it was his opinion and gamespot hired him to give it. just because you disagree with him doesn't mean that he had a grudge. i happened to hate the new prince of persia; that doesn't mean Kevin VanOrd was being paid by UbiSoft to say good things about it.

  • luniac

    Posted Jun 25, 2009 5:26 am PT

    lol just wanted to check out the infamous video.

  • Lebowski-Dude

    Posted Jun 22, 2009 8:22 pm PT

    It's ridiculous and unwarranted to fire him for this; though it did seem like he said many negative things about the game, that's how he felt. He was one of the best reviewers.

  • vidiexas

    Posted Jun 22, 2009 9:52 am PT

    I can't believe it i miss you Jeff all players, gamers, reviewers, all who knows you will remember you as a great guy with great reviews.

  • southsideTaft

    Posted Jun 21, 2009 7:15 am PT

    this game was good better then wat they rated it the story was very good if you played it and the shooting was bad but you could deal with it and the multiplayer was good 2

  • vegan_cannibal

    Posted Jun 20, 2009 10:31 pm PT

    Ok guys, one and a half years later I do feel that the audio quality is pretty sub par and its a little too harsh to the game (though it may deserve it), so maybe GS ***might*** have a point.

    But seriously, you guys shouting about how cool giantbomb is need to stay there. Why come here and say something like "Giantbomb is the place to be??" Its not where you are right now, is it? Also, get a REAL purpose in your life.

    No hate to Jeff though, he's cool, and his new site is cool too, except the name which I think he named after one of his farts.

  • blaze11987

    Posted Jun 18, 2009 3:41 pm PT

    you know what else is ugly? YOU JEFF GERSTMANN!

  • bodygaurd1

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 8:14 pm PT

    Personally, I'm glad he got fired. This guy seriously had some type of grudge against this game. I played it and I had fun with it. The graphics were okay, the story was great! And the characters, unlike what Jeff said, are understandable and likable. Jeff really deserved to be fired for this. They should have a different/new review so that people will understand how this game actually is.

  • nbhatred

    Posted Jun 8, 2009 12:18 pm PT

    Gamespot wasnt really responsible for his firing. It was pressure from the developer and CNET that caused Jeff to be fired.

  • Bahaa3000

    Posted May 30, 2009 11:44 am PT

    I can't believe they fired this guy for this , he's only being honest about his gaming experience , gamespot had no right to do this to him ! giantbomb.com is an amazing website , im glad he made it

  • lostnva5

    Posted May 27, 2009 11:01 pm PT

    Although the firing is shady, the review he gave was not a 6.0.....Fair???!! He had NOTHING good to say about the game, according to the review this game deserved atleast a 4.0 or 5.

  • raiding_kvatch

    Posted May 23, 2009 5:54 pm PT

    I don't really care why he got fired. GiantBomb is a cool site. I don't understand why people need to take sides, I use a bunch of sites including Gamespot and GiantBomb

  • FrankenLife

    Posted May 4, 2009 8:43 pm PT

    With this review so ended an era. GS will never be worth coming to again. Giantbomb is the way to go. Check it out if you haven't yet.

  • MadeInFinland

    Posted May 3, 2009 9:16 pm PT

    miss you Jeff. *salutes*

  • hahatchimmmmm

    Posted May 3, 2009 3:21 pm PT

    love this review, dont know if im going to come to gamespot again without jeff

  • Comedyco

    Posted May 2, 2009 5:32 pm PT

    giantbomb all the way. This will be my last time to visit this crap website. No stupid comments rating at gb either and soooo much better aesthetically

  • Kenshin100

    Posted Apr 26, 2009 11:25 pm PT

    I guess its about making money over honesty >_> way to go guys >_>

  • barber_force

    Posted Apr 26, 2009 4:43 am PT

    Kevin has been pretty honest in his reviews! he's old school and knows hows to play the game i feel!

  • geoff-uk123

    Posted Apr 25, 2009 5:12 am PT

    I can't believe they fired Jeff for this. He was only doing his job and being honest. And now that he, Alex, Ryan and Greg are no longer here, we don't get a lot of honest reviews anymore.

  • deft_one

    Posted Apr 20, 2009 7:18 am PT

    dudes the game is crap!!! i give it a big 3 from me

  • Quofan posted Apr 15, 2009 7:04 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. login to show)

    Quofan

    Posted Apr 15, 2009 7:04 pm PT (hide)

    To be honest, Jeff wasnt that great a reviewer, and reviews had started to go downhill long before he left.

    Forget Jeff, bring back Greg K, Brad and Alex.

    The fact some guy is trying to tell us we should go to GiantBomb is disturbing and says a lot about how little people actually try to think for themselves.

    Jeff gets fired for as piss poor review and suddenly everyone jumps on the bandwagon and goes all anti-establishment. The irony is thst most of those people could not stand up to their own corrupt government but they care about a reviewer they like getting fired.

  • whynotdairy posted Apr 15, 2009 11:41 am PT (does not meet display criteria. login to show)

    whynotdairy

    Posted Apr 15, 2009 11:41 am PT (hide)

    Wow what a garbage review for a great game. They are likable, and they do bad things for good reasons. The graphics were good for the time, and the story was good. Plus, it has a n excellent multilayer system. Please do not do another video when you are riding the cotton pony.

  • Shtinky

    Posted Apr 15, 2009 7:24 am PT

    Jeff, nor the rest of the best of GS (rhyme X3 combo multiplier) are coming back, so go to GiantBomb.com.

  • floridajoe03

    Posted Apr 14, 2009 1:25 pm PT

    Giantbomb.com Go to it, It's the website that he made after he got fired, the GiantBomb has honest reviews, unlike gamespot, where you have to watch what you say about games that are advertising on the website. Oh yeah, there are no ads for games on Giant Bomb either, It's like the total opposite of gamespot, trust-worthy.

  • Xeit

    Posted Apr 11, 2009 10:40 pm PT

    I found this review funny.

  • Ravid182

    Posted Apr 8, 2009 4:45 am PT

    I want Jeff back he practically is what made gamespot good ;_;!

  • EternalDove

    Posted Mar 31, 2009 5:05 pm PT

    Rediculous he got fired, he hit this game on the head as far as honest reviews go.

  • Amnesiac23

    Posted Mar 31, 2009 1:21 am PT

    These are sad times when you are told to tell how you truly feel about a game and are then fired for voicing your opinion. It's like the Cultural Revolution in China during the 50s-70s. lol I'll admit that the review was a bit unprofessional, but he had been working at GameSpot for years and shouldn't have gotten fired over such a trival thing. GameSpot could have and should have handled the situation better rather ran firing him because the producers of this game had a temper tantrum.

  • powerslave86

    Posted Mar 17, 2009 6:40 am PT

    All these months later, and I still don't see any cause to fire him in this review...

  • Vector1337

    Posted Mar 13, 2009 6:49 pm PT

    Bring back Jeff!

  • skrrici posted Mar 12, 2009 3:00 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. login to show)

    skrrici

    Posted Mar 12, 2009 3:00 pm PT (hide)

    The game 7/10
    Eidos 6/10
    Gamespot 3/10
    jeff 3/10
    Come on people we have to be honest he was a good reviewer but u cant get carried away like that....in few words he sad this game sucks dont buy it!!!!!.They must be alaways carefull to what they are saying and to be honest he wasn't.i hadn't seen anybody before to talk soo bad about a game.He didn't say anything good about it!!!!!! Than how can he explain the 6/10....i dont know guys but i think we must try to understand gamespot and Eidos either because if Eidos did anything i thinnk it did it right because they have too deffend their games from bad pubblicity but fireing jeff wasn't the solution!!!!!!!!!!!

  • acknowledge101

    Posted Mar 9, 2009 5:03 pm PT

    the fact of the matter: if you can't give an honest, uncensored review of a game, then you have no credibility. i may still visit this site, but i don't take any of the reviews to heart anymore.

  • Bradymyers

    Posted Mar 9, 2009 12:37 pm PT

    wtf they fired him for the review but yet didnt take it down.......Gamespot you fail
    Bring Jeff Back!!!

  • mii56

    Posted Mar 9, 2009 12:35 am PT

    thenewau25, sir, you are an idiot.

  • SragentThom

    Posted Mar 5, 2009 5:27 pm PT

    Game spot should be hanged for firing him.

  • ChuckE_Cheese posted Mar 2, 2009 12:00 am PT (does not meet display criteria. login to show)

    ChuckE_Cheese

    Posted Mar 2, 2009 12:00 am PT (hide)

    yeaa he got a little bit carried away. its controversial, he can't give out statements like "its an ugly ugly game" thats why hes fired

  • david1233

    Posted Mar 1, 2009 5:44 am PT

    I cna't believe he was fired for this. He's a fantastic reviewer.

  • mycatisromeo posted Feb 28, 2009 8:06 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. login to show)

    mycatisromeo

    Posted Feb 28, 2009 8:06 pm PT (hide)

    I'm sorry, but I had to buy this game for only $12.99 used in mint condition. So far, worth every penny of the price - but I'm starting to think that very, very few games are worth $59.99 and I wait a year to get games when they're 75% off - I've saved probably $500 in the past year by having a little patience. RE5 might be a game worth $60.

  • Lopur94

    Posted Feb 25, 2009 4:32 pm PT

    How could he have gotten fired?!? Jeff gave his game a score which is better than Mercs 2! Thats something!

  • doyd

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 1:17 pm PT

    That dude got fired for this video review

  • cameronrules36

    Posted Feb 21, 2009 8:26 am PT

    That dude got fired for this video review

  • mjk_1 posted Feb 15, 2009 2:19 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. login to show)

    mjk_1

    Posted Feb 15, 2009 2:19 pm PT (hide)

    I enjoyed this game but w.e

  • Phoenix534

    Posted Feb 10, 2009 3:20 pm PT

    @ ifalldown
    What about Tomb Raider Undreworld. That was a great game made by Eidos.

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