IGN Caught Manipulating Game Reviews [UPDATE: IGN Responds]

This is really quite sleezy. This is why I said in the Uncharted 3 thread that I'd have to wait for GS for an honest review. Everyone in there claimed IGN was one of the most respected sites around lol.

This is really quite sleezy. This is why I said in the Uncharted 3 thread that I'd have to wait for GS for an honest review. Everyone in there claimed IGN was one of the most respected sites around lol.

Frostbite24

I do agree though, that for that reviewer to get called out on a mistake and then erase that whole part of the review to hide it, That's messed up. He should've been a man and owned up to it...at the least However having said that NOTHING compares to the whole Kanye and Lynch incident here on gamespot. That was blatant corruption on a Microsoft(xbots, extortion, bribes) level of corruptionbrofists

What happened ?

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

[QUOTE="ActicEdge"]

But when I call IGN trash in the U3 thread I'm "angry". Lol people, open your ****ing eyes.

brofists

Some people live and die by every word reviewers say and base their purchases and personal values off of these words, and then some say they're just entertainment and should not be held to any credible standard. So which is it folks?

When I point things like that out I always get crap like "go to another forum if you don't blindly worship this or that reviewer, we only use GS scores here because they are the final word, you can't form your own seperate opinion and that's how it is", or I always get "where's your proof?" over and over. Well here's your proof, now will they wake up or will they deny it and shrug it off like it doesn't matter? Sadly it's most often the latter.

That proves they are absolute thrash.THRASH THRASH THRASH

zeldisco2009

**** yeah, Thrash!!!

[QUOTE="brofists"]I do agree though, that for that reviewer to get called out on a mistake and then erase that whole part of the review to hide it, That's messed up. He should've been a man and owned up to it...at the least However having said that NOTHING compares to the whole Kanye and Lynch incident here on gamespot. That was blatant corruption on a Microsoft(xbots, extortion, bribes) level of corruptionKats_RK

What happened ?

[QUOTE="zeldisco2009"]

That proves they are absolute thrash.THRASH THRASH THRASH

ChubbyGuy40

**** yeah, Thrash!!!

you know what I mean :P

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

[QUOTE="charizard1605"] Didn't you recently call IGN one of the only credible review sources? :Pcharizard1605

Yea so? one reviewer sucked dosent mean everyone on that site suck too lol.

IGN is trash. What else is new?

DarkLink77

I wonder if his ign friends will try to come to his rescuse just like his crap castelvania review. I never trusted this guys opinoins.

Not Cool

What did you expect from IGN. They let a fanboy review games. A FANBOY.

Whoa what a shock. A site that notoriously rushes out reviews rushed through a game to review it :roll:

[QUOTE="brofists"][QUOTE="Bigboi500"]Good luck with that. People will blindly love reviews for their favorite games when it's in their favor regardless of how shady, inaccurate and lazy reviewers can be, not only on IGN but here and other places as well.

Some people live and die by every word reviewers say and base their purchases and personal values off of these words, and then some say they're just entertainment and should not be held to any credible standard. So which is it folks?

Bigboi500

When I point things like that out I always get crap like "go to another forum if you don't blindly worship this or that reviewer, we only use GS scores here because they are the final word, you can't form your own seperate opinion and that's how it is", or I always get "where's your proof?" over and over. Well here's your proof, now will they wake up or will they deny it and shrug it off like it doesn't matter? Sadly it's most often the latter.

Ign gave Halo Reach and Uncharted 3 a 10/10.Both of them have got a lower score than their predecessor on metacritic.That proves they are absolute trash.

zeldisco2009

DYAMN! IGN gave Halo: Reach a 10 and they don't even know it

Now, THAT is badass!

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

[QUOTE="charizard1605"] Didn't you recently call IGN one of the only credible review sources? :PFizzman

Yea so? one reviewer sucked dosent mean everyone on that site suck too lol.

No, but it ruins their journalistic integrity. If they rushed through one game and made up the review, why wouldnt they do it again?

• Game Reviews
• Journalistic Integrity

Pick one.

Halo Reach didn't receive a 10/10 on IGN 9.5 is more like it, same as what they gave Halo 3.Inalcanzable

I'm not overly surprised by the fact he changed the review. I am surprised he did it after such a public "calling out" and without a message back explaining.

On the flipside I wish more reviewers would go back and do a "take 2" on their reviews. Once the hype does down, look at how the game's multiplayer is holding up down the line, and so on. I know that's not what happened here but I figured it was as good a time as any to make a comment :)

[QUOTE="Inalcanzable"]Halo Reach didn't receive a 10/10 on IGN 9.5 is more like it, same as what they gave Halo 3.brofists

Wait a minute. What exactly has Tom McShea done, except not give a crap what other people think he should rate games?

http://www.ign.com/blogs/daemon-ign/2011/10/26/concerning-my-pixeljunk-sidescroller-review/

His explanation.

Even without it people have gotten carried away again.

The wording was never clear enough to declare he had not played it on normal.

Halo Reach didn't receive a 10/10 on IGN 9.5 is more like it, same as what they gave Halo 3.Inalcanzable

http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/objects/142/14276699.html

[QUOTE="brofists"][QUOTE="Inalcanzable"]Halo Reach didn't receive a 10/10 on IGN 9.5 is more like it, same as what they gave Halo 3.789shadow

Wait a minute. What exactly has Tom McShea done, except not give a crap what other people think he should rate games?

Do people even realize Tom McShea is the same guy who gave Infamous 1 a 9.0, or Uncharted 2 a 9.5?

He obviously doesn't have anything against the genre, the series, the system, or the developer.

[QUOTE="EndlessPunisher"]Not really the fact he blew through it on casual, but it's the fact he tried to lie about it.... I just frown upon that.Alpha-Male22

I think its the real last level you unlock when you play on normal.

Guys, IGN is probably the biggest game review site right next to GT. Of course advertisement, and other really crap bs manipulates their reviews. Something that big and popular is just inevitable. I strongly believe the Jeff incident here in GS was far worse, and also shows the same crap applies to them.

I'm not overly surprised by the fact he changed the review. I am surprised he did it after such a public "calling out" and without a message back explaining.

On the flipside I wish more reviewers would go back and do a "take 2" on their reviews. Once the hype does down, look at how the game's multiplayer is holding up down the line, and so on. I know that's not what happened here but I figured it was as good a time as any to make a comment :)

Chickan_117

[QUOTE="789shadow"]

[QUOTE="brofists"] They are still credible to me. The reviewer rushed through the game, that's not that bad. Certainly not as bad as anything gamespot, Tom Mcshea, Eurogamer, or Xplay have done. The only bad thing about it is that erased that part of his review. He should have really just man'd up and owned up to it, and find some way to either make up for it or apologise. But that guy doesn't change how awesome Greg Miller is or how awesome their PS3 section isSeiki_sands

Wait a minute. What exactly has Tom McShea done, except not give a crap what other people think he should rate games?

Do people even realize Tom McShea is the same guy who gave Infamous 1 a 9.0, or Uncharted 2 a 9.5?

He obviously doesn't have anything against the genre, the series, the system, or the developer.

[QUOTE="Inalcanzable"]Halo Reach didn't receive a 10/10 on IGN 9.5 is more like it, same as what they gave Halo 3.zeldisco2009

http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/objects/142/14276699.html

Oh, I didn't know we were counting the UK branch. US branch gave it a 9.5. Austrailia gave it a 9.0.

It evens out to 9.5 anyway. So everyone saying 9.0 wins. So there. :P

[QUOTE="Inalcanzable"]Halo Reach didn't receive a 10/10 on IGN 9.5 is more like it, same as what they gave Halo 3.brofists

Dat Unfarted 3, baby!

Bleh. Level 1 fakeboys...

Guys, IGN is probably the biggest game review site right next to GT. Of course advertisement, and other really crap bs manipulates their reviews. Something that big and popular is just inevitable. I strongly believe the Jeff incident here in GS was far worse, and also shows the same crap applies to them.

mexicangordo

All games should be played on their default difficult for the review. The "normal" difficulty is the way the game is intended to play and flow.

Obviously, most games don't lock content from the main game if it's played on an easier mode, so lol at this guy.

[QUOTE="mexicangordo"]

Guys, IGN is probably the biggest game review site right next to GT. Of course advertisement, and other really crap bs manipulates their reviews. Something that big and popular is just inevitable. I strongly believe the Jeff incident here in GS was far worse, and also shows the same crap applies to them.

brofists

Yeah mayne. Bill Gates pays me by the dollar for every post. JOIN USSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSssssssss!!!!!!!!!

[QUOTE="brofists"][QUOTE="Seiki_sands"]

Do people even realize Tom McShea is the same guy who gave Infamous 1 a 9.0, or Uncharted 2 a 9.5?

He obviously doesn't have anything against the genre, the series, the system, or the developer.

789shadow

Are those TEARS I smell?

[QUOTE="789shadow"]

[QUOTE="brofists"] Posting on gamespot is like talking to a bunch of wild monkeys. I said that it(rushing through the game for review) is nothing COMPARED to anything Tom Mcshea has ever done, and IMO, his overly critical and trollish reviews are worse then rushing through a review.brofists

Are those TEARS I smell?

Tom McShea didn't give a game the score I would have given it? OH NO HE DIDN'T.

Depends. There are some websites I trust more than others. Particularly I'm a fan of Edge and EG. Those are usually the only 2 reviews I ever read. Then look at metacritic score for general idea of the games quality. Has worked for me for a long time.argetlam00

[QUOTE="Seiki_sands"]

[QUOTE="789shadow"]

Wait a minute. What exactly has Tom McShea done, except not give a crap what other people think he should rate games?

brofists

Do people even realize Tom McShea is the same guy who gave Infamous 1 a 9.0, or Uncharted 2 a 9.5?

He obviously doesn't have anything against the genre, the series, the system, or the developer.

Actually, you didn't give ANY explanation for why Tom McShea was worse than this manufactured scandal. You simply stated he was worse, which led to the obvious question, why? Which is the very question 789Shadow asked.

I assumed it had something to do with his Infamous 2 review, which is brought up 100,000,000x daily on SW in a way that baffles me, as the things he disliked about the game are subjective (like uneven pacing, which is hard to quantify) and given his rating history, no accusation of bias makes any sense.

To which you responded by calling us monkeys because you are a mature and reasonable person.

[QUOTE="brofists"][QUOTE="Seiki_sands"]

Do people even realize Tom McShea is the same guy who gave Infamous 1 a 9.0, or Uncharted 2 a 9.5?

He obviously doesn't have anything against the genre, the series, the system, or the developer.

Seiki_sands

Actually, you didn't give ANY explanation for why Tom McShea was worse than this manufactured scandal. You simply stated he was worse, which led to the obvious question, why? Which is the very question 789Shadow asked.

I assumed it had something to do with his Infamous 2 review, which is brought up 100,000,000x daily on SW in a way that baffles me, as the things he disliked about the game are subjective (like uneven pacing, which is hard to quantify) and given his rating history, no accusation of bias makes any sense.

To which you responded by calling us monkeys because you are a mature and reasonable person.

Dude, you're reaching REALLY far back with Infamous 2. The guy's an Uncharted 3 fakeboy.

He says he loves Greg Miller of IGN and hates Tom McShea of GS. Why? Miller gave U3 a 10, McShea gave it a 9. DA HORRUH!!!!!!1

D'oh, you caught me. Was it my trollface mask?

[QUOTE="789shadow"]

[QUOTE="brofists"] You can't smell tears! But their are no tears from me to smell anyway! Just my opinion that Tom Mcshea is a troll and that all the hate he gets is warrantedbrofists

Tom McShea didn't give a game the score I would have given it? OH NO HE DIDN'T.

Speaking of trolls... those tears are starting to smell REALLY fishy.....