IGN, the worst video game site ever?

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#1 sonic1564
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Ok, let's admit it, IGN sucks and everyone who knows this is probably smart. Not only they influence fanboy wars between the HD twins the PS3 and 360 with their articles, their reviews are also biased. A lot of people thought their Uncharted 3 review is a joke. They also give out 9s to the games like hot cakes and even their staff members are video game fanboys. Is IGN (or IGNorant) the worst site to bring up the topics of video games and the biggest joke on the internet or do you think that it is better than Gamespot (I have no idea why you are here than if you think that IGN is better)?

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#2 mems_1224
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theyre bad but not as bad as gs kotaku, giant bomb, gameinformer>>>>>>
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#4 deactivated-5b1e62582e305
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theyre bad but not as bad as gs kotaku, giant bomb, gameinformer>>>>>>mems_1224
LOL you said Kotaku.

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#5 rilpas
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I honestly do not like their reviews, but a lot of people use IGN so they must be doing something right
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#6 Grawse
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I don't even bother to read anything from their site, especially the reviews. I don't mind hearing what a gamed scored there, but I then just laugh it off.

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#7 mems_1224
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[QUOTE="mems_1224"]theyre bad but not as bad as gs kotaku, giant bomb, gameinformer>>>>>>Aljosa23

LOL you said Kotaku.

kotaku is great
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#8 pc-ps360
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ign is the number one gaming site according to daily traffic and website ranking. but i dont enjoy that website, first the site is not easy to navigate and teh interface is not that great. i find gamespot to be the best website for gaming, even tho i dont agree with many of there review but the site is very easy to navigate and the forum are always active. it is easier to look up a game here than ign. also i dont enjoy ign review, i find gamespot review to be of better quality than their.

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#9 jun_aka_pekto
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I like the reviews there better. I like the forums here better.

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#10 23Jarek23
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I remember right before BF3 and MW3 shipped they had a video with their IGN dog, saying something along the lines of...whatever game the dog picks, will be the better game...anyway, they had a camera attached to the dog and if you paused it at the right moment you could see that the MW3 case had treats in it...and their rewind theater, lol...horrible.

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#11 pc-ps360
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theyre bad but not as bad as gs kotaku, giant bomb, gameinformer>>>>>>mems_1224

dont lie if they are better than gamespot u will be in there site and not here. ;)

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#12 rjdofu
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Good or bad, it definetaly has more influence than most website out there.

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#13 Jebus213
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They're bad but Kotaku and Destructoid are waaayyy worst. **EDIT** I forgot Gametrailers. But they seem to have become irrelevant around here...which is good.
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#14 deactivated-58b6232955e4a
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theyre bad but not as bad as gs.

kotaku, giant bomb, gameinformer>>>>>>mems_1224

haha, funny joke.

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#15 Gnizama
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Star hawk 9/10, Kingdoms of Amalur 9/10, Silent Hill: Downpour 4.5/10. They are rubbish
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#16 KBFloYd
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I like the reviews there better. I like the forums here better.

jun_aka_pekto

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#17 sonic1564
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I remember right before BF3 and MW3 shipped they had a video with their IGN dog, saying something along the lines of...whatever game the dog picks, will be the better game...anyway, they had a camera attached to the dog and if you paused it at the right moment you could see that the MW3 case had treats in it...and their rewind theater, lol...horrible.

23Jarek23

Proof that Activision is bribing IGN on that video you mentioned.

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#18 pc-ps360
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Star hawk 9/10, Kingdoms of Amalur 9/10, Silent Hill: Downpour 4.5/10. They are rubbishGnizama

the problem with their website is that lemmings reviews xbox games, cows review sony games and sheep review wii games. that is why if u notice their scores for exclusives are usualy higher than everywhere else.

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#19 ispeakfact
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They suck when they don't score your game high, and are great when they do. Just like every review site. Metacritic trumps all. I do think GameTrailers have the best and most professional review vids.
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#20 CanYouDiglt
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I agree IGN is pretty bad. I still listen to their TV and Movie podcast but that is it. They clearly have a ton of bias over there so it is not worth reading anything they have about gaming. Here is a example of their bias on Vita vs 3DS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UURViN6PJWY
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#21 freedomfreak  Online
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Sooo...Which review sites are ACTUALLY credible?

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#22 padaporra
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Nah, I like them... don't find their score reliable, but they have cool articles and their top lists are pretty cool.

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#23 Lief_Ericson
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They suck when they don't score your game high, and are great when they do. Just like every review site. Metacritic trumps all. I do think GameTrailers have the best and most professional review vids.ispeakfact
This 100% GS and IGN both have **** reviews

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#24 trugs26
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Sooo...Which review sites are ACTUALLY credible?

freedomfreak



This is relative to each person. There is no one "right" site that we should look for, but rather reviewers that we can relate to, share interests and tastes. That's as far as it goes really.

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#25 SaltyMeatballs
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Sooo...Which review sites are ACTUALLY credible?

freedomfreak

Metacritic...

[spoiler] ...user reviews [/spoiler]

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#26 Blabadon
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They're good. Even if their users thought their reviews were as bad as fanboys make them out to be, they get news way faster than most other sites.
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#27 fueled-system
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Both Gamespot and IGN are bad and that Max Payne review is an example of them too afraid of giving a lower score.

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IGN is one of the best.....
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#29 Pikminmaniac
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IGN is quite bad and unreliable for reviews IMO. It seems like everything's either a 9/10 or a 4/10. It jsut seems so random.

I trust using Gamerankings the most. Metacritic is way too weighted to get a proper average from.

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#30 TheColbert
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Their reviews can be meh but their website is great. I love the way it flows and I love their abundance of different materials. I like they have a comic section as well haha. For GS, I like their community (the fourms and such) but their reviews and news sucks.
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#31 xhawk27
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Yeah that 10 they gave Uncharted 3 is still a laugh riot! :lol:

Most Sony fanboys wouldn't give that game that high of a score. :lol:

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#33 hotdiddykong
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You cant really just say that, every site has their share of fans and experts of the companies. And every site has its downside and its shares of "Biased" reviewers.

Im more home to Gamespot but i check IGN and others because relying on a game one just 1 site isnt enough.

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#34 BlackoutGunshot
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IGN is my favorite site for news and their podcasts are entertaining. The reviews are pretty weak, but way better than Gamespot's reviews. Forums are great here, though.
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#35 Pikminmaniac
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[QUOTE="freedomfreak"]

Sooo...Which review sites are ACTUALLY credible?

SaltyMeatballs

Metacritic...

[spoiler] ...user reviews [/spoiler]

I hope you're joking... Those are the least reliable ratings to go by since many fanboys give 0/10s to other system exclusives just to bring a game's average down.

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#36 Thesuperstar2k
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They are not bad, thought in some reviews they be honest. But they are terrible just like X-play just make Cod the best game ever. And make the same gameing wars we can't stand of.

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#37 TheColbert
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Yeah that 10 they gave Uncharted 3 is still a laugh riot! :lol:

Most Sony fanboys wouldn't give that game that high of a score. :lol:

xhawk27
I will never understand that. I have played Uncharted. Its kill wave after wave of enemy, oh here is Indian Jones storyline in a game. Yet around the gaming websites its the best thing ever. I just don't understand the love. Does it look amazing? Oh yeah. But how does it get 10's?
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#38 Vari3ty
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I remember last year when Greg Miller (IGN's resident PS3 fanboy) gave Uncharted 3 a 10/10. The game is good, but nowhere near that score.

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#39 haziqonfire
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This isn't system wars related. Sorry.