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THE MONEY POV< THIS GAME IS NOT WORTH 20 BUCK so there for its not worth my while... I already expected to be BULLIED over my opinion. I am prepared for any backlash. I am not going to change my POV.
You guys suck at taking opinions, although you give your opinions about games all day long. You even made feedbackula.. Even though I love it and its funny as hell.. it shows you can dish it out but you cant take it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Kevin-V I decided to give your "book" a chance since you took the time to write it..
I agree with the value, but your not going to put in 30 hours into a game you don't like. if its a 30 hour game and you put 2.. yeah its clear you did not like the game.
I am sorry you had to play 2 times to find everything. that's how serious I took this game. I went from room to room, and did not leave till I searched all walls shelves, closets.. Searching areas for stuff is pretty much what games are about for a long time, this is not new.
Everyone said RE 6 sucked.. EVERYONE.. People did not work hard on that game. It clearly shows. Just cause you pay everyone to work hard, does not mean they do. Every work place has there slackers. I remember reading about how they treated there employees (rumor) but look at the turn out of the game.
I do know what biased means. If a highly popular staff members family member made a game. You would stand behind that person.. This is a fact of life.. EVERYONE is biased. opinions are like asshole and they all stink like shit (yes even mine!!!!). Another fact.
As a reader I have no personal responsibility's.. Carolyn did not mention the game would take 2 hours to complete in her video review(sorry I don't read reviews there are to many video reviews out there), I am a open minded person, but I refuse to spend money on crap. Someone else said. not everyone is like me... They are right.. Most people that don't like something. Will walk away and bitch and complain behind the back of whatever the situation and not come back.
You wrote "We write reviews based on our experiences with the games we play."
Scroll down to the Philosophy and just read that please.. Again I don't care what you felt playing the game. I just want to know if I should buy it or not.
The Reviewer, after listening to the review again, she did not mention anything bad about this game at all. Under the written section of the Good and the BAD, there is nothing bad about this game... would it been to hard to write.. This game might not be for everyone?.
I don't want people to write reviews to make me happy.. I want fair reviews so when I go out and buy the game, I am not disappointed..
As Well, no where on the site does it stat it rates AAA and INDIE games different.. There all in the same Category.. Heck in the TOP 10 GAMES on the first page. It has 6.0, 7.0 games, how are these top 10 games? By traffic? ?But there not really the top 10 games right now are they? Heck Maybe make a INDIE SECTION, and a AAA section. Cause as a indie game it was good. but as AAA Game it SUCKED ASS.
No where in the guidelines does it stat
"Our role as critics isn't to guess whether Jasondoreen will like a game, but to express the impact a game had on us by describing its qualities."
@mucking_foron Well people like me used to come here and buy games on these recommendations and scores. (for 17 years) yep, There are many more of me, but not as vocal. You can moan and bitch and Stand up for this game all you want. It don't change my mind that this game sucks, not worth the money, and this is nothing more, then a 3d point and click adventure.. that you walk around in!!!. The amount of people that are standing up and supporting this game is VER"Y little. Reviews from all over the internet are MIXED. Which does not make this game GOOD. Or worth the money. Most people are saying.. great game... BUT..... The point I was trying to make, is that I will no longer shell out money because Gamespot, gives a game 9.5......I respect that's what they want to give the game, But am I going to take there recommendations anymore... HELL....NO..... See the thing is, I want to separate from Gamespot, but I cant...They don't even have a Cancel Account option...Please tell me how Once people stop commenting under me...I am GONE.. So the sooner the people that are in love with game **** off the sooner I am gone, and not to look back.
You gave GTA 4 10, So there for Gone home at 9.5 I should expect a game pretty close to GTA 4? Your basically saying gone home was almost just as good as GTA 4. Stop rating games with your FEELINGS, and rate games for there value and the work that has been put into them!!!. This Game was STUPID and had very little value, This hardly constitutes for a game and should be considered a interactive STORY BOOK!!!! So for 20 bucks you get 2 hours of entertainment and no replay value at all. On a good note the game was different and did waste 2 hours of my life...Also YOUR RATING SYSTEM SUCKS AND IS OUT DATED!!!! You think I give a shit whether Wal-Mart cares about its products If you want to rate games with your feelings DO IT, but don't score it.
If you like Big fish games, and low caliber games, you will LOVE this game.. If your a hard core gamer I doubt you will find value in this game.
I used to come here and buy games because of your ratings/opinions/good & bad section. But now when you give a game I think is GREAT a shitty score, and a game that I think is not so good, a Great score. So I have learned over the past year. That your reviews are BIASED to the point that I cannot go by your recommendation any more.
A great review reveals facts, good things about the game, and bad things about the game.. That's it that's all!! Why your trying to push this game is beyond me. (of course I should not have to say this, but this is all just my opinion)
This game does not come close to Dark souls, Super meat boy, dragon age, Crisis, The orange box, World of War craft plus the many more you gave 9.5. When you rate this game 9.5 you put this game gone home in the same category as all of these other 9.5 games, Gone Home does not deserve to sit with these other titles.
Regardless if you want to know what the game is like buy it for yourself. Don't let any video game website convince you a game is good or a game is bad.
@Chatch09 If you want to play GTA so bad, GO OUT SIDE.. Is that REAL enough for ya :) Cause GTA 4 Bowling is way better then doing it for real. Because getting drunk in GTA 4 is way better then doing it in real life.
I was on the fence on this game, but I really like it... I fell like I am a BADASS of Saints Row. Did you play the whole game before you rated it? Cause Killing PAUL WAS AWESOME!!!!! As well, there are alot of situations you get put in that you dont have super powers!!! so running around freezing guys and killing them the whole game , IS NOT POSSIBLE.
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