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#1 ValValence
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[QUOTE="ValValence"] Now they're shutting down forums for games, like Remember Me, what the hell? VaguelyTagged
WHAT? where did you get that from? link needed.

 

It looks like it came back up when I started making a stink about it.

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#2 ValValence
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Eh..who knows, I like IGN more, I just come here for the forums.ultimameteora
I think IGN is worse about doing PAID REVIEWS than Gamespot. I mean look at Mass Effect 3, they even had an IGN Staff member in the game, as a support character on the Normandy.
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#3 ValValence
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For actual reviews I go with Angry Joe. But to be honest you shouldn't pay much attention to reviews anyway. If you don't trust the reviews of a site then make sure you stear clear of them.

That whole Kane and Lynch review was pretty sad

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See AngryJoe gave it the same score, and I can see it getting a 9, the thing is, I didn't see Metro Last Light banner ads all over AngryJoe's channel, I didn't see a buy it now button in AngryJoe's annotations or description, and I didn't hear AngryJoe ignoring and downplaying everything that was wrong with it, in fact he spent over half his video talking about what was wrong with it then explained why he gave it a 9. Gamespot could learn a lot from AngryJoe, if they're going to do paid reviews they could at least try not to make it so obvious. I'm not saying PAID REVIEW because I disagree with the review, I'm saying PAID REVIEW because Gamespot made it obvious that they are a paid for branch of the industry's marketing department, they didn't just review it, they're trying to sell it.
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#4 ValValence
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[QUOTE="Wilfred_Owen"]You didn't agree with there opinion?bobbetybob
No no, it was clearly paid! Nobody could possibly have a different opinion to him.

I agreed actually. I would have given Metro Last Light an 8 but I could see it getting a 9. Downplaying the flaws was suspicious, but I could still see it. It was still clearly a paid review because the review was surrounded with banner ads and had a buy it now button next to it. And gamespot has had paid review scandals in the past, most notably the Kane and Lynch 2 debacle.
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#5 ValValence
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The sites overall performance each year seems to have a biorhythm going. At one point, its stable, fast, and has minimal glitches. Then at another point, the site practically becomes unusable, unstable, slow, and glitches haven. Its been like this for years, I think back in 2008 it was at its all time worse in terms of site stability and speed.Since then, its been up and down...tocool340
I haven't really been using Gamespot long enough to know, but I have been using it for a little over a year, and when I started using it, it was great. I didn't even feel the need to make an account, because everything was working so well I didn't feel the need to say anything. I sort of noticed a change about three months ago, the quality seemed to take a dive, then I started noticing sleezy corporate things that I previously hadn't noticed, and the way games are reviewed seemed to change. I started noticing games that advertised on the site, for example, got better reviews. I didn't feel the need to say anything until the obvious Paid Review for Metro Last Light though, it was the Buy It Now button and banner ads next to the review that did it, I don't know why Koch even felt they needed a paid review but they made it so obvious I couldn't write it off. Then after the Remember Me forum went missing, I had to say something. WTF is... Wrong with Gamespot?
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#6 ValValence
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Yeah but for awhile Gamespot seemed to be getting better. They started reviewing games more honestly, had more info on games, and generally stopped sucking for awhile. Then like a couple of months ago maybe, they started sucking again. I don't know what happened, but it's not even like the same company from a few months ago.
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#7 ValValence
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What's happened to Gamespot? Gamespot has sucked lately, I mean first a lot of the games have no info about them other than their supposed release date and box art, if even that, and a lot of the time they get the release dates wrong. Then there was that obvious Paid Review for Metro Last Light, which is a good game and a solid 8 don't get me wrong but they had banner ads and the amazon equivalent of a Buy It Now button next to the review, and really gave a pass to the problems it does have.

Gamespot had a scandle with paid reviews in the past when a reviewer had too much integrity to lie about Kane and Lynch 2, they seemed to be getting better for awhile there but when you put up a Buy It Now button and banner ads around your review you make it obvious you're a branch of the industry's marketing. Now they're shutting down forums for games, like Remember Me, what the hell? What happened to the Gamespot that was actually sort of cool, that started giving honest reviews for once and had all kinds of useful info on games? Did someone else take over?

PS: This post isn't entirely about Paid Reviews, but I have to explain the difference between calling a review paid because you disagree with it, and calling it paid because all the evidence points in that direction. In this case, there's a a buy it button, banner ads, and tons of promotional videos clearly coloring the bias of the reviewer whether you agree with the score or not, which I actually do consider a reasonable score. There's a difference between being critical of industry bull **** and disagreeing with the score.

PSS: The industry wants us to be apathetic and just forget everything it does wrong ignore it and just deal with it. I think that's pretty anti-consumer, the industry will do whatever it feels it can get away with and it only stops pushing when there's push back.

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#8 ValValence
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Personally I think Gamespot did one of the most obvious Paid Reviews in the history of reviews, having the amazon equivalent of a "Buy it Now" button right next to the review, banner ads plastered for it, and downplaying some of the flaws. This game doesn't really need it either, it would probably get solid 7-9 scores easy, with a lot of 8's, it's just transparently sleazy.
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#9 ValValence
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They may as well have zoomed in and made the entire box cover be nothing but a shot of her ass, I just find it disgusting the way the industry does this crap, because you know behind it there's some sleezy corporate executive who thinks we're all stupid and that this will sell more copies.