"Don't listen to IGN reviews"

[bRice153]

But guess we can listen to their take on this game huh since it's favorable.

[Metallicus]

Originally posted by bRice153:

But guess we can listen to their take on this game huh since it's favorable.

I don't need to read reviews since I am already playing and enjoying the game. It is one of the best games of all-time and you should really stop posting BS on this forum, buy the game and play it already.

[ishiki]

I mean, most game reviewers are terrible and don't actually review/understand game mechanics. It's not most profitable for reviewers to fully understand game mechanics so they will play it on easy.

Studios also consider the design of a game so that it reviews well.

Reviewers are the scourge of videogame industry fro the most part.

but just because they like a game does not mean I will not like a game.

[cfehunter]

A broken clock is right twice a day.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by bRice153:

"Don't listen to IGN reviews"
But guess we can listen to their take on this game huh since it's favorable.

Congratulations!

You nailed their clickbait pattern superb with that title and hollow post.
As if reading directly from IGN!

[Ghojo]

Originally posted by ishiki:

I mean, most game reviewers are terrible and don't actually review/understand game mechanics. It's not most profitable for reviewers to fully understand game mechanics so they will play it on easy.

Studios also consider the design of a game so that it reviews well.

Reviewers are the scourge of videogame industry fro the most part.

but just because they like a game does not mean I will not like a game.

Gaming media doesn't actually test a game anymore, they just play it a bit to record scenes or makes screenshots, and otherwise repeat the talking points the big gaming studios give them.

If they wouldn't give favorable reviews about games, they would lose access to future games from these developers, which would mean less early day viewers for their reviews = less money through clicks.

[Cosmic Cat]

There has been a meme about IGN's reviews going on for like 10-15 years now.

"10/10 IGN" They're paid to give even bad games good reviews, and there many examples of it from over the years. Why anyone cares what a paid reviewer thinks is beyond me.

[TREXINATUX]

I haven't read a mainline review in years. I don't watch "Ad"tube either. I just watch straight up game-play videos for anything that catches my eye and mute any moronic commentary that is played over it.

Critics forgot how to properly criticize years ago once they started to talk mainly about themselves and their pet peeves about products instead of keeping the regular Joe and the producers goals in mind.

What with Steam and other places having a refund window. Well, I guess the need for writers to write reviews becomes rather redundant now; Doesn't it?

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Starlet:

There has been a meme about IGN's reviews going on for like 10-15 years now.

"10/10 IGN" They're paid to give even bad games good reviews, and there many examples of it from over the years. Why anyone cares what a paid reviewer thinks is beyond me.

Yep, even i know about this, and i am not one to follow gamer's "news". (Because i grew up with the paper version which was more reliable:D)

[bRice153]

You know damn well if they gave this a 7/10 they'd be getting roasted in the forums here

[Nats]

This is a class game it doesn't need reviews

[LArc7thHeaven]

At least from checking the time the review out they at least play the game instead spitting out review straight from their a*shole

[FhqwhTODD]

I haven't checked in with IGN for over a decade. Sad to hear they are still around. My day is actually ruined now.

[NzFox]

is there something more strawman than a strawman? arguing against something that nobody even remotely said? tilting at windmills could maybe fit but the idea that single person has ever used a IGN review to defend a game seems even more extreme than that. Its complete fiction.

[CadaveR]

Who care about IGN anyway, Baldur's Gate 3 is praised everywhere.