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Chris Jun 11, 2021 @ 2:14pm

Gamespot or ign?

Many probably say both arent worth to watch but which one of those do you think is better?I prefer gamespot by a mile the people there appeal way less fake

Last edited by Chris; Jun 12, 2021 @ 12:59pm

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Your_White_Knight Jun 11, 2021 @ 2:17pm

Originally posted by Chris:
Gamespot or ign?

Many probably say both arent worth to watch but wgich one of those do you think is better to watch?I prefer gamespot by a mile the people there appeal way less fake

Correct... both are a pile of flaming garbage... "less fake" is still fake. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Captain n00by Jun 11, 2021 @ 3:21pm

Digital Foundry Retro for me.

Mr Jt (Gog is king) Jun 11, 2021 @ 3:23pm

Originally posted by n00by:
Digital Foundry Retro for me.

Love this guys especially alex but what is retro?

Captain n00by Jun 11, 2021 @ 3:24pm

Originally posted by Jt:
Originally posted by n00by:
Digital Foundry Retro for me.

Love this guys especially alex but what is retro?

Their "retro game" vids where they explore old games and the tech behind them.

tsarac Jun 11, 2021 @ 5:10pm

Lmao you can judge by their battle for bikini bottom rehydrated reviews.

IGN: Kid game is too easy and too kid friendly

Gamespot: Kid game is too hard and and kid friendly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20L7Z_SnmI0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ1vmwX8h2c

Mr. Tex Jun 12, 2021 @ 7:01am

They are both terrible, although IGN is marginally worse since it's more political and GameSpot still has connections to proper games journalists.

IGN is just like Kotaku and Polygon, i.e. desperately spewing divisive political garbage designed to fragment gamers, in order for them to keep a small number of extremist readers and thus justify doing a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ job of games journalism. If these journalists actually had any moral principles, they would be consistent with applying their moral criteria ... but they are not. Small European developers get shat on for not having enough ethnic npcs, whilst Nintendo and Sony get a free pass on these "issues". You do the math, the reasons for this are very simple. So these journalists, at Kotaku, Polygon and IGN, are morally corrupt frauds. They have diguised this corruption as "social justice", but it's just a fascade designed to attract weak-minded extremists so that their magazines can survive.

You shouldn't support either of them, they will fail eventually since amateurs on Youtube and Twitch do a much better job than they do.

It's better if you support an amateur on Youtube or Twitch, they are far more deserving of your time and money, of having their dreams realized, than these snobbish pretentious a-holes who don't know anything about gaming yet insist on lecturing you about it.

Last edited by Mr. Tex; Jun 12, 2021 @ 7:16am

Thesaintdog Jun 12, 2021 @ 7:08am

neither
i dont watch them.
and i do not read their articles either.

Last edited by Thesaintdog; Jun 12, 2021 @ 7:21am

Out Of Bubblegum Jun 12, 2021 @ 7:21am

Watch? Why? Just go to their web site and see all the articles to read.
I like Ars Technica and Techspot.

FAlty75 Jun 12, 2021 @ 7:32am

IGN did help me a few times with their guides but their reviews are horrible

Last edited by FAlty75; Jun 12, 2021 @ 7:35am

TwisterCat Jun 12, 2021 @ 7:53am

I hate both with a burning passion, they manage to find their review journalists from god knows where, I sure as hell don't, they're both absolute shills when it comes to AAA games, that IGN Sims 4 launch review giving it 7.5 undeserved shill stars, or the Gamespot Call of Duty Cold War review giving it 7 shill stars.

If you held a gun up to my head, directly to my head with a bullet in the chamber and yelled loudly into my ear forcing me to choose, I'd probably say Gamespot is the lesser of 2 evils

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Dracoco OwO Jun 12, 2021 @ 8:07am

Seriously you might as well try the games yourself, you can't trust whatever those "journalists" says in 90% of the instances.

Last edited by Dracoco OwO; Jun 12, 2021 @ 8:07am

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Out Of Bubblegum Jun 12, 2021 @ 8:08am

Originally posted by TwisterCat:
I hate both with a burning passion, they manage to find their review journalists from god knows where, I sure as hell don't, they're both absolute shills when it comes to AAA games,

You just answered your own question.

that IGN Sims 4 launch review giving it 7.5 undeserved shill stars, or the Gamespot Call of Duty Cold War review giving it 7 shill stars.

That you disagree with their reviews means nothing. Do the ongoing sales figures disagree with you?

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TwisterCat Jun 12, 2021 @ 8:21am

Originally posted by Out Of Bubblegum:
Originally posted by TwisterCat:
I hate both with a burning passion, they manage to find their review journalists from god knows where, I sure as hell don't, they're both absolute shills when it comes to AAA games,
You just answered your own question.

that IGN Sims 4 launch review giving it 7.5 undeserved shill stars, or the Gamespot Call of Duty Cold War review giving it 7 shill stars.
That you disagree with their reviews means nothing. Do the ongoing sales figures disagree with you?

I think it's an appropriate time as any to mention how the CorpoRats force their journalists to give certain scores on certain games, IE FIFA GAMES THAT ARE IDENTICAL TO EACH OTHER!

It's not that I disagree with their reviews, that's not the full truth. What I disagree with is how most of their journalists, on smaller indie titles, completely lack any form of understanding towards the story, and only judge from a gameplay perspective, but then somehow when a game like TLOU2 comes out, they sweep gameplay under the rug as fast as humanly possible to shill in a disgustingly shilly way, making excuses for the game because they were told to by their hivemind leader. Same system, different name.

Last edited by TwisterCat; Jun 12, 2021 @ 8:26am

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