/me gets gun valkyrie

looks good
nothing the DC or PS2 really couldnt handle

VERY touchy controls, take some major adjustment

gameplay is ok, im got bored after 3 levels, and put fatal frame back in my PS2

the ign review praised the lack of draw-in
they\'re full of crap

i wont nit-pick about graphics and gameplay, but i think MDK2 did it better.

I have to agree that IGN is full of crap

ign review praised the lack of draw-in
they\'re full of crap

AGREED. Not only is IGN full of crap, their whole company rep has really gone down the tubes. I thought I would have never seen the day they would be this low. First they mention they are in a money crisis about 2 and a half years ago, and they think they are extremly cute by showing us silly pictures of themselves wanting our cash. Then they present us with IGNInsider [insert IGN joke here] that promises us only news IGN can deliver on the spot (although gamespot and the inquier do a better job IMO). THEN, they think they are the freaken empire of console content and they make anyone who wants to read their new reviews/previews to IGNInsiders.

Ok, so we were able to manuver that sharp move. But it wasn\'t til as of late when I was trying to find some screenshots on their site *shrug* was I met with a page stating, "You\'ve reached your 5 view page limit. To futher continue your browse, please register to IGNInsider."

/me looks, sips his lemon coke, closes IE window, goes back to gamespot.com

They\'ve really reached an all time low. I wonder what makes them so unique out of the others. I mean they have to make more pages than they really need out of a review just to get more page views. Not to mention their horridenous java pop-up ads. My RPM rate on my fan of my AMD T-bird goes from like 6500RPM to about 7100RPM just to keep up with the pathetic ad.

This is just a clear rant. Let this not affect what the topic was originally, because I just needed to vent out some feelings about IGN, mind you

[watchdog mode]

Basher. mm you obviously need a new xbox and I\'ll be riding your back until you get one

[/watchdog mode]

The IGN review read like an ad for xbox, no joke

ign collects money for postive reviews, its confirmed

I think they favor specific companies, cause they give too much credit to duds that would be much better off putting a brown bag over their developers heads :rolleyes:

It\'s funny, I never thought that a drop in quality content from one site would make me like another so very much.  I used to hate Gamespot, I thought their reviews were pathetic and intollerable.  In all actuality, they are spot on in almost every way.  They don\'t over praise and they definitely do not tilt scores in favor of any companies.  If a game is crap, they say so, end of story and I really admire that about them.  

IGN on the other hand... They are incapable of stating any qualms with any games.  If a game has poor controls that take hours upon hours to adjust to with a difficulty level that is incredibly unbalanced, they think the controls are perfect and are a breat of fresh air because they are difficult to use and if the game is hard it\'s a challenge that is sorely needed in the industry.  Are they incapable of seeing games for what they are?  It\'s just BS.

Who cares anyways?  Reviews are just ways for IGN to pawn off a game that is otherwise mediocre... What they say is fluff in an otherwise screenshot driven community.

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So some reviewers liked an Xbox game or two and they are considered bias...whatever.

I actually enjoy the game...it\'s more of a rental though.  It\'s quite short, but definetley a challenge.

So some reviewers liked an Xbox game or two and they are considered bias...whatever.

Its not just liking it, its overrating it, and thats not the first game.. see WWF Raw.. want more I can get more

Give me a few examples...one is not going to convince me otherwise.

So some reviewers liked an Xbox game or two and they are considered bias...whatever.

There\'s a limit to liking a game, and just plain polishing the creator\'s brass.  Xbox.ign is not the ONLY ign site doing this though and I accuse the entire site of doing what I said above, not just ign.xbox.  And with so many editors all giving rather high scores for any game that is just a little bit high profile, I\'m dissapointed.  Gun Valkyrie is their latest example of this trend, but in no way is it the only example.  I can go and get at least five other recent examples and that\'s just sad.  It was a knock at an entire sites credibility, not just one section.

Title: Internet Average, IGN Average

Fuzion Frenzy - 71%, IGN 83%
Wreckless - 74%,  IGN 90%
Blood Wake - 75% IGN 84%
Jedi Starfighter - 83, IGN 90%
WWF: Raw - 70%, IGN 91.0%

Originally posted by Ryu


There\'s a limit to liking a game, and just plain polishing the creator\'s brass.  Xbox.ign is not the ONLY ign site doing this though and I accuse the entire site of doing what I said above, not just ign.xbox.  

Wasn\'t sure if it was aimed specifically at Xbox.ign...

rant on...

So some reviewers liked an Xbox game or two and they are considered bias...whatever.

You specifically mentioned the xbox, I didn\'t.  Besides that, we were referring to IGN, so xbox... IGN... I just put two and two together from what you said.