Comments on: Gamespot responds to rumors about altered MW2 score

By: Chase C

Chase C — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:48:28 +0000

@Chris

I think that putting those notions aside is like trying to find true objectivity. Kind of like a Jury, it’s hard to turn all of your bias or outside influences off completely. Having “controlled” conditions make it difficult to gauge a games impact on launch day. Especially if you are trying to get the review out the gate the same morning.

By: Chris Carter

Chris Carter — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:27:12 +0000

@Justin
Thats a neat idea, but I would assume the review writers are professional enough to put initial preview reactions/PR speak aside, and approach the review in a fair manner.

By: Justin Calvert

Justin Calvert — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:54:16 +0000

Hey Kevin,
For what it’s worth, we also have a policy of not assigning reviews to any writer who has previously attended any kind of preview event for a game. Based on the surprised reactions that I still get when explaining that to PR folk, I suspect we’re either alone or one of very few outlets that does that.

By: Kevin Miller

Kevin Miller — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:43:49 +0000

I can definitely appreciate their view on review events. However, I think a lot of the elements of any press event are taken into account when going to said events.

By: fsgs

fsgs — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:43:25 +0000

Och BOY!!!! Giantbomb 2 is on the way !!!!

By: what the F

what the F — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:14:22 +0000

seriously is everyone retarded or am i retarded? The pc review is 8.5 and the console reviews are 9.0 .. so what is the problem? Their diff because the console and pc provide different game experiences. Its not like they had a 8.5 and now have a 9.0 … so there is nothing wrong or strange… everything is fine and false alert. BUT… these sites and their reviews are complete BS and completely financed by the video game companies, if not directly then through affiliate companies.

The fact that 14 reviews by the website staff are considered more important than the THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS of reviews by the players… is ridiculous. Not to mention they are deleting reviews.. people have a right to post what they feel about the game and not have their opinion deleted if it does not meet the expectations of the video game franchise. Kinda like passing the patriot act which takes freedoms away instead of protecting them.

By: Austin Sutton-Jennings

Austin Sutton-Jennings — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:52:53 +0000

People still care about scores hey?

By: Luis X

Luis X — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:37:17 +0000

Looking at the site I see the PC version has gotten an 8.5. Gasp!! Could it have been an honest mistake.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:03:09 +0000

I have a picture of the score as a 93%,this infuriates me even moire as theyre using a different ranking system than the score was previously posted as !! UNPROFESSIONAL !!

By: OI!OI!OI!

OI!OI!OI! — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:27:47 +0000

I think an 8.5 or 9.0 suits it justice because it is good and at times the story is very epic (but still can’t beat all the good PS3-Exclusive games e.g. Uncharted 2, MGS4, R&C ACRIT (for a Ratchet fan this is an epic game!)) and online is pretty much the same but new maps, guns and killstreaks. THATS IT! But the Spec Ops is actually much better than I thought so I would give the multiplayer a 9.5 (although it is very repetitive it is still the same brilliant Modern Warfare multiplayer) Spec Ops a 9.0 (This is brilliant! It is totally unique, it is just amazing! But they are obviously short and lack a number of missions but hopefully more as DLC. But getting a better time once you’re got all 69 stars still isn’t very rewarding!) and the Story! I would give it a 5.5 because even though it is epic at times it is pretty tiresome at times although it is still the same great Call of Duty (just a bit more modern). DO NOT BUY THIS IF YOU DON’T HAVE PSN/LIVE!!! But if you have someone you play split screen with this is always a game you could pick up when its cheap! You will spend about 100 hours on multiplayer, 15 hours on story (Playthroughs on harder difficulties and people that say they have done the story in 2 hours are speaking complete BULLSHIT! I know it is short but people that are overexagurating it big time!) and about 20-40 hours on Spec Ops.

By: Rumors are rumors

Rumors are rumors — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:59:14 +0000

More likely than not, people saw the review of Gamespot for the PC after news saying that people are giving it an extremely low userscores, and then later on checked the review of the console of their choice.

By: antiGAMESPOT

antiGAMESPOT — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:42:57 +0000

Nothing to do with MW2 but Gamespot is simply the worse gaming site of the bunch. I consider them biased plus it takes them forever to put up a review, sometimes weeks go by after the release of a game and still nothing.