Isn't it strange how when a game gets a lot of hype and then scores 10's... ooh it's cause of the hype and doesn't deserve the 10's. But when a hyped game gets low scores... ooh it's cause the hype made expectations too high.

And what is my point? I'm actually not too sure.

I think I'm trying to say that hype doesn't seem to make that much of a difference in scores. If the game is amazing, MGS4, it'll get 10's... if it's not, HAZE, it will get low scores.

There are exceptions, like when gamespot gave ratchet & clank tools of destruction a 70... They learned their lesson. Once you lose credibility, give the same scores as the more credible sites until ppl forget or forgive your sins.

Sorry OMGOMG, for using your post to get my post at the top of the page. aaaand thank u. If it helps, I totally agree with you. You're super.

lawlz my post got deleted. how about this:

I totally agree with you OMGOMG. It's a shame how it seems that hype can make or break a game. People blame hype for making expectations too high causing the game to be a failure, and blame it when games are scored too high.

The best way is to see the game for yourself. I remember how much i loved mario kart 64 and bomberman 64, and at that time i was too young to care or know about reviews. I didn't realize it received poor reviews. Those were simpler times.

What's very unfortunately about these low reviews is that the INNOVATIVE aspects of this game that you brought up, OMGOMG, will most likely not be reused in future games since this game as a whole is now seen as a disappointment. If there were very few good games out right now, i would give this game a try, but since that's not the case, I can't afford to.

You say they deserve credit for trying. I agree, but with a high production/high cost game like this, the only credit that matters is from my credit card, figuratively speaking. Without it, they're fucked.

better ludwig? I respectfully ask you not to delete my post this time, and I apologize for the previous one. And I apologize again to OMGOMG. I don't even comment that often so you can't say i'm shooting for attention.

ah fuck it

Some how I should be happy about that, but I'm not.. :/

The Gamer.nl review pretty much sums up all the rest, and then some. :\ Well, I guess there's still THE CONDUIT and that SinCity lookin' game(forgot the title)...

Way to give this game a fair shake, Fern.

God forbid gamers play the game themselves.

Well, if the game was hyped as much as other horror games...BioShock for example,the scores would probably be a lot more 80-90ish.I guess Atari couldn't afford to reskin these websites with AitD ads.

And imho, I'm rather interested in the opinions of actual gamers who have played the game.

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So are you saying I should play the 50 Cent game because it would be wrong to avoid a game that got so many 0-5 scores?

what about multiple reviewers?

You know, part of me agrees. The part of me that had $60 ready in waiting for Haze. Meanwhile, reviews warned me. A friend of mine, the person who isn't an idiot like myself, avoided the warnings and snagged his copy anyway. A week later, he told me the reviews were right. Now I still have interest in playing Haze, but more like a $20 game, rather than a $60.

I use reviews to tell me WHEN to buy, not WHAT to buy and often a bad review is every bit as informative (sometimes more so). THESE reviews are telling me "wait for the $30 pricepoint." I still want to play it. After all, what else in the genre do we have? An American Company proving they know fuck all about Silent Hill (seriously, Pyramid Head is in Homecoming... INSTAFAIL), the creator of Silent Hill remaking Siren, and Resident Evil 5 coming out sometime maybe this year.

Alone in the Dark may be a bad survival horror game, but when the pickins are this slim, sometimes you gotta slum.

i never said you had to rush out and buy a game, but at least give it a chance with a demo or rental if it interests you at all. decide for yourself if its a game you get enjoyment from, not what someone who might have different tastes in games tells you what to do.

I never listen to reviews, which i suppose is a risky way to roll, but i've only been disappointed twice, i suppose (Pokemon TCG for GB, and the original Crystal Chronicles)

even with new IPs, new franchises or whatever, the vast majority of my uninformed purchases, or gut purchases have panned out

Saying people are idiots is a bit extreme don't you think? Not everybody is an in-touch blogger or has the demos to play. In fact, I sure dont see a demo of this game for me to try.

get off my ice!

Snowjob...heh...best GI Joe name ever...

Goes down well with whine.

goes down well with whine.

Sorry to say, but sounds like you're just lining up the disappointments. I hope for your sake BF BC is good.

yeah well sometimes games are just simple fun, i'll just have to ignore my critical side

BF: BC is fantastic because of the multiplayer. The SP campaign is "meh" at best. But it does everything in the MP perfectly. The demo only comes with one map and one MP mode and I just stopped playing after 13 hours.

It's just that good.

Yeah i know about battlefield, i played it basically for three days straight when the demo came out, even with the lag it was fantastic.

you are buying a game for inventory system????? to each there own I suppose

I bought Final Fantasy X for the cutscenes alone; I don't think this is much different. I'll gladly give Atari my money just because they had the balls to try something different.