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Lazy Lunchbox wrote: The only part of IGN I go to where I always follow what they say would be Head-To-Head, only because facts are facts, theres no opinions there. I don't need to experience first hand and form an opinion on which version of a game has the better framerate and quicker load times.

Apparently you DO when 'facts' AREN'T facts, and are EASILY proven untrue simply by LOOKING FOR YOURSELF.


What are 'facts' that are demonstrably UNTRUE if they are not opinions?
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Lazy Lunchbox wrote: The only part of IGN I go to where I always follow what they say would be Head-To-Head, only because facts are facts, theres no opinions there. I don't need to experience first hand and form an opinion on which version of a game has the better framerate and quicker load times.

Apparently you DO when 'facts' AREN'T facts, and are EASILY proven untrue simply by LOOKING FOR YOURSELF.


What are 'facts' that are demonstrably UNTRUE if they are not opinions?
Why should I assume that IGN would be incorrect? I have no reason to believe so.

In the case of the SCII Head-to-Head (of which you've only read a small snip, if that), not only are the hard facts laid out on the table, but evidence in the form of comparative screens (and sometimes video, a nice San Andreas one was released this week) are shown as well. Load times are timed and compared, framerate issues are discussed, etc. The 3 versions are disected and compared in every area to such a great degree that I don't doubt what they say for a second, and after reading almost all of the Head-to-Heads on that site, I don't think for a second that Nintendo, MS, Sony, or the great God of PC paid IGN to make 3rd-party multiplatform games look better on their respective system, if thats what you're getting at.

I'd also like to point out that since that Soul Calibur thread, I have played the Gamecube version at my buddy Huy's house, a memorable moment indeed when my initial pair of batteries for my Wavebird finally began to wear out on me mid match (and made a great excuse for future lossses). Having said that, I still agree with everything IGN said, and the little things they pointed out in their article I probably wouldn't have noticed myself. If anything they were demonstratably true.
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In which case I can only conclude the folowing:

either
a) Namco horribly messed up the PAL Xbox port of SC2 to introduce noticably longer load times that were not present in the NTSC original

or

b) You're lying just to win an argument with someone you don't even know on the internet.

Even if a) is the case, there are numerous examples of IGNS (frankly shoddy) 'journalism' where they print speculation and wishful thinking as 'news', and even more evidence that they rate games from certain publishers (EA, MS, Ubisoft) higher than they actually deserve - which is either heavy bias towards certain publishers or (more likely) they actually take bribes to increase review scores.

Note that this isn't an attack on Microsoft bribing western games media into seeing things 'more their way' because there is a recent example of Gamespot bumping the review of Donkey Konga 2 upwards in Nintendos favour (and later having to withdraw their review of it because the reviewer was so disgusted that so much of his review was removed, and his score of 4/10 was then bumped up by gamespot editorial staff to 8/10, presumably as part of Gamespots newest corporate alliance with Nintendo for online play) - I expect MS to do everything in their power to make Xbox / Xbox360 the most hyped and 'desirable' piece of kit on the amrket.

It is an attack on the larger Western gaming media sites who I do expect (and I don't think unfairly) to not publish lies, speculation and press releases as 'impartial news and reviews'.
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Dr Wily wrote:Well you say that to try and mock me, but theres been a few times you've come on here spouting fanboy bollocks and recycled IGN opinions like some corporate drone without any critical or analytical abilities of your own.

I guess an opinion about something that MS sold to IGN on your behalf is better than no opinion at all, or an opinion based on your own observations or facts, right?

Jesus, and you'll be elligible to vote someday too

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OMG everyone......can't we just discuss the damn graphics?
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NEVER! This is DCE remember ;)
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Dr Wily wrote:In which case I can only conclude the folowing:

either
a) Namco horribly messed up the PAL Xbox port of SC2 to introduce noticably longer load times that were not present in the NTSC original
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Maybe he just has more patience than you so load times don't seem as long.
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It looks excellent. I like the way the players sense of gravity and direction is constantly messed with.
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Dr Wily wrote:In which case I can only conclude the folowing:

either
a) Namco horribly messed up the PAL Xbox port of SC2 to introduce noticably longer load times that were not present in the NTSC original

or

b) You're lying just to win an argument with someone you don't even know on the internet.
The hell if I know. I'll stick with A.
Even if a) is the case, there are numerous examples of IGNS (frankly shoddy) 'journalism' where they print speculation and wishful thinking as 'news', and even more evidence that they rate games from certain publishers (EA, MS, Ubisoft) higher than they actually deserve - which is either heavy bias towards certain publishers or (more likely) they actually take bribes to increase review scores.
Who are you to say what a game actually deserves? Just because you didn't agree with a review doesn't mean they are wrong. It doesn't mean you are wrong either. Opinions are opinions.

And no, I don't think EA, MS, and Ubisofts review scores are inflated. Hell I could point you to the reviews for pretty much all of MS's XSN sports lineup (except Top Spin) alone to debunk said theory. On top of that, the Conker review that got posted a day or two ago scored an 8.1. From what I played in the demo I thought it would have scored a bit higher. Hell, there's plenty of MS published titles that got average to low scores to choose from. EA? The recently released FIFA Street for example. Ubisoft's games are mostly quality though.
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