BlazBlue Review Thread of WOW and YESS!

[ShinobiBrown]

They make it very hard for me to defend my position.

Your position on the matter is fine. It’s just that GI is a terrible example because they are terrible reviewers :lol:.

Anyway, trying the game out yourself is always the best solution. That’s easily agreeable.

[Spirit_Juice]

People still read GI in this day and age? Wow.

I stopped giving two shits about what GI had to say years ago. Only reason GI is still alive is because GameStop sponsors their garbage magazines. Otherwise, they’d be just as S.O.L. as EGM (who didn’t even deserve to go under).

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[Hecatom]

http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/A4EB0E47-51F5-4184-85D0-B1814B4A0E0A.htm?CS_pid=210556

That’s pretty much all that needs to be said.

Trumping its predecessor with a barbaric decapitation and **sending a clear-cut message to other developers **that the bar of excellence for fighting games has officially been raised, Mortal Kombat: Deception emerges as the consummate fighter and one of the most ambitious releases of the year. The gameplay has evolved to a frightening degree, and exacting painful death upon your opponent is only the tip of the bloody iceberg. Ed Boon and his Midway team have fine-tuned the fray, implemented a legion of amazing new characters, and even turned their gaze to other genres to expand upon the experience even futher.

god…

[Rabbit2k7]

GRAPHICS:
An artistic masterpiece that continually impresses with its fluid animations, gorgeous effects, and striking details

What did they say about BB’s graphics? Anybody know?

[Kioshen]

I’m just waiting for Richard Li’s review on 1up. At least he knows his stuff. I’ve already pre-ordered my copy but I’m waiting for this one to convince the most people I can to this game.

[Giiyom]

Originally posted by GI
sending a clear-cut message to other developers that the bar of excellence for fighting games has officially been raised, Mortal Kombat: Deception emerges as the consummate fighter and one of the most ambitious releases of the year.

omg he can’t be serious.
lol. :wtf:

[Zazzarius]

every thread about fighting game reviews needs this
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that said, i was more than a little surprised over the big score from IGN

also xplay’s review is gonna be on their next episode, which should be on monday

[System_1]

Wow. An old G4 show. I think I enjoyed G4 more back in the day.

Well, IGN’s review was from an enthusiast anyways. Most reviews are more like guidelines anyways. People all have different tastes when it comes to which game they like.

[sambao]

every thread about fighting game reviews needs this
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omg!!

I think Gaming In The Clinton Years had some of the best mainstream reviews for fighting games in general:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3588854476570186256

a high school girl on a mission

[ShinobiBrown]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3588854476570186256

“For those of you who saw the Street Fighter movie, you now that Guile’s friend, Charlie, turns into Blanka via Bison’s genetic experiments.”

The moment I heard him say that I :lol:'d and closed the tab.

[System_1]

http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/A4EB0E47-51F5-4184-85D0-B1814B4A0E0A.htm?CS_pid=210556

That’s pretty much all that needs to be said.

Well played, sir. Well played indeed.

[System_1]

For everyone concerned over G.I. scores (and other so-called ‘professional’ reviewers), please read this:

http://www.jivemagazine.com/column.php?pid=2589

or if you’re too lazy:

Remember, we aren’t scoring games strictly on our personal opinions, we’re also scoring them based on how much we think THE GAMING PUBLIC will like them. We’ve all played games that we personally disliked and scored them well because we’ve known that most people will like them, and we’ve also scored games low that we love, because most people won’t enjoy them.

And don’t forget it.

[orochi1017]

For everyone concerned over G.I. scores (and other so-called ‘professional’ reviewers), please read this:

http://www.jivemagazine.com/column.php?pid=2589

or if you’re too lazy:

And don’t forget it.

If anything in my eyes, it hurts their image more, as far as I can know, a review is one’s personal opinion regarding things. One should tell how THEY feel about the game and why, and if bias’, state there might be, so people can take it into account. As long as opinions are rightfully supported, there’s no reason it can be one’s actual opinion.

sigh in before 8.8 and all the other crap some pro reviewers get for expressing their opinion. Crazy :looney:

[Inverse]

For everyone concerned over G.I. scores (and other so-called ‘professional’ reviewers), please read this:

http://www.jivemagazine.com/column.php?pid=2589

or if you’re too lazy:

And don’t forget it.

So journalists are supposed to be psychic now and guess what the public will think of the game? Charming. Gamestop should have backed EGM instead of this trash rag. They deserved the coin.

[System_1]

So journalists are supposed to be psychic now and guess what the public will think of the game? Charming. Gamestop should have backed EGM instead of this trash rag. They deserved the coin.

Eh. It would’ve very likely meant that EGM would’ve succumbed to this instead.

Think about it. Gamestop wants to sell every game on their shelves, especially ones they ordered hundreds of. So a magazine that was truly objectively critical wouldn’t be in their best interest. Yeah, they don’t give 9’s to everything. But they’ll never trash or even give really mediocre reviews to something that’s expected to sell millions.

But I hope no one really believes EGM is/was perfect. Yes, better than G.I., but pretty much everything (except for Play Magazine) is.

[Escobar]

So, after doing some reading I was prepared to decide what I wanted to say on the subject; likely something about different strokes for different folks regarding the G.I. review, but then I saw:

http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/A4EB0E47-51F5-4184-85D0-B1814B4A0E0A.htm?CS_pid=210556

That’s pretty much all that needs to be said.

and I pretty much lost track of what I wanted to say. A difference of opinion regarding a review is not uncommon, but the real problem with this is inconsistency. You can’t have a reviewer call Mortal Kombat “the consummate fighter” and then turn around and ha–wait…you just can’t have someone call Mortal Kombat the consummate fighter, period.

[King9999]

“For those of you who saw the Street Fighter movie, you now that Guile’s friend, Charlie, turns into Blanka via Bison’s genetic experiments.”

The moment I heard him say that I :lol:'d and closed the tab.

I did the exact same thing!

[Kitsune707]

*)PSX-Extreme 9.0
http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-reviews/255.html
*)GamePro 9.0
*)Official Playstation Magazine 9.0

Questions??

[AshuraSenku]

Good reviews across the board. I should get mines from gamestop after work, then I can see for myself.

[Sarangha]

I’m waiting on the game as we speak. Nice to know the reviews are good though.