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03-25-10, 12:20 PM | #2 |
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Seemed reasonbly fair - the good with the bad. They ended with the same conclusion a lot of players have: stick with SH3 or SH4 until SH5 has had time to percolate for awhile.
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03-25-10, 12:27 PM | #3 |
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Yes, I thought it was pretty well written and covered most of the bases. You do wonder why these things weren't so apparent to Ubisoft themselves.
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Hard to argue with just about anything there. The reviewer was obviously familiar with previous titles and knew what SH is all about.
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03-25-10, 01:14 PM | #5 |
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I think it was fair, given the circumstances. At least it didn't expressly condemn the game for all eternity, nor did the reviewer resort to childish attempts at humour. Overall, I believe it was an accurate appraisal of the game's current state (that is not to say it will not improve with time and patches, assuming there are any more).
I remember SH4 receiving some harsh criticism back in the day, and in the end, it didn't turn out all too badly (with mods of course).
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I think it was a great and well written review. Hard to fault anything in there. Except one part:
Regarding the missions, he says Quote:
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03-25-10, 01:30 PM | #7 |
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GameSpot is sinking SH5 too...
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@Fragmate
The text of the CNET & Gamespot articles seem to be the same so if you've read the CNET one... @ Filson Fully agree, I think also this is what happens when a company puts it's shareholders ahead of it's customers. Hopefully Ubisoft will learn from this experience and the SH series will not pay the price.
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Holy crrap The Witcher 2 is out... cya later !
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03-25-10, 02:19 PM | #13 |
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@Sonarman
Thanks, i didn`t noticed that. Gamespot must be owned by CNet. I think that the Pc Gamers are better be used to that kind of method. Take Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 as an exemple. It takes Steam to play the game. If you can`t log at Steam you can`t play. As far as i`m concern, nobody are complaining about Steam. I`m not saying that i agree because, when the game is registred to your Steam account you can`t sell it anymore unless you sell your Steam account. That`s the best way game developers founded to fight against pirates. |
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We said that after SH4 too.
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03-25-10, 02:29 PM | #15 |
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I wonder how legal, that is I seem to remember Autodesk got into legal trouble (Verner vs Autodesk) a while back because it did not allow users to sell their used copies of 3DS Max, technically in the US. I think, it is illegal under something called "first sale doctrine". The software companies may now be getting round that by saying you are buying a service not a product.
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