UBI demands HIGH review score from magazine (report) - Page 2

03-01-10, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Uber Gruber

I thought this might be of interest to our rather impotent community.

Is this kind of garbage necessary?

Very.

mookiemookie · 03-01-10, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Uber Gruber

Very.

Good. Another for the ignore list.

Steeltrap · 03-01-10, 10:45 AM

[QUOTE=Neal Stevens;1285670]

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Originally Posted by codmander

Excuse me? I don't understand what you're trying to say.

He's suggesting you lost your reputation, or any worth preserving at least, some time ago.

I'm assuming it's humour.

SteamWake · 03-01-10, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Uber Gruber

As UBI is also the publisher of the highly controversial SHV title, I thought this might be of interest to our rather impotent community.

Hrm not sure if that was intentional or not

codmander · 03-01-10, 11:35 AM

just a joke ya kinda left your self open there for a ..pun

03-01-10, 01:29 PM

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Very.

Good. Another for the ignore list.

As you wish mate, its your life.

Onkel Neal · 03-01-10, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by codmander

just a joke ya kinda left your self open there for a ..pun

You saw the shot and you took it.

03-01-10, 05:07 PM

Interesting!
This is exactly why I ignore almost all "professional" gaming "journalism" when looking for honest reviews and opinions. Thanks to Uber Gruber for the link.

Shakermaker · 03-01-10, 05:23 PM

How is this news? The story in the OP is from last year, it is not about Silent Hunter 5, and publishers buying good reviews is rampant and well documented. Plus reviews on sites like Gamespot or IGN are rubbish anyway. I prefer RockPaperShotgun and Kotaku because they don't hand out scores. Eurogamer isn't bad either, although they aren't giving the PC as much love as they used to do.

Move to off-topic please.

Leandros · 03-01-10, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by EAF274 Johan

That's an eye-opener

If it's true, I'm truly shocked about the lack of business ethos some companies appear to have.

Some 10 years ago I worked for an IT magazine, and back then there was indeed an unspoken rule that you avoid extremely critical product reviews. This was especially true for the big manufacturers/publishers, since you want them to send you their future products for review too. Still, practices like this would have been unheard of. Then again, I was only the final editor... I don't know what went on above my head.

What I have experienced from another branch is for a magzine not to print a review they find particularly critical. Simply because they see no reason to use space on it, but rather on something which can be recommended to its readers. It is also rather common to give the product supplier an opportunity to comment on eventual critique.

JScones · 03-02-10, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Even so, if the game comes up really short, well, then it gets skewered. And a skewering by me... I think most people will agree, that's bad.

Yes, that means a score of only 98% instead of 100%.

BigBANGtheory · 03-02-10, 03:01 AM

I enjoyed reading the SubSim preview and I have no intention of buying SH5 until I read the follow on review and make up my own mind as to how its strengths and weaknesses are likely to effect my choice of gaming.

Capt. Friedhoffer · 03-03-10, 09:43 PM

At least in my opinion. Generally they almost exclusively produce reviews about Xbox and PS3 titles but they do have a section of their site dedicated to PC games. Silent Hunter 5 is listed on that page and I believe a video review is pending. From my experience with the site, I can tell you when they don't like something, they point it out in a big way. Often, they show the bug, glitch or bad game design in the review video. Big game studios or not, they all can become cannon fodder at review time if their product is sub par. I think reviewers should be honest and true. The gaming industry is worth billions of dollars and they should be developing great games with those kinds of financial assets behind them. Each title is roughly $60 whether it be for PC or a console. Replay value is a big factor with games and it should be. The awesome thing about these simulators is that you could very likely play for years. True, you could get burned out but overall, the game is still fresh no matter how much time you spend apart from it. This is especially true of Silent Hunter 3.

03-01-10, 05:23 PM	#24
Shakermaker Mate Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 54 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	How is this news? The story in the OP is from last year, it is not about Silent Hunter 5, and publishers buying good reviews is rampant and well documented. Plus reviews on sites like Gamespot or IGN are rubbish anyway. I prefer RockPaperShotgun and Kotaku because they don't hand out scores. Eurogamer isn't bad either, although they aren't giving the PC as much love as they used to do. Move to off-topic please. __________________ I've tried real-life but the graphics weren't very good.

03-03-10, 09:43 PM	#28
Capt. Friedhoffer Seaman Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 39 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Gametrailers.com is Fair At least in my opinion. Generally they almost exclusively produce reviews about Xbox and PS3 titles but they do have a section of their site dedicated to PC games. Silent Hunter 5 is listed on that page and I believe a video review is pending. From my experience with the site, I can tell you when they don't like something, they point it out in a big way. Often, they show the bug, glitch or bad game design in the review video. Big game studios or not, they all can become cannon fodder at review time if their product is sub par. I think reviewers should be honest and true. The gaming industry is worth billions of dollars and they should be developing great games with those kinds of financial assets behind them. Each title is roughly $60 whether it be for PC or a console. Replay value is a big factor with games and it should be. The awesome thing about these simulators is that you could very likely play for years. True, you could get burned out but overall, the game is still fresh no matter how much time you spend apart from it. This is especially true of Silent Hunter 3.

03-01-10, 11:35 AM	#20
codmander Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: cape cod mass. Posts: 678 Downloads: 59 Uploads: 0	just a joke ya kinda left your self open there for a ..pun

03-01-10, 05:07 PM	#23
Boyarpunk Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Interesting! This is exactly why I ignore almost all "professional" gaming "journalism" when looking for honest reviews and opinions. Thanks to Uber Gruber for the link.

03-02-10, 03:01 AM	#27
BigBANGtheory Officer Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: British Waters Posts: 243 Downloads: 98 Uploads: 0	I enjoyed reading the SubSim preview and I have no intention of buying SH5 until I read the follow on review and make up my own mind as to how its strengths and weaknesses are likely to effect my choice of gaming.