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Dishonored Reviews

[Oct 08, 2012, 09:32 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Dishonored is not due in North American stores until tomorrow, but true to the stealthy aspects of Arkane's assassination game, reviews are already sneaking out. The PC edition currently enjoys an 89 out of 100 aggregate score on Metacritic, and there individual reviews on 1UP, Computer and Video Games, Destructoid, Edge Online, The Escapist, Eurogamer, GameArena, GameInformer, GameSpot, GamesRadar, GameSpy, Giant Bomb, Hardware Heaven, IGN, Joystiq, Kotaku (thanks nin), PC Gamer, The PA Report, Polygon, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Shacknews, Spong, and VG247.

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Re: Dishonored Reviews

Oct 8, 2012, 15:03

jdreyer

Yakubs wrote on Oct 8, 2012, 11:25:
Game reviews indicate that game reviewers like the game. That's all they indicate. Actually, in rare cases they don't even indicate that (when the journalist is forced to post a good review via management/publisher pressure).

I'm not telling anybody not to buy the game. I'm pointing out that these reviews are completely meaningless, as they always are.

I wouldn't say they're completely meaningless. It really depends on the reviewer, like our own JaguarUSF (sadly retired) who take their time and discuss the positive aspects and flaws of a game.

Also, I like to use metacritic and professional written reviews as a beginning not as an end. If I see a good review, then I'll go check out some podcasts: QuarterTo3, 3movesahead, GamerswithJobs, or even PCGamer. With several different people discussing the gameplay, asking questions, etc. I can get a good idea of whether or not I'll like it. Podcasts are unscripted, and often the participants have had a couple of beers and don't pull their punches. If you hype a crappy game, you'll get your ass handed to you by the other members. It's much more open and honest, and there's no "score" at the end, just discussion.




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