Eirikrautha wrote on Mar 15, 2013, 20:23:
No offense intended (and I don't mean this personally), but your stated rationale for your review is abominable. Honestly, to say that "... I wrote 3000 words about the game itself, and increasing the size of the review for the sake of bug reports that would become inaccurate in a matter of days didn't seem like the right decision to make at the time..." is laughable. When I read a review, it is usually the prelude to buying the game. And if I buy a game based on your review, only to find out that the game I'm playing doesn't reflect the review you wrote (because you are trying to "future proof" your review), then I am going to lose all faith in your reviews and the site as a whole.

In fact, the most damning critique of this review is contained within your own words. If you wrote 3000 words about the game, I would expect those words to be roughly divided based on the percentage of the game that is described by them. Considering the serious bugs and broken systems, to spend a measly paragraph on the issues, with the rationale that you hope EA will fix them soon, is kind of embarrassing.

Once again, I don't want you to think that I am attacking you personally. I appreciate your courage in addressing the criticism here on BN. I just think your reasoning for your review is dangerously flawed. And I think using "faith" in a developer (especially when that developer has already failed to live up to its obligations pre-release) as a justification for reviewing a game that presently does NOT exist (at least as you describe it) is not good journalistic practice...

Julio wrote on Mar 15, 2013, 17:41:
Really, 8 out of 10 from Gamer Horizon? For a game that has been unplayable? Never heard of the site before, and clearly no need to visit again.

I suppose every game that works gets an automatic 10/10. Looking quickly at a number of reviews it seems out of ten recent games, all but one got an 8/9 out of 10.

eRe4s3r wrote on Mar 15, 2013, 13:41:
I mean.. R:C:I is BROKEN.. that is a MAJOR issue. No?

nin wrote on Oct 29, 2012, 22:17:
Jesus! Between everything in my queue, my right kidney going to Project Eternity, and the upcoming xmas sale, I would prefer no sale at all.

jacobvandy wrote on Oct 7, 2012, 21:14:
I've enjoyed all of the AC games lately, but AC3 is supposed to be major because it's the proper sequel we've been waiting for, from the main development team of the series (AC1 and AC2), not the yearly churns that were Brotherhood and Revelations.