"I got MARIO KART : DOUBLE DASH"

Dyne · 11-12-2003, 03:29 AM

Holy crud, it got a 7.9 at IGN.

I wonder why I'm still going there. =\

Jonbo298 · 11-12-2003, 03:32 AM

10,10,9 from EGM...7.9 from IGN

bobcat · 11-12-2003, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonbo298

10,10,9 from EGM...7.9 from IGN

Huh .........

it was 9.5 last time i checked.

Jonbo298 · 11-12-2003, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by bobcat

Huh .........

it was 9.5 last time i checked.

oops, my mistake. I knew it was 9.5

bobcat · 11-12-2003, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonbo298

oops, my mistake. I knew it was 9.5

Actually the website says 7.9.

That's weird

DarkMaster · 11-12-2003, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Dyne

Holy crud, it got a 7.9 at IGN.

I wonder why I'm still going there. =\

Maybe because they are the largest, most popular video game website on the net?

I think they are entitled to their opinion, and you aren't one to judge considering you haven't played the game yourself.

Dyne · 11-13-2003, 02:15 AM

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Maybe because they are the largest, most popular video game website on the net?

I think they are entitled to their opinion, and you aren't one to judge considering you haven't played the game yourself.

They are entitled to their opinion, but their review system is ****. There's a lot of titles that don't deserve to be on the top, and a lot that should.

I haven't played it, but EGM has, and most of Europe has.. Gamerankings has it's overall percent sitting at 94%, before this IGN catastrophe. Either Fran is pissed, or it wasn't a good game. And I don't believe IGN as a credible source.. their chance to enjoy games has been long since worn out.

DarkMaster · 11-13-2003, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Dyne

They are entitled to their opinion, but their review system is ****. There's a lot of titles that don't deserve to be on the top, and a lot that should.

I haven't played it, but EGM has, and most of Europe has.. Gamerankings has it's overall percent sitting at 94%, before this IGN catastrophe. Either Fran is pissed, or it wasn't a good game. And I don't believe IGN as a credible source.. their chance to enjoy games has been long since worn out.

I guess IGN was expecting something different than what they got, where as everyone else got exactly what they wanted. Needless to say, I think people are acting a little to crazy. Every forum I visited yesterday had a thread about this and about 20 people writing 3 page long posts about why IGN is gay. I mean, if they don't like the game, they don't like the game, they aren't going to lie and pretend that they like it when they really don't. People are acting like IGN is wrong and gave it a low score on purpose. What the hell is that? Why would they do that? The fact of the matter is, I just don't like it when people degrade a publication for giving a low score to their much anticipated game.

fingersman · 11-13-2003, 08:49 PM

I never understood this, when ign reviews a game and they give a low score based on factors they consider important everyone jumps on them, like IGN SUCKS but if they review a game and give it good review like everyone wants, everyones yeah IGN GAVE THAT GAME A GOOD SCORE, i'm picking it up tomorrow. What's up with that.

Neways although I haven't played the game I do see where they are coming from. From what IGN stated I do believe nintendo could have done a bit better, I especially agree with the cart skins, more tracks and they can actually have the characters play a role in how the cart drives instead of just the cart being the main thing that influences.
Another thing that I'm sorry they didn't implement was a two player team mode ( and no I don't mean co-op mode) that would have been fun.
I know I haven't played it yet, but I just know I'll miss the hopping , I dunno it just seemed natural.

I guess your dissapointed in the game depends strictly on how much you where expecting from it.
So I just hope I don't get dissapointed and have lots of fun with the game.

DeathsHand · 11-14-2003, 12:00 AM

Why do people have to flip out about reviews? It's even worse when (as fingersman pointed out) people praise a site when they give a game a good score, but condemn it when they score a game they're looking forward to low... Why do you really care?

Castlevania for example... First review I saw gave it a 9 out of 10...IGN an 8 something I think... But videogames.com gave it a 7 something... Oh no, it's the end of the world

Blix · 11-14-2003, 12:58 AM

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Why do people have to flip out about reviews? It's even worse when (as fingersman pointed out) people praise a site when they give a game a good score, but condemn it when they score a game they're looking forward to low... Why do you really care?

Castlevania for example... First review I saw gave it a 9 out of 10...IGN an 8 something I think... But videogames.com gave it a 7 something... Oh no, it's the end of the world

*Looks at avatar*
Stop stealing avatars from other people. Anyways, I think I'll go play my Advancegb.

And another spoiler: I heard there's a battle mode in the game.