shmoozip wrote: SickOctopus wrote: shmoozip wrote: Jesse wrote: I have always expected the review score to be in the 70's range. With the possiblity of some giving a 8 but that's the highest I'll go. The lowest I believe some sites will give it is 6.
some people just live to hate
Or they simply have differing tastes to our own.
unfortunately that seemse not to be the case. huge websites are in corporations with other companies. an honest opinion is not there. and then there is the haters.
people with other opinions who didnt play the game.
come on man dont be that u know whats up. weve been dealing with those animals all the time they are waiting to bash the game. the game isnt even out and they bash every single aspect of it. im not even a shenmue fan and i can see this. i like shenmue but i aint no fan of it.
im a Streets of rage fan
I don't doubt that
some websites may operate dubiously, occasionally giving inflated review scores in exchange for a bribe here or there.
That said, however, the idea that there are people out there with some militant vendetta against Shenmue, sitting at their computers, waiting for any opportunity to bash the series, sounds nothing short of paranoid, to put it nicely.
It's not my intention to offend, and I certainly hope this doesn't escalate into an argument. It's just that I see this view of some kind of industry-wide conspiracy to make Shenmue fail is quite prevalent on these boards, and I just think it makes us look, to anyone visiting the forums, a bit daft, if I'm honest. To label those who dislike the game or dare to criticise it in any way, a "hater", is just childish and serves only to portray us as fanboys of the very worst kind. I, for example, dislike Call of Duty, but I have no particular desire to see the franchise fail. I am indifferent, as would be, almost anyone who isn't a fan of a particular series.
Regarding the critical articles of the game's progress, I agree completely that much of the journalism has been shoddy, ignorant and generally unprofessional. However, I am sorry, but this negativity hasn't entirely come from thin air, as the Kickstarter campaign has largely been a joke, and has only, in recent months, begun to look, in any way, professional. While most of this can be pinned on Awesome Japan for their general buffoonery, YSnet have to take their share of the blame, due to poor communication, flip-flopping between logo designs, etc. So yeah, poor journalism, for sure, but hardly a smear campaign.
Once again, I don't mean to come across as argumentative, just wanted to put my point across.