Re: ASB 05 review scores from EGM
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HMcCoy said:
When I read this review, I had to shake my head. To be fair, if I step back and look at the situation without emotion, ASB has arguably had the least amount of innovation this year, and while the graphics are photo-realistic, they are a little drab in comparison. For the "I-have-a-million-and-one-more-games-to-review-this-week" print reviewer, those things jump right out at you, and based on their dislike for '04, I can at least see HOW these guys review ASB so low...
That all being said, these reviewers are the most hypocritical, pathetic know-nothings on the planet. Funny how ASB has enough franchise depth "for eggheads" but Madden's "Owner Mode" was the MF'n SH!T!!! This is from the SAME REVIEWER. Franchise depth makes Madden #1, but an even DEEPER franchise/expansion mode should appeal to "eggheads"? Make up your freaking minds. Madden is the same each year, but they brush that off. ASB is similar and OMG its a gamekiller. Weak stances? HAS THIS STUPID POS EVEN PLAYED THE GAME? The faces are photo-realistic! Jeez...When I played MVP for the first time, I saw a million little things wrong and I couldn't WAIT to get back to OS to rip into it. I was gonna trash the fielding, the player models, the lack of walks, the horrible crowd, the hit-or-miss DP animations..everything. It was gonna be the RANT. OF. THE. YEAR!...
...then I played the 2nd inning.
I hated MVP because I WANTED to hate it, and obviously the EGM crew feels the same about ASB, to print such misleading crap. The difference is that I gave MVP a full week and found alot of things that I DO like.
<Calms down>
I'll be kind and simply say that our friends at EGM must be severely over-worked to print a review without playing the game first.
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lol, kinda how i see it too. we are gonna find out A LOT about the honorable people here at Operation Sports as well. here's the mvp review (a 93 out of 100)...
http://www.operationsports.com/revie...me=mvp2004xbox
now i served some time in the cell for talking about this subject (among some other mischief, and i'll tell you its no fun). and the point isn't to offend anybody here. now most of us have played plenty of both mvp and asb. we know that they're are differences in what they are trying to deliver. we know that the teams that bring them to us are different in size, money, and the way they deal with the public. now obviously any review is opinion so however os rates the various baseball games this year is fine, its what they're comfortable with. even if they choose to crush asb like most reviewers. but don't forget, your review DEFINES YOU. we're about to find out what operation sports "dedicated to sports gaming", considers most important in a baseball game.
is it a big deal? of course not. but os is by far the best sports gaming website around, and i think what they find important helps shape the way future games are developed to some extent. it's at least a little important to consider how they're gonna be defined.
p.s. bkrich83 rules
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HMcCoy said:
When I read this review, I had to shake my head. To be fair, if I step back and look at the situation without emotion, ASB has arguably had the least amount of innovation this year, and while the graphics are photo-realistic, they are a little drab in comparison. For the "I-have-a-million-and-one-more-games-to-review-this-week" print reviewer, those things jump right out at you, and based on their dislike for '04, I can at least see HOW these guys review ASB so low...
That all being said, these reviewers are the most hypocritical, pathetic know-nothings on the planet. Funny how ASB has enough franchise depth "for eggheads" but Madden's "Owner Mode" was the MF'n SH!T!!! This is from the SAME REVIEWER. Franchise depth makes Madden #1, but an even DEEPER franchise/expansion mode should appeal to "eggheads"? Make up your freaking minds. Madden is the same each year, but they brush that off. ASB is similar and OMG its a gamekiller. Weak stances? HAS THIS STUPID POS EVEN PLAYED THE GAME? The faces are photo-realistic! Jeez...When I played MVP for the first time, I saw a million little things wrong and I couldn't WAIT to get back to OS to rip into it. I was gonna trash the fielding, the player models, the lack of walks, the horrible crowd, the hit-or-miss DP animations..everything. It was gonna be the RANT. OF. THE. YEAR!...
...then I played the 2nd inning.
I hated MVP because I WANTED to hate it, and obviously the EGM crew feels the same about ASB, to print such misleading crap. The difference is that I gave MVP a full week and found alot of things that I DO like.<Calms down>
I'll be kind and simply say that our friends at EGM must be severely over-worked to print a review without playing the game first.
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lol, kinda how i see it too. we are gonna find out A LOT about the honorable people here at Operation Sports as well. here's the mvp review (a 93 out of 100)...
http://www.operationsports.com/revie...me=mvp2004xbox
now i served some time in the cell for talking about this subject (among some other mischief, and i'll tell you its no fun). and the point isn't to offend anybody here. now most of us have played plenty of both mvp and asb. we know that they're are differences in what they are trying to deliver. we know that the teams that bring them to us are different in size, money, and the way they deal with the public. now obviously any review is opinion so however os rates the various baseball games this year is fine, its what they're comfortable with. even if they choose to crush asb like most reviewers. but don't forget, your review DEFINES YOU. we're about to find out what operation sports "dedicated to sports gaming", considers most important in a baseball game.
is it a big deal? of course not. but os is by far the best sports gaming website around, and i think what they find important helps shape the way future games are developed to some extent. it's at least a little important to consider how they're gonna be defined.
p.s. bkrich83 rules
. Personally, ASB 2004 was one of my favorite baseball games of all time. Behind baseball stars, WSB 95, WSB 98 (Saturn), High Heat 2003 (PS2) and EWBB on the PC.
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