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He obviously has an axe to grind (and probably a mouth full of Canadian bacon...not the pizza topping). The only reason you ever see a negative preview on a game is when the person writing it has their own agenda.
I know for a fact that several magazines and websites are going to give us very positive reviews, which makes what this guy said look even more biased and ridiculous. I think IGN was too nice to us last year, so maybe it's a "make-up call" or something. I respect people who have legitimate criticism, but this guy's obviously not impartial.
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To be honest with you FP, I have a sneaking suspicion that reviews this year will not be as nice as last year with this game.
I personally haven't touched either MVP or your game outside of the OXM demo for yours and would love to get my hands on both to review. Reading previews it seems like MVP has taken huge steps while you guys seem to be stuck in neutral, adding a few things here and there to make the game better.
I certainly hope I'm wrong and I certainly hope I get my hands on final review copies of both games, but if I had to make a choice with my pocketbook between the two, I'd probably pick MVP right now...even without online on Xbox.
MVP had some glaring flaws last year...this year they may leapfrog you unfortunately. Once again, my opinion having no time on either games outside of the OXM demo of yours.
And, as I said, I'd love to get my hands on either or both games to review...and who knows, maybe I will from the companies.
Plus we're talking about Jon Robinson here...the man who rolled over on NFL Street, a game that was not as great as his review said. They should really keep Hilary on the sports games, he isn't as likely to fanboy out (my opinion).
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Well, I do think MVP has definitely added more "ooo-ahh" stuff than we have (which is all previews are concerned with), but since a large portion of our time went into tuning, fixing nagging flaws, and adding variety to various aspects of the actual game (animations, cut-scenes, audio, etc.), I'd be surprised if MVP played a better game of baseball. That's not the sort of thing that necessarily sells lots of games or impresses most reviewers, but I think people who buy our game will be happy with it in the long run, when they no longer care about the shiny back-of-the-box features (i.e. First Person Mode, minor leagues, etc.). Maybe MVP really is all that, but everyone thought that last year at this point, too, so who knows.
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AgtFox said:
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FatPitcher said:
He obviously has an axe to grind (and probably a mouth full of Canadian bacon...not the pizza topping). The only reason you ever see a negative preview on a game is when the person writing it has their own agenda.
I know for a fact that several magazines and websites are going to give us very positive reviews, which makes what this guy said look even more biased and ridiculous. I think IGN was too nice to us last year, so maybe it's a "make-up call" or something. I respect people who have legitimate criticism, but this guy's obviously not impartial.
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To be honest with you FP, I have a sneaking suspicion that reviews this year will not be as nice as last year with this game.
I personally haven't touched either MVP or your game outside of the OXM demo for yours and would love to get my hands on both to review. Reading previews it seems like MVP has taken huge steps while you guys seem to be stuck in neutral, adding a few things here and there to make the game better.
I certainly hope I'm wrong and I certainly hope I get my hands on final review copies of both games, but if I had to make a choice with my pocketbook between the two, I'd probably pick MVP right now...even without online on Xbox.
MVP had some glaring flaws last year...this year they may leapfrog you unfortunately. Once again, my opinion having no time on either games outside of the OXM demo of yours.
And, as I said, I'd love to get my hands on either or both games to review...and who knows, maybe I will from the companies.
Plus we're talking about Jon Robinson here...the man who rolled over on NFL Street, a game that was not as great as his review said. They should really keep Hilary on the sports games, he isn't as likely to fanboy out (my opinion).
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Well, I do think MVP has definitely added more "ooo-ahh" stuff than we have (which is all previews are concerned with), but since a large portion of our time went into tuning, fixing nagging flaws, and adding variety to various aspects of the actual game (animations, cut-scenes, audio, etc.), I'd be surprised if MVP played a better game of baseball. That's not the sort of thing that necessarily sells lots of games or impresses most reviewers, but I think people who buy our game will be happy with it in the long run, when they no longer care about the shiny back-of-the-box features (i.e. First Person Mode, minor leagues, etc.). Maybe MVP really is all that, but everyone thought that last year at this point, too, so who knows.
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