Ign and Gamepsot what's the hold up on the review?

**xrams** · 10-02-2006, 08:59 AM

Re: Ign and Gamepsot what's the hold up on the review?

Originally posted by mrbonzo

IGN has responded:

"The review is coming. EA did not, despite repeated requests on our part, send us the game until after they shipped it to stores. That means we didn't get it into the office until it was already on store shelves. This is usually done when a company knows a game doesn't match up to the competition. Word was from people who played preview builds that the game didn't hold a candle to NBA 2K7.

what a shocker....!?!?!?

**Pared** · 10-02-2006, 09:58 AM

Re: Ign and Gamepsot what's the hold up on the review?

Originally posted by mrbonzo

IGN has responded:

"The review is coming. EA did not, despite repeated requests on our part, send us the game until after they shipped it to stores. That means we didn't get it into the office until it was already on store shelves. This is usually done when a company knows a game doesn't match up to the competition. Word was from people who played preview builds that the game didn't hold a candle to NBA 2K7.

Jon Miller, the guy who does our sports reviews on the 360 channel, is in Barcelona right now for X06 along with Doug. You don't want me reviewing the game, trust me. I'm not exactly a basketball game fanatic. The Playstation guys have offered to help out with this review and it is currently being worked on.

In short, the review will be up on Monday. It already would have been out if EA had sent the game over in advance before the X06 craziness began. Oh, and it wouldn't be in anybody's best interest to accept or offer money to withhold reviews, especially ours."

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW... where'd you see that?

**mrbonzo** · 10-02-2006, 10:31 AM

Re: Ign and Gamepsot what's the hold up on the review?

http://xbox360.ign.com/mail/index.html

**Pared** · 10-02-2006, 10:35 AM

Re: Ign and Gamepsot what's the hold up on the review?

Thanks for the link... crazy. Honestly I'm shocked they would even mention something like that... but for it to be in the mailbag, a very inconspicuous portion of the site, sort of evens things out.

Put it as an update for the NBA Live preview, and at the end of the review... then we'll start getting somewhere.

**erickonasis** · 10-02-2006, 10:49 AM

Re: Ign and Gamepsot what's the hold up on the review?

Sliders are for wussies...

**Latrell24** · 10-02-2006, 01:15 PM

Re: Ign and Gamepsot what's the hold up on the review?

Originally posted by erickonasis

Sliders are for wussies...

So your a tough guy because you don't use sliders.

**PlayaHataSupreme** · 10-02-2006, 02:37 PM

Re: Ign and Gamepsot what's the hold up on the review?

Movie companies do this same sort of thing when they know that a movie is going to get bad reviews. For the "Crossover" type movies, they don't have a pre-release screening and just make the critics go out and see it when it's officially out. They try to milk as much money as they can out of the movie before the negative reviews start pouring out.

If you check Yahoo! movies Friday morning, you would notice that most of the movies without ratings at, say, 10:00 am, are probably going to get not-so-good reviews. The exception would be if it's a limited release.

I'd say it's a good business move on EA's part........ and it's why I'm not in the marketing business.

**erickonasis** · 10-02-2006, 02:48 PM

Re: Ign and Gamepsot what's the hold up on the review?

Originally posted by Latrell24

So your a tough guy because you don't use sliders.

No ...Sliders are just cheap...I prefer to play the game the way it was meant to be played

**mrbonzo** · 10-02-2006, 03:53 PM

Re: Ign and Gamepsot what's the hold up on the review?

Originally posted by Pared

Thanks for the link... crazy. Honestly I'm shocked they would even mention something like that... but for it to be in the mailbag, a very inconspicuous portion of the site, sort of evens things out.

Put it as an update for the NBA Live preview, and at the end of the review... then we'll start getting somewhere.

I felt the same way when I first read it. "Wow, are they really saying this? Oh, that's right, they're whispering it."

**TurboTitan** · 10-02-2006, 04:27 PM

Re: Ign and Gamepsot what's the hold up on the review?

Originally posted by erickonasis

No ...Sliders are just cheap...I prefer to play the game the way it was meant to be played

So, if adjusting the sliders makes the game tougher, and therefore more REALISTIC...you are still against it??? it must suck for you after a couple weeks with a sport game. if i didnt adjust the sliders to make the game harder,i would win every game and it would get boring. To each his own though. As far as the reviews....EA knew they were gonna get blasted in reviews, and score WAY lower than 2k7...so they held up the reviews, in hopes that consumers would make an uneducated buying decision...which i am sure a lot did. This goes a long way in proving what kind of company EA is, no matter how they try to sugar coat this.

**nogster** · 10-02-2006, 05:08 PM

Re: Ign and Gamepsot what's the hold up on the review?

Originally posted by erickonasis

No ...Sliders are just cheap...I prefer to play the game the way it was meant to be played

this would have to be the most ignorant post i have read on these forums...

to me sliders is the greatest feature added to sports games. [or any game for that matter]
it gives each individual gamer the ability to tinker with the game mechanics so that it plays to their style and liking. how can that be a bad thing...
if u prefer to play the game the way it comes out, fine. but dont whinge about the game if u cant be bothered to tinker with the sliders......

**JasonC1363** · 10-02-2006, 07:12 PM

Re: Ign and Gamepsot what's the hold up on the review?

sliders are a great addition to an sports game. however i cant blame someone who doesnt like to use sliders. when you pkay a game online in a ranked game. it has a standard setting that you cant change. so for someone who only likes to play online sliders are pointless.

however i commend 2ksports for adding sliders to their online leagues. that makes them useful even for people who only like playing online.

but either way u cant really blame someone for not being fond of sliders. 2k7 plays great out of the box and if you play on hall of fame mode thats an exellent challenge without having to adjust sliders. if you find that your still not being challanged then try playing someones VIP on hall of fame mode.

if these things work for you then u dont have a need for sliders. however that by no means implies that they shouldnt be in the game.

and i definitly agree that every game should be reviewed with its default settings. it wouldnt be fair if the game ran well on the reviewers settings and then the average buyer purchases it and thinks its the total opposite of what the reviewer said

**erickonasis** · 10-02-2006, 07:55 PM

Re: Ign and Gamepsot what's the hold up on the review?

Originally posted by Jayizratedx2

however i cant blame someone who doesnt like to use sliders. when you pkay a game online in a ranked game. it has a standard setting that you cant change. so for someone who only likes to play online sliders are pointless.

Exactly...Only thing i do is up the difficulty level...No playing around with adjusting a bunch of stuff thats like cheating to me

**brudjazz** · 10-02-2006, 08:05 PM

Re: Ign and Gamepsot what's the hold up on the review?

Originally posted by Thrash13

What in the hell are you talking about? That's why sliders are in every sports game. I have yet to play a sports game that was perfect out of the box. I have adjusted every game to make it better. That's why there are separate slider forums all over Operation Sports.

Sliders help to make the game fun. I'm sure there are topics about the 2k sliders already too.

It's impossible dealing with the 2k fanboys. Go back to your own forum, that's why the two are separate.

I have yet to play a sports game that was even "good" out of the box, let alone perfect. It seems to me that dev's figured that if they just put lots of sliders in their products, they could HOPEFULLY (obviously it's not flying) get by, and be able to focus on their bread-and-butter audience: 13 year olds that go crazy over eye candy and say stuff "this game is off da chain!". Sigh.

**brudjazz** · 10-02-2006, 08:09 PM

Re: Ign and Gamepsot what's the hold up on the review?

Originally posted by nogster

this would have to be the most ignorant post i have read on these forums...

Personal attack alert!

to me sliders is the greatest feature added to sports games. [or any game for that matter]
it gives each individual gamer the ability to tinker with the game mechanics so that it plays to their style and liking. how can that be a bad thing...
if u prefer to play the game the way it comes out, fine. but dont whinge about the game if u cant be bothered to tinker with the sliders......

I bet that if dev's decided to make a game that plays like it should out of the box, AND has a mode where you can change aspects with sliders, you'd change your tune real fast. :-)

Ign and Gamepsot what's the hold up on the review?

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