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BiA review (in English)[message #298494]

Fri, 10 February 2012 22:16

Swaller

Messages:19
Registered:February 2011

There you go. Smile

http://www.hookedgamers.com/pc/jagged_alliance_back_in_action/review/article-862.html

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Re: BiA review (in English)[message #298539]

Sat, 11 February 2012 10:10

Fozzie

Messages:183
Registered:April 2010
Location: Germany

I'm really confused about why "professional" pre- and reviews of the game tend to appear so overly sugar-coated. Like how would the automatic unloading of guns which are swapped in the inventory be an improvement?
I understand that on German reviews, there's the usual built-in "puppy protection" for domestic developers, but this time they seem to be in good company. Especially when you look up the description of how the scores are "valued". According to their own rules, the score of 8.1 would mean this:
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Outstanding: 8 and 9

Score of an 8 or 9 is an 'Outstanding' score. This score is given when a game far exceeds expectations and/or offers something brand new or ground breaking to the genre. It has become common to see titles with high scores because common perception has elevated the 7s and 8s to 'average' scores. We work hard at not following that path and will award these scores only when the title deserves an outstanding.

Now, that's a joke.
I guess it speaks volumes that the user rating is 25% lower than the reviewer's score...

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Re: BiA review (in English)[message #298555]

Sat, 11 February 2012 12:34

CaRNi4

Messages:48
Registered:August 2001
Location: NL

The reviewer himself posted this on the offical forums and said his rating is more a "funfactor"-rating, so I guess he had some fun with the game.

http://boards.jaggedalliance.com/index.php?/topic/649-english-review-at-hooked-gamers/page__view__findpost__p__9804

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Re: BiA review (in English)[message #298602]

Sat, 11 February 2012 17:51

Fozzie

Messages:183
Registered:April 2010
Location: Germany

Maybe, but according to their own disclaimer that would justify an "entertaining" rather than an "outstanding".

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Re: BiA review (in English)[message #298629]

Sat, 11 February 2012 21:04

adidaz1000

Messages:13
Registered:January 2010

My review:

I wish 1.13 and BiA got drunk, made love and had baby together.

And baby had BiA terrain graphics.

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Re: BiA review (in English)[message #298643]

Sat, 11 February 2012 22:42

Flettner

Messages:59
Registered:April 2006

Professional reviews are rarely harshly negative and often don't even attempt to critically evaluate a game. It think that the proper way to consider professional game sites/magazines are as marketing tools for software producers which shouldn't be surprising as game sites and magazines require ad revenue to stay in business. The review in question demonstrates as much.

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Re: BiA review (in English)[message #298760]

Sun, 12 February 2012 22:37

Swaller

Messages:19
Registered:February 2011

Flettner: I think you should read the article before you say I didn't critically evaluated the game. Smile

(we also do not get advertising revenue directly from publishers, though they may advertise through the ad agencies we employ, but this is completely without any knowledge or sales efforts from HG)

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