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2/27/2010 3:27:56 PM
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A biased IGN Review of BC2...
Ok, I have watched this review many times, from different points of view, and it is hard not to get frustrated. You feel like you want to go and tell Eric or whatever that he is [i]wrong[/i], and needs to view the game objectively, instead of from a MW2 fanboy perspective.
[url=http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/107/1072632p1.html]IGN Bad Company 2 Review[/url]
Once you've watched the video and read the review, how can you not almost laugh at the things he is saying? "Matches ending abruptly when you win..."? What -blam!-ing game doesn't "abruptly end" when you win? That is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard in a review. "DICE seems to have taken a que from MW2 and tried for a large cinematic scope...". WHAT? MW2 has a cinematic feel to it, but nothing about it really feels "large". It always feels like you are being herded through straight paths towards the terrorists, Sgt. Foley shouting "RAMIREZ, CALL IN THE NUKE!" And if the nonstop action "hurts the cinematic feel they are trying to go for", how do you know they are going for a cinematic feel? What if they just want to make the campaign an epic action experience, with a coolish story tied in? Very contradictory IMO...
And then it is the stupid thing, "you are a super rambo soldier who can activate any vehicle". Eric, STOP PLAYING THE SNOWMOBILE SECQUENCE FROM MW2, AND REALIZE THAT HALF OF THIS GAME IS ABOUT VEHICLES! What is DICE supposed to do? Make you go through training every time you spot a new vehicle? Just get your mind around the fact that this game is vehicle oriented, and stop complaining on "how is my soldier supposed to know how to drive all of these things?" And then, the complaining comes to the "shortness" of the campaign. "6 hours" in Eric's personal opinion is much too short, where he, being the MW2 expert he is, could probably blow through the MW2 campaign on normal from 3 1/2 - 4 hours. If you mark off for a "short" campaign, than shouldn't MW2 be hammered by an objective review for it's extremely short campaign? Guess not. He keeps comparing the two, so why does he throw in the "short" blast...
And another thing, campaign really is just an extra part of this game, but what everybody will be doing is the multiplayer. So why spend so much time on the campaign which is somewhat irrelevant to the game, yet so little on the epic multiplayer experience at hand. Also, you [i]know[/i] this guys is a CoD fanatic when he mentions SPECIALIZATIONS as "PERKs". And they work "similar to that of in CoD"? Right, because realistic specializations (i.e. lightweight clothing/grenade vest) work a lot like "OMGZ I CAN RUN 25 MPH AND LUNGE THE LENGHT OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD, AND I TAKE A SPECIAL PILL SO I CAN EAT BULLETS FOR BREAKFAST NAM NAM NAM"
*facepalm*
Now, it is hard to look at this review objectively for me because I am a huge fan of the Battlefield franchise, but it just disappointing me when a site as acclaimed as IGN puts out a review that is simply, biased. And the fact that Bad Company's 2 sound got a 9/10 is just the end of the line. If the fake and computer generated sounds of MW2 gets a 10, and the HDR audio system used by DICE in this game gets a 9, then I don't know what to say to IGN.
/rant
Thoughts?
~RoKKeR~
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For every time i seen "MW2" i skipped the chapter it was in, so i didn't read it.
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That was obviously biased against BC2, they were rating the Campaign so they could give it a lower score.
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I'm sorry but I can't see past your bias. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and if you can't respect others opinion then don't expect it in return.
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I thought the obvious MW2 fanboy was obvious. However, he did his job well enough for me to know what to expect. I can expect a short campaign from the game and a sweet multiplayer.
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Oh my god dude, you know what, FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK this. It's short, changes locations, eeeeehh. -blam!- you ign, I didn't hear 2 -blam!-s about how MW2 was, because they filled your wallets huh?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] PwnaFide I agree with pretty much everything said by the reviewer, as fan of both BF and CoD. The comments on the campaign are, I feel, warranted (MW2's campaign got some bad press too, for good reason) and as for the comparisons to IW's shooter, that's just how it goes. Every futuristic shooter will be compared to Halo. Every modern-day shooter will be compared to CoD. Nothing wrong with that. And the sound and cinematics have always been hallmarks of the IW CoD's. It's what set CoD apart from MoH. Also, I see nothing but praise here for the multiplayer, which is sure to be nothing short of awesome. [/quote] Meh, but I feel that what he was saying about the campaign was not really justified. If he would have reviewed BC's campaign, [b]instead[/b] of BC2's campaign compared to MW2's, I think it would have been more, eye opening. I think he wants the campaign to be like MW2's too much, and he is sort of missing the point of BC2's campaign: Epic, non-stop action sequences with a cool story tied on, with awesome cutscenes.
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I've never even played any bfbc games, but yeah. Looks good. What was with all the MW references? It's like he's trying to say they copied it. You can't spell ignorance without IGN.
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I'm annoyed there's not one decent review out yet... And I don't think they'll dare to do compare MW2 to Reach unless they want their entire site turned into a burning wood of fanboys.
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What an idiot.
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I agree with pretty much everything said by the reviewer, as fan of both BF and CoD. The comments on the campaign are, I feel, warranted (MW2's campaign got some bad press too, for good reason) and as for the comparisons to IW's shooter, that's just how it goes. Every futuristic shooter will be compared to Halo. Every modern-day shooter will be compared to CoD. Nothing wrong with that. And the sound and cinematics have always been hallmarks of the IW CoD's. It's what set CoD apart from MoH. Also, I see nothing but praise here for the multiplayer, which is sure to be nothing short of awesome. [Edited on 02.27.2010 7:37 AM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Thunderjam0 Agreed, after reading it myself I realised it bared little to no information about the game itself, just some random comparisons with MW2.[/quote] Yeah, they need to like get an objective reviewer, not somebody who likes and has to compare it all to MW2. The think that would piss me off is if they did this for Reach. I doubt it, but if they do...the 7th Column goes to IGN with pitchforks and torches...ha ha
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Agreed, after reading it myself I realised it bared little to no information about the game itself, just some random comparisons with MW2.
