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Ahh, the 4th of July weekend. A Friday off from my day job, fireworks, parties, and fanboys. It's been a relatively slow news week for the video game industry, but, fanboys will still find something to whine about. If it's not a game announcement or a statement from an industry figurehead, it's review scores. While not as extreme as last week's raging over The Conduit, some people are really mad about IGN giving Overlord II a 6, which struck me as odd since the Overlord games have never really been super popular. Usually we get calls for reviewer firings over major releases that get 8s instead of 9s, but some people are just really upset about Overlord II. It's fun, it's flawed, and apparently some people see it being on par with Half Life 2 or Super Mario World and can't deal with people who don't. Those silly fanboys!

What's the first thing fanboys do when they disagree with a review score? They drag up a giant list of games that scored better/worse than the review they're pissed about, and start whining and moaning about how it's SIMPLY NOT POSSIBLE for Game X to be better than Game Y.

IGN Gave Bionic Commander an 8...but the game is trash and NO ONE liked it. I put no merit into IGN reviews at this point. Every month a new game comes out and I EXPECT a bad review from IGN...he game deserves more than a 6, but then again it isn't GTA,Zelda,Halo, or Mario and we all know games have to be just as innovative as those or IGN dogs it. I'm done with you IGN.

IGN gave ghostbuster an 8.6.... enough said.......

They also gave Assassins Creed a bad review and I loved it and they gave Fight Night Round 4 an 8.6 pff

seriously this game does deserve a 6 but i can't belivee left4dead got a higher graphics rating and ign is being bias.

This guy obviously doesn’t like Overlord games, so why did they give it him to review? IGN really have no consistency giving Ghostbusters a better score (and that really is a travesty).

A game hasn't been this unfairly critized since gamespot gave a 6.0 to Mount and Blade. 

Then, we have the standard "YOU HAVE RUINED MY TRUST FOREVER I HATE YOU I WILL NEVER READ THIS SITE AGAIN" nonsense. Some people have finally wised up though, and will now only be trusting GameFAQs message board posters for all their reviewing needs. 

You guys overrate games to death all the time, yet you slammed both of these. I just don't get it. The previous Overlord was one of my more memorable experiences from this generation, for a simple reason - fun. I never thought you guys would give me a reason NOT to trust your site. I'm one of the few people on the internet that still defends IGN. Now, I'm having second thoughts.

Yet again another trash review from ign, i think im just gonna stick with going to gamefaqs and reading reviews from actual fans

yeah im going to have to agree although i usually trust ign i don't know about this one i mean yeah the camera control is frustrating it doesn't mean that it ruins the game, i mean look first of all the plot is great the minions are funny and the graphics are good, I'm sorry but look this is kind of a bummer for me because i trust this site and when i see other sites like gamespot or gametrailers they tell you and usually the reviews on ign have been biased to say the least. Its sad to say that I may switch my trustworthiness to gamespot

I can go on and on about the game but there is no point. I'm not a fanboy of the series, I didnt like overlord 1 a lot, and there are few games that I actually complete, this is one of those awesome ones I dedicated my time to. Ignore this amateurish review, buy the game or atleast get the demo to get a taste.

6.3 IGN? seriously? I will always remember the name Erik Burdwig, never trusting another review from him again. Hope you get fired jerk.

This guy is kind of the opposite of most of the fanboys, in that he apparently takes joy in seeing what he feels are bad games get ripped apart. Can YOU spot the egregious spelling error?

It's refreshing to see someone tear an undeserving game a new orphus.

This dude has a brilliant plan to totally reform the industry! Good luck with that, buddy. I'm sure the gaming community would jump at the chance to donate money to reviewers, or pay for reviewer subscriptions.

Of course you aren't going to appreciate games when you're playing them for work for Christ sake. When a pastime becomes a job, all pleasure is lost, and you become hardened to something that is brilliant in it's own light...This is why game journalists shouldn't be paid to write reviews, but paid based on donations and subscriptions to their reviews. That way, they only review what they like, and not what they are forced to play.

And then we get to my favorite part -- personal attacks against the reviewer. While some only 'question his integrity', most go off about how he's a retard and should be fired.

Well I haven't played this game yet but.. Wow does this review seem biased. Firstly, every other review I've read was very positive, and you pretty much didn't say anything good about the game. And whining about no one playing online? Are you sure the game was even released yet when you tried?.. geez. This review put a bad taste in my mouth, not due to the quality of the game, which I'm sure is better than you made it sound, but I seriously question the integrity of this reviewer. Isn't a 6 pretty high for a game you just spent 2 full pages bashing?

I cannot believe you fucking let Brudvig review this game. Shouldn't it be clear maybe someone else should review it when he gave it a negative review for the wrong reasons? You know, like a bug that no one else experienced. I don't know, he didn't like the first one should have let someone else tackle this. Ridiculous.

i think its quite obvious the review of this game is a bit off. id suggest not to put much stock in what this guy wrote about the game. Do not let him dictate your decision in buying or not buying this game. I suggest reading the other reviews as they are a bit more inline with the truth about this game. asshole

These reviewers are more ridiculous with each asinine review they put out. In this economy, these hacks should have been the first to go.

The reviewer should quit his day job. How can you be this ungrateful about getting to play and review games before anyone else? Every review that's come out lately sounds like the author feels so put upon that he had to play the game. Bitches suck.

I'm lucky I pre-ordered it off steam and managed to play it before Iread your review, because I might have been infected with your retardation! You should just quite your job.

By reading the comments I guess this Erik Brudvig guy made another terrible review! He did the same to Prototype when he reviewed it! He wrote some things there that were not true! Now I won't even read this review! GREAT JOB IGN BY HIRING RETARDED PEOPLE LIKE ERIK!!!!! If nothing else, it shows that IGN gives job oportunities to mentally chalenged people! It's a noble thing to do!

The reviewer should get out of the business, clearly a poor life decision was made here.

And that's all she wrote. I'm about kick off my 4th of July holiday weekend with a nice dinner and then a DtoidLA party, so I'm outta here. Have a happy and safe Independence Day (unless you live outside of America -- in that case, you can ponder about how much more FREE America is than whatever communist dictatoriship you live in), and I'll see you all next week.


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Dead Movie Star's Avatar
Dead Movie Star at 07/03/2009 18:14
"I'm lucky I pre-ordered it off steam and managed to play it before Iread your review, because I might have been infected with your retardation! You should just quite your job."

:)
Havoc Fang's Avatar
Havoc Fang at 07/03/2009 18:14
I hate being all oppressed and that.
F Whipple's Avatar
F Whipple at 07/03/2009 18:19
Hahahaha...orphus
EternalDeathSlayer's Avatar
EternalDeathSlayer at 07/03/2009 18:19
I love that we'll be eating burgers, steaks, and hot dogs tomorrow here in America while Venezuelans, Iranians, and various other countries are sitting around getting raped by their government.

And people say America sucks.
Bunderant's Avatar
Bunderant at 07/03/2009 18:23
I really hope "new orphus" becomes a meme...
grafkhun's Avatar
grafkhun at 07/03/2009 18:37
That one quote a about reviewers and donations is gold.
Jack Maverick's Avatar
Jack Maverick at 07/03/2009 18:44
So reviewers are bribed when they write reviews? News to me.

I need to find a way to fit the word "orphus" into my everyday vocabulary.
PhazonYoshi's Avatar
PhazonYoshi at 07/03/2009 18:51
I always love the "reviewers are ungrateful" argument. It's like they WANT to be lied to.
DaedHead8's Avatar
DaedHead8 at 07/03/2009 18:59
Boy, those reviewers at IGN better quite their day jobs before I am forced to switch my trustworthiness to Gamespot.
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brainderailment at 07/03/2009 19:00
All this over Overlord? Crazy.
Jin Champloo's Avatar
Jin Champloo at 07/03/2009 19:07
This is quite the article, haha.
Naktu's Avatar
Naktu at 07/03/2009 19:57
John, is that you screaming into the laptop screen on the header?
Jonathan Ross's Avatar
Jonathan Ross at 07/03/2009 20:04
Nah.

I should probably update my avatar, since the one I have is stupid. I just have to find a good, recent picture...
vApathyv's Avatar
vApathyv at 07/03/2009 20:33
...I think I need to go tear somebody a new orphus now.
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XL1ska at 07/04/2009 01:00
Why do fanboys always want reviewers to lose their job and consider them to be ungrateful if they don't like a game?! I know they're fanboys and they're pretty retarded and all that, but good god, do they not even understand what it means to review a game?!
Chronic Logic's Avatar
Chronic Logic at 07/04/2009 01:26
Today's rant seems to be kinda weaksauce. Not enuff controversy!
Monodi's Avatar
Monodi at 07/04/2009 02:33
It's not really relate, but a reason I hate Kotaku is that there will be always someone in the comments pushing up a gay fanboy rain check and then get 35 replies of equally fanboyish defense
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 07/04/2009 02:58
Hahah, orphus.
Professor Pew's Avatar
Professor Pew at 07/04/2009 06:19
And here I thought you meant Orpheus. The more you know!

If there's any reason to hate IGN, it's that the UK site did a video review of BlazBlue. RUB IT IN WHY DON'T YOU!
BattyAdroit's Avatar
BattyAdroit at 07/04/2009 11:41
Why is being critical of a reviewer automatically considered a 'fanboy' crime? Is there some kind of magical internet-immunity that somehow places a reviewer above the flames the rest of us must endure? :)
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jamBOT at 07/06/2009 13:18
@BattyAdroit

I see where you're going with this, and you're right. A reviewer is NOT above being criticized. But... there's a difference between opinions and harassment. IGN in particular is very 'soft' on game reviews. So, I would NEVER take anything they say as gospel. EVER. It's always wise to take IGN with a grain of salt. Look at the amount of blinking ads on that site and look at the nightmare that was Gamespot -- does anyone really need to have a picture drawn up to KNOW what's going on over there?

There was this one reviewer, back at EGM/1-up.com, Shane Bettenhausen. He used to get on my nerves with his bullshit reviewing of any and all Final Fantasy Games. I hated his writing style and I thought he was an arrogant prick. But... I would read through his reviews anyway, because, upon occasion, he would make a valid point or two. Anyway, when he got fired from 1-up.com I was Super PISSED. Because NOW, I didn't have anyone to hate-on or get made at for having such a loud mouth and a different opinion. I've been looking for that guy for like 3 months. How ironic that Shane is now over at IGN. I'm happy to have two things to hate on, both at the same time. Alright.
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