66715658. Now, tell me how to watch it correctly please. (Don't call it, it's a fake number)

YOU SHOULD WRITE EVERY REVIEW! EVER! YOU ARE THE ONLY REVIEWER I TRUST! Thank you Jim, for always fighting the good fight!

@_o Seriously? They called to tell you you played it wrong?? lmao, wow. I'd say more, but I'd just be parroting what you've adequately stated.

I seriously cannot wrap my head around it. Logic has been seriously defied here o_o;

It's not a problem with how I'm watching the video. You obviously made it wrong. You can't blame me for the faults of the developer. I hate you and all of humanity.

Love the rants Jim. You don't need the 'retard voice' though, you just come off sounding like a childish twat. Just put some added emphasis in your voice and you'll accomplish the same thing in a more respectable way.

I get this kind of thing all the time. I'm responsible for submissions at the publishing company where I work. I get authors emailing me after I've rejected their manuscript. They tell me that I didn't "get" their novel. They tell me my opinions (which is what all acceptances or rejections are based on) are wrong. And then they insist that I should give it another chance, or that if I ever "change my mind and come around" they'll be happy to send me it again.

No. You're criticizing my professional opinion, basically calling me stupid, and then asking me to give your manuscript another chance? Ridiculous.

Bravo, Jim. I'm with you 100%.

To be fair though, it is possible to play a game improperly.

That being said, you're right to rant. It's fucking demented.

I laughed at the Down Syndrome baby analogy. Does that make me a bad person?

How unfortunate. I read the article posted, and I have to say, why can't developers (or anybody for that matter) just accept that we all have our own opinion on things? Such horseshit...

I think I'm watching this video wrong.

I got about a minute in and it crashed my flash plugin, reloaded, other videos work fine, but this one won't play?

I think I'm trying to watch it wrong.

Thank you, Jim.

If there were more people like Jim Sterling the world would be a better place.

I really enjoyed this game. However, Scoot was an awful, awful character. And they should've used the MAVI less in Chapter 2. Other than that, though, I really dug navigating the world and the combat. Well worth the $15, IMO. The trial demo was shit, though.

BTW Jim I recently beat Darksiders, (yes I waited for the pc version to come although I have a ps3) and I applaud you for comparing to DMC and not GoW. Besides character personality that game had little to nothing to do with GoW.

I couldn't even manage to beat the trial of Hydrophobia before I realized it was shit. And that was before all the combat and exploration bits. Simple walking and platforming was pretty broken, not to mention the required hacking mini game with absolutely no tutorial or guide, which I was left to guess at until I figured it out.

The graphics were on par with an Xbox original title, the story was trying way too hard to be interesting and politically oriented, the voices were worse than a localized JRPG title, and the whole water bit just felt forced and really didn't even look that impressive. Blood Wake on the original Xbox showcased an almost exact replica of Hydro's water physics.

I've disagreed with Jim reviews many times, but this one was spot on in every regard. It pains me to see devs turn into whiny little children the minute people don't like their game. When the primary selling point of your game is a water-based physics engine, you know your game is lacking in the most important part, gameplay.

OH, HE MAD NOW!

Personally I take a reviewers score on a game under advisement but with a grain of salt based on personal taste. But to tell someone they are playing a game wrong .... sorry that just doesn't fly. If someone can't play and enjoy your game something has failed in the development process.

Mind you like I said I take reviews with a grain of salt because I realize that their take on the game might not necessarily be my own...... but to call and demand a re review.... that's just sad.

Amen, preach brother preach. I am amazed they actually called you not once but 4 times. That is the epitome of unprofessional. In an industry based on personal opinions why should they get upset because a reviewer has a negative one about their game. It happens they need to get over it.

I disagree with your down syndrom analogy as even down syndrome kid's parents are not as pathetic as this. I can't even believe this is becoming a trend. I don' know if this is the outcome of employees bonuses being tied to metacritic or the culture of games review scale only being 7-10, but it is pathetic. It is this stuff that continues to make me feel embarrassed when arguing that games are art when the "professionals" in this industry act like children.

I can't agree with you more on this one Jim. It's ludicrous to think that a bad review means you get a call from the devs bitching you out for not playing the game right. Frankly, I value your opinion and throwing away any review guides you receive with a game is exactly how I would want you to deal with them and exactly what I would do in the same situation.

Hydrophobia in it's entirety is a big water level, of course it's gonna be bad no matter how it's played. Stupid devs, what do they want? To play the game with the controller upside down?

JIM WHAT IS YOUR PHONE NUMBER. I WILL BOTHER SAMIT ON HIS BIRTHDAY TO GET YOUR NUMBER, THEN CALL YOU 50 TIMES.

I can't watch it because I'm on my iPod, but all I can think of is Brutal Legend, and Tim telling people you're doing it wrong via the infamous letter.

My mouth was open when I read that article on Ars. That said, I smiled when I heard they were pulling this shit on you, Jim, because I knew you were the wrong effing guy to pull that shit on. :)

@MystyrE -- Actually what his twitter said was that he didn't mind the score, but he didn't like inaccurate statements made in the review. Opinion is one thing, everyone's entitled to have theirs, but if you can't get the facts about a game's content right, something is up. Now, whether he's right or wrong I can't say. I haven't played it yet, but I'm looking forward to giving it a shot. Might regret the purchase later, but that's almost always a risk.