Diablo® III

Explain WHY EA and Activision games have gotten bad reviews then. Why aren't those publications barred. You say a reviewer giving a bad game a bad review is the death of their relationship with the publisher, so why are these reviewers still getting games to review? Why isn't every review a 100?

You're not making a point you're just ignoring my point and repeating your nonsense. SHOW ME WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED!

Why bother? People have already posted links. You have already made up your mind on the subject.

Just use google for 10 minutes and there is your answer. Don't be lazy and make a topic that is just a facade for flaming people that dislike Diablo 3 which is coincidentally a hell of a lot of people.

The articles are theories. Yes, publishers have made threats and NOTHING CAME OF IT. There's no evidence of ANY of the big game review sites taking bribes. There's no evidence that even one EA or Activision review was successfully bought. Show me where it happened. Explain away all the bad reviews that publications have gotten away with giving. Make an actual point.

You have no idea how it works do you?

A mainstream website giving Diablo 3 negative reviews basically means that particular website/company can be barred from getting exclusive interviews, early access to games, early beta tests, etc

It's not worth it. Did you see how fast some of the "professional reviews" came out with their review? Within days. You simply can't judge this game and see what it really is until you hit 60 and do inferno for awhile. Even Dragon Age II got decent reviews and that is an objectively bad game.

Explain WHY EA and Activision games have gotten bad reviews then. Why aren't those publications barred. You say a reviewer giving a bad game a bad review is the death of their relationship with the publisher, so why are these reviewers still getting games to review? Why isn't every review a 100?

You're not making a point you're just ignoring my point and repeating your nonsense. SHOW ME WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED!

You're sort of ignoring his point too, if you want to prove him wrong, post professional reviews of those that have actually experienced inferno mode.

if your going to consider everyone disagreeing with you a troll then why are you on the forum?

06/21/2012 08:55 PMPosted by BTH430

if your going to consider everyone disagreeing with you a troll then why are you on the forum?

He is not actually trying to create debate.

06/21/2012 08:54 PMPosted by Bupuu

You're sort of ignoring his point too, if you want to prove him wrong, post professional reviews of those that have actually experienced inferno mode.

My point is that Blizzard doesn't pay for reviews. Professional reviews might be based on an incomplete experience, but, time constraints aside, they still at least attempt to give an objective opinion.

Users will rarely even hint at attempting to be objective. Most users get angry about one thing "WHAT! I HAVE TO BE ONLINE!" and give the game a zero to get revenge. Professional reviews are far from perfect but user reviews as a collective are COMPLETELY useless.

Trundle OP

06/21/2012 08:55 PMPosted by BTH430

if your going to consider everyone disagreeing with you a troll then why are you on the forum?

Anyone who disagrees with me and actually makes a point I'd be happy to discuss with; I have been discussing with some people. Most of the responses are from trolls, though. Haven't you been reading them?

You're sort of ignoring his point too, if you want to prove him wrong, post professional reviews of those that have actually experienced inferno mode.

My point is that Blizzard doesn't pay for reviews. Professional reviews might be based on an incomplete experience, but, time constraints aside, they still at least attempt to give an objective opinion.

Users will rarely even hint at attempting to be objective. Most users get angry about one thing "WHAT! I HAVE TO BE ONLINE!" and give the game a zero to get revenge. Professional reviews are far from perfect but user reviews as a collective are COMPLETELY useless.

I never once implied that Blizzard pays for reviews. I don't buy that. I do buy that "mainstream" review websites rather not piss off big name publishers and developers.

Those websites cannot wait to get out early reviews as fast as possible to promote more and more internet traffic, which is how they garner advertisement support and is how they make their $$$. Those early reviews are not exactly legitimate in my eyes because you really don't see Diablo 3 for what it is until much later.

06/21/2012 08:17 PMPosted by Gigan

If I had a nickel for every time the OP blurted out troll in this thread.

You know a better word to describe this community?

Well, in some ways, I'd call them partly reasonable. Blizzard is getting away with a lot of crap that they shouldn't be doing, regardless of how people say it doesn't need to be fair. And considering you're just repeating yourself and being a condescending jerk, you seem to be quite the troll yourself. An awful troll, however a troll nonetheless.

My point is that Blizzard doesn't pay for reviews. Professional reviews might be based on an incomplete experience, but, time constraints aside, they still at least attempt to give an objective opinion.

Users will rarely even hint at attempting to be objective. Most users get angry about one thing "WHAT! I HAVE TO BE ONLINE!" and give the game a zero to get revenge. Professional reviews are far from perfect but user reviews as a collective are COMPLETELY useless.

I never once implied that Blizzard pays for reviews. I don't buy that.

I do buy that "mainstream" review websites rather not piss off big name publishers and developers.

Then why do "mainstream" review websites give bad reviews. They do give bad reviews, I've seen them.

Here's the thing; reviewers review the whole game. It's not a zero because you have to be online. It's not a zero because Blizzard is working out balance issues. It's not a zero because they nerfed IAS (ZOMG!)

I never once implied that Blizzard pays for reviews. I don't buy that.

I do buy that "mainstream" review websites rather not piss off big name publishers and developers.

Then why do "mainstream" review websites give bad reviews. They do give bad reviews, I've seen them.

Here's the thing; reviewers review the whole game. It's not a zero because you have to be online. It's not a zero because Blizzard is working out balance issues. It's not a zero because they nerfed IAS (ZOMG!)

Is that seriously the only thing you find faulty with this game? Yeesh.

I won't bother repeating what many of us think is wrong with this game. It has literally been done to death.

I never once implied that Blizzard pays for reviews. I don't buy that.

I do buy that "mainstream" review websites rather not piss off big name publishers and developers.

Then why do "mainstream" review websites give bad reviews. They do give bad reviews, I've seen them.

Here's the thing; reviewers review the whole game. It's not a zero because you have to be online. It's not a zero because Blizzard is working out balance issues. It's not a zero because they nerfed IAS (ZOMG!)

so inferno isn't part of the "whole game" ?

IGN. I'm done here.

06/21/2012 09:01 PMPosted by GaussBot

You know a better word to describe this community?

Well, in some ways, I'd call them partly reasonable. Blizzard is getting away with a lot of crap that they shouldn't be doing, regardless of how people say it doesn't need to be fair. And considering you're just repeating yourself and being a condescending jerk, you seem to be quite the troll yourself. An awful troll, however a troll nonetheless.

What crap is Blizzard getting away with that they shouldn't be doing? It's moronic vague assertions like that that are what makes user critiques so worthless. Sensible people have pointed out balance issues and fundamental debate points, but those don't make the game bad. What makes the majority of you so stupid is how you overreact and don't even really understand what you're complaining about.

06/21/2012 08:58 PMPosted by Bloodba7h

Trundle OP

but morde still es numero uno hue

Then why do "mainstream" review websites give bad reviews. They do give bad reviews, I've seen them.

Here's the thing; reviewers review the whole game. It's not a zero because you have to be online. It's not a zero because Blizzard is working out balance issues. It's not a zero because they nerfed IAS (ZOMG!)

so inferno isn't part of the "whole game" ?

It's the fourth difficulty level and it's not balanced in a way that makes everyone happy. That's barely cause for a zero score.

Then why do "mainstream" review websites give bad reviews. They do give bad reviews, I've seen them.

Here's the thing; reviewers review the whole game. It's not a zero because you have to be online. It's not a zero because Blizzard is working out balance issues. It's not a zero because they nerfed IAS (ZOMG!)

Is that seriously the only thing you find faulty with this game? Yeesh.

I won't bother repeating what many of us think is wrong with this game. It has literally been done to death.

Everything you think is wrong with the game is equally significant to those things. In the end it's not even problems with the game. Many people have proven the game is perfectly beatable and many people are having fun in inferno, myself included.

Your problems with the game are PERSONAL and are completely subjective.

so inferno isn't part of the "whole game" ?

It's the fourth difficulty level and it's not balanced in a way that makes everyone happy. That's barely cause for a zero score.

It's the endgame. Y'know what most players were expecting to be playing for a long time to come. It's a huge part of the game. It's the replayability factor.

06/21/2012 09:08 PMPosted by Gigan

Your problems with the game are PERSONAL and are completely subjective.

Thanks for stating the obvious. My personal opinion also happens to line up with many other people. So what is your point? No game is always going to have an absolute full amount of people that like or dislike it.

You are simply trying to make a thread to discredit the entire community here on battle.net by lumping all of us in one entire group.

It is sickening.