RO2 Xplay Review

[SiC-Disaster]

"there are no health packs!"

"And you have to aim using the actual ironsights. That's right, there are NO CROSSHAIRS! Yes yes, we know it's more "REALISTIC" troll but it's just not fun if your not an **** retentive history buff this game was intended for troll::troll"

 

[Chadwiick]

Xplay is crap, they did a review and the battle was "which was better" The RTS Starcraft 2 or Mass Effect 2... how can you make such comparisons? How can you officially say what is better?
Xplay this is what I think of you :troll::troll::troll::troll::troll:

 

[Cordite]

does xplay even review pc games anymore? I would think they'd be all console by now

 

[Frostedfire]

Thats because "game reviewers" are bums who only play games for an hour or two between the 50 gb of pirated international movies, and then post a review based on the opening cutscene, OR they're working for a magazine/tv show and are completely overworked, and only have an hour or 2 to play a game and then write 2000 words on it

fixed.

but yer they have a skillz/attention problem if they can't stay stealthed at least most of the time in assassin's creed

 

[Nenjin]

fixed.

but yer they have a skillz/attention problem if they can't stay stealthed at least most of the time in assassin's creed

Having gone to school for journalism and toyed with the idea of gaming journalism.....

Yeah. I think that's more the case. In a 50 hour work week, reviewers are expected to play x games and write y articles at least z words long a piece.

On top of that, editors don't want luke warm reviews. They want reviews that say they either love it, or hate it. Because "so-so" is an opinion anyone can have.

Additionally, they probably want the review to be funny, or cheeky, or silly, or l33+, or something other than "thorough."

I mean, even their stupid bits make the point that they simply didn't have enough time to get familiar enough with the game to have fun. That's today's gaming mentality when it comes to shooters. There should be no curve. You should be able to jump in and 1:1 someone immediately, and if not, the game is st00pid.

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That said, I think the review was pretty honest about its bias. Wanna know how the general public viewed RO? As much as it may kill you guys to hear it, the trivial stuff that interview focused on is probably what they were thinking.

I don't think RO fans should make the mistake of thinking the game is "for everyone." It's not. There are people out there that want all the realism moderated, that want all the manual stuff handled for them.

Getting mad at these people for not like RO is like getting mad at Farmville players for playing Farmville. TWI is probably right not to seek reviews from Xplay anymore (if they're even still around.) If you go seeking the general public's feedback on a realism shooter, you shouldn't be surprised at the general public's reaction.

 

[HerrPorsche]

I will never look at G4TV again in the same way. How pathetic was that review. Everything they said was dead wrong. I can't wait to see what they say this time. What a bunch of obnoxious A holes over there.

 

[OneDuck]

I... I feel dumber after watching that review...

 

[Forssen]

TWI has to send a hole bunch review copies of RO2 to them. I really want to see them take on another RO.

 

[Devil_Inside]

TWI has to send a hole bunch review copies of RO2 to them. I really want to see them take on another RO.

They'll say that the new game is completely different, and that's why it's so much better.

 

[Nenjin]

They'll say that the new game is completely different, and that's why it's so much better.

They'd be 0/2, then.

 

[11_HARLEY_11]

(whiny obnoxious tone) "the game features NO crosshairs, so you'll have to aim by using the ACTUAL sights on your gun!!" LOLOLOL

They must be kicking themselves now a bit, seeings all the things they slammed hard have made there way into all their beloved kiddie commercial shooters since. (at least in hardcore mode anyway)

TW - paving the way to greatness!

 

[mo0nbuggy1]

I think it's gotten that to that stage where anyone with any knowledge of gaming know that 90% of mainstream critic reviews are utter shyte, I for one NEVER take what they say as an indication as to whether or not I will purchase the title.
http://www.metacritic.com/games/pc

After looking at that site ^ you will find that the majority of User reviews differ dramatically from the critic reviews. That being, the critics love the big titles giving them 10/10 for "great graphics and story" while the users will give 5/10 for "Graphics and story are worth nothing if the game play is sh1t"...

Time and Time again we have and will continue to be lied to by critics. If the critics give Ro:Hos a bad review then I will be happy, because the only people that take their reviews seriously are 14 year old muppets who think black ops is the best fps. And they can get fvcked as far as I'm concerned.
And Ro does not need muppets, we need people who can make up their own minds as to what games look and don't look good.


Rant ovah!

 

[Chadwiick]

The thing that pisses me off about these biast reviews is that people would not buy it or even try it because of the biasism... it's messed up.... TW could have more money to put in for HoS if Xplay didn't even review this at all....

 

[Krieger]

I lol'd pretty hard when he popped up and didn't even have his bolt action rifle reloaded, then tried to shoot... and got owned. Shows you how much they know about guns, also, she said "You don't have any hud that tells you how many bullets are in the chamber!", it's either one or none.

 

[hockeywarrior]

There are so many things that are hilarious about that review that it is difficult to count. They don't even know what "rounds in the chamber" even means ...

It's even more funny when paired with their hopelessly pathetic gameplay footage of them trying to play the game in the worst ways possible.

 

[SQBsam]

wow...
just.. wow

I can't believe the idiocy of the people who reviewed that.
The good: Its realistic
The bad:
-NO HEALTH PACKS
-HOW DO I FIRE WEAPION HURR DURR!!?
-I shotted my guns but now there are no bullets in the magazine, why cant i shotted my gunz again
-This is unfair, when people shoot me, i DIE?
-I can't play this game, its too different to COD/HALO

What were they dropped when they were a baby or were they born like that?

 

[Oldih]

Xplay drinking game: Everytime they utter something completely stupid, ridiculous or simply put retarded claims with no real or coherent basis at all - drink! Repeat until you pass out and wake up with Xplay hangover the following day.

:troll:

 

[Mike_Nomad]

Allowing G4 - Xplay another chance with RO2 is like putting your kids in a day care center known to be operated by child molesters!!

That show is designed to suck in the testosterone overloaded, pizza faced punks. :IS2:

 

[Tomcat_ha]

That said, I think the review was pretty honest about its bias. Wanna know how the general public viewed RO? As much as it may kill you guys to hear it, the trivial stuff that interview focused on is probably what they were thinking.

I don't think RO fans should make the mistake of thinking the game is "for everyone." It's not. There are people out there that want all the realism moderated, that want all the manual stuff handled for them.

Getting mad at these people for not like RO is like getting mad at Farmville players for playing Farmville. TWI is probably right not to seek reviews from Xplay anymore (if they're even still around.) If you go seeking the general public's feedback on a realism shooter, you shouldn't be surprised at the general public's reaction.

It is stupid to downrate a game based on the features alone and not how those features are implemented. That is basically all there is to say about the xplay review.

 

[Toby]

Wow, I just saw Xplay's review for the first time. They weren't reviewing it. They were just mocking it. Fools I say.