It has been proven over and over again. How much more proof do you need? All those ads, previews, first looks, hands on vids and all the rest would not exist otherwise. The minute you start going legit and turn down the money, you lose your rep with the publishers and won't get all these things. You will just be any average Joe with a blog or YouTube page at that point.
#2 isn't just opinion. Many indie games live off a gimmick and the press eats it up. Think about it. A game gets rated down for poor graphics but "retro graphics" that look a kid made it on MS Paint is overlooked entirely. Indie games should be held to a standard too but often aren't. Guacamelee actually tried to make the game look decent. More than I can say for some others I have seen.
Saying it has been proven over and over isn't proof.
It is opinion.
You seem to think that because it's your opinion and you agree with it, that makes it not opinion.
Yes, some indie games have low res graphics and good reviews. Whether that's because it's a fair review or indie games get 'overly praised' is opinion.
2.) Crap consequences to previous decisions. One or two no dialouge wheel ambiant quests in ME3 have a greater influence on your war score that the big decisions of the prior 2 games. One game of multiplayer had an even bigger impact.
4.) The choices themselves were beyond bad. Control was boneheaded considering you just spent the previous scene arguing with TIM that the Reapers can't be controlled. But hey guess what, you're Shepard you can do it. If anything that choice is the catering/ego stroking you claim people are pissed they didn't get. Synthesis was abhorant since it equivalently is a force alteration of every living beings genetic code. Essentially genetic rape, but hey its ok cuz then Joker and EDI aren't so weird <eye roll>. If someone sliced your DNA with a monkey without asking you'd find this acceptable? Destroy was the only thing that made sense imo.
2) That is a common complaint about all of the let you make decision series, and while I would put the blame mostly on the developer for advertising choice, it is simply impossible to have large impacts from previous games. Take for instance a series that per game has one major decision with three different choices. The Second game now has to have 9 different story lines/endings to account for that. The third game 81. I don't see how one will ever get games where you can truly have meaningful impact on other games of the series unless the games are either kept really short (so rather than say 3 full games you get 3 short games that add to about the same as 1 full game) or games are actually virtual worlds where every character has its own independent AI rather than having a scripted story.
4) I want to point out that you finding only one solution palatable could just as easily reflect your passion for the ME universe and the diverse style of customers the game was built for rather than the choices being poor.
#2 isn't just opinion. Many indie games live off a gimmick and the press eats it up. Think about it. A game gets rated down for poor graphics but "retro graphics" that look a kid made it on MS Paint is overlooked entirely. Indie games should be held to a standard too but often aren't. Guacamelee actually tried to make the game look decent. More than I can say for some others I have seen.
Word of mouth really is the best way to judge a game.
Superficially I don't think this guy really lost much, and beyond that if she cheated that much, I'd say losing her was an all round bonus for him on all fronts.
This. I'm so sure she was so personally worried about the reviews for the games that she sold her body for good reviews when AAA games have been getting automatic 9+ reviews for almost a decade and a half anyway. Rather than the much more reasonable explanation that she cheated with people she probably crossed paths with while traveling for industry business (which makes it very easy to do). Why does she get all the blame in this and not the reviewers conspiring to get inside information like the dirty whores they are? Oh, then it wouldn't paint a woman in a bad light.
If you can't use google and browse other forums on the internet for info there's no hope for you.
You seem to like being oblivious to the goings on. Just read BrightCandle's post on the last page. Even on AT things are done with compensation in mind. Not because they want to, but they have to in order to remain on the list of those who still get free stuff for testing and review. IGN, Gamespot, Kotaku and others are no different. Gaming journalism is cut throat, people do anything for clicks. It's shady as heck. I sometimes don't know if they are just stupid and post misleading titles for their articles or trying to troll everyone at times. One thing's for certain, they know who is giving them pre-release games for review and paying the bills via advertising. Why do you think games like CoD and Titanfall got/get months of hype?
You seem confused between marketing and coverage and reviews.
They're done by the same people. It's a giant interconnected conflict of interest. That is the point.
First off it is her problem because she willingly chose to get involved with corruption. And if you would watch the video you would realize that the reviewers and other developers or publishers are getting just as much blame as which Joe is getting for this scandal.
2nd I am wondering what is your opinion on Brandon Eich?
Funny that I'm not seeing any of that in this thread, and most of what I see elsewhere is a convoluted amalgamation of he said/she said and quotes taken out of context. Yes, someone cheated on their spouse that in general is not cool; no, it's highly unlikely review websites were selling their bodies to grant good reviews.
Review sites were buying a wildebeest SJW's body with their reviews, not selling their own bodies.
no, it's highly unlikely review websites were selling their bodies to grant good reviews.
Eich had to stop down because he put himself in a position where his opinions got in the way of him being effective. Having had an ex at a similar executive level (generally VP level) I can tell you letting your reputation slip like he let his is a death knell. If you make most of your employee's uncomfortable to work with you and a large number of your customers not wanting to do business with you... A grunt can kind of keep there head down after and lay low, but a CEO is just done. Why in the world you're bringing that up in this thread I wouldn't know.
Were they? Seems to me it actually takes two to tango and all we have to go on is youtube comment level conjecture.
It is the fault of both sides but I do not see this as mere speculation.
Um no. If you would read up about humanities, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, political science, history, sociology, or other social sciences you would understand that many average homo sapiens are susceptible to the draw of power, success, and negative psychology. The same concepts that are so relevant to the rest of mainstream society apply just much to nerds and the highbrows. Why do you think the big business publishers and fanboy gamer culture are so successful. It is tribalism. It in some ways might be thought of as the "revenge of philosophy, psychology, humanity, and reality" against the "nerd revengers". The righteous rebellers turning into those who they were rebelling against is a very usual theme and occurrence in world history.
http://www.anyclip.com/movies/gladiator/estimating-the-situation/#!quotes/
I am not any type of supporter of Brandon Eich. That said it did seem to me that he was forced to step down despite the lack of any wrongdoing as ceo of Mozilla because of past political donations. Since it was a personal thing that had in no way involved the business that he was now working for how is it any different than this situation or even more so because this situation Zoe Quinn, Grayson, and the other developers, publishers, and journalists does involve wrongdoing at their jobs.
First off it is her problem because she willingly chose to get involved with corruption. And if you would watch the video you would realize that the reviewers and other developers or publishers are getting just as much blame as which Joe is getting for this scandal.
2nd I am wondering what is your opinion on Brandon Eich?
Hyperbolic insults don't prove your claim either. They do make you unsuccessful in your argument and end the discussion.
You seem confused between marketing and coverage and reviews.
Oh noes, one of the most expensive games ever made and expected to be a top seller, why does it get press? Why can't they ignore it? Because they're paid off whores, that's why!
You have proven one point - that your claim is not based in anything solid.
I will say that the censorship surrounding this story across the internet is staggering. Entire subreddits were banned, auto-moderation wiped out any mention of her all over reddit, 4chan attempted to delete threads about her before the mods were overwhelmed, and only ONE news site with a story about this situation is still up. The other was 403'ed because someone complained to their host and their host took the site offline until the article is removed.
White knights and Social Justice Warriors all just need a thorough beating so they can perhaps remember what real life and hardship is about. Losers.
I'm actually speechless at the whole situation. At first I kinda skimmed through stuff and I thought "why are people talking about like this is some big story and OMG massive coverup!", this is a mess of garbage about a bunch of people that don't have that much relevance. But then I went back and well, it just underscored that. I don't think most sites would bother with it, partly because there's so little to actually care about in any meaningful sense, and partly because there's so little "facts" such that any writer wanting to actually try to explain the situation can't other than "female game developer (and terrible person) strings along desperately pitiful guy, then a group of male virgins castoff from the likes of 4Chan tries to claim they're being blamed for harassment unfairly with weak possibly specious evidence."
Aside from some of the more well known fiascoes, there's been a lot of evidence of paid trips and/or "promotional" events (they generally get press when they go wrong, see stuff like when Sony had a goat butchered and then I think they had strippers at another one?). There's a lot of that stuff and those don't get mentioned much because they're often not supposed to be, the media is just supposed to write about the game, and of course its almost always just praise. The harshest thing I think I've seen from previews of a hyped game was that "its more of the same so if you don't like that, you probably won't like that, but if you do then you'll love this one!"
Yes this stuff is everywhere, its not just in gaming. But you're completely delusional if you don't think it happens.
Here's a link that just mentions some of the prominent ones and discusses some aspects:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkai...how-video-game-journalism-went-off-the-rails/
That article doesn't really do it service. Frankly it pays lip service, and doesn't take into account the stuff that companies are pulling these days (effectively they're bypassing the game journalists altogether by making "fans" serve most of the roles that game journalists used to).
If you've spent any time paying attention to gaming journalism I don't know how you couldn't be aware of a lot of other stuff. Just about every gaming site has had its own problem with integrity at some point. They then apologize, make the same usual lameduck excuses, swear it was just a one time honest mistake (even though that often is clearly BS), and then things return to business as normal.
There's a lot more to this (for instance, there was another case where someone called out some review because it came off as the guy had played only a couple hours of a long RPG, and with no real proof they just tried to "well its two claims neither with proof situation", but a lot of gaming journalists have said they often don't have time to finish all the games they review), but I don't really feel like digging up all this stuff. I figure you're either deadset that people are conspiracy nutters over this, or you'll look into it and see the stuff yourself.