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I can say with confidence that game companies are not paying for these reviews. Horizon's PR company reached out to me to give me a code for the game to stream. They were adament and mentioned in bold "YOU MUST DISCLOSE ON STREAM THAT YOU RECEIVED THE GAME FOR FREE." Again, they have strict rules for following FTC guidelines. I have to disclose I got the game free even though I don't do reviews and just play the games. Any and every time I have ever been paid to promote a game on stream or youtube, it has been ABSOLUTELY MANDATORY for me to specify as such due to FTC regulations. Game companies take this VERY seriously, and they absolutely do not pay anyone for favorable reviews. Last edited by Melonie Tomb Raider; 21-02-17 at 16:53. |
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I don't see why you guys are getting worked up with either situation.. while critical acclaim is all well and good its nothing more than one person's opinion. I plan on buying the game for sure but the hype around it has nothing to do with it..nor does the reviews. I'm just ready for a new IP..
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The problem isn't the review but people's interpretation of them. A game with such a high score could give the impression of being a "perfect game", leading more than often to disappointments.
I followed the game's development, the interviews. I'm fully geared and I know what to expect. I know there are parts of the game I might not like just like there are parts I will probably praise until my own death. But Mr. Everybody didn't necessarily put as much work... In fact most didn't... Which could lead to some non-objective and biased bashing. Players just need to learn to look deeper into the games they want to buy. Reviews are just one side of the coin. Quote:
There are shady stuffs in every sphere of life, I wouldn't be surprised if paid reviews happened a fair amount of time. It would explain many things in fact lol. I'm not saying it happened in Horizon's case, but you would have to be terribly naive to think everybody followed the rules all the time. These are games after all, in which it's all about breaking rules and boundaries. Last edited by Isaac; 21-02-17 at 17:25. |
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21-02-17, 17:36 | #306 |
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Jeez, this is depressing as hell, instead of celebrating great games you're fighting over them.
Play the game for yourselves then see if you agree with the reviews or not And talking about "paid reviews" in 2017 is hilarious. To be fair, I happen to love many games that have a metacritic around 60 and dislike others that have a 90, so I certainly agree that reviews shouldn't be taken like the word of God, they're just opinions afterall. Last edited by DOPE; 21-02-17 at 17:45. |
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You look so dumb right now, hopefully you'll stop assuming things in the future. Last edited by Peep Show; 21-02-17 at 17:47. |
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21-02-17, 17:51 | #308 | |
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I've worked with tons of game companies over the span of 7 years. I have been told EVERY SINGLE TIME that disclosure is ABSOLUTELY necessary. No disclosure, no money (it is 100% of the time IN THE CONTRACT that disclosure is 100% necessary). Of course I would never NOT disclose if I was being paid to promote a game, because I have integrity, but I'm just pointing out that this is a very big and serious issue in the gaming industry. Those caught without disclosure risk extremely hefty fines and completely ruined reputation. Again, being in this industry for over 7 years, I can say with absolute confidence that game companies do NOT pay people for skewed reviews. The closest incident that comes to mind would be several years ago when Gamespot got paid a butt ton for ads on their site for Kane and Lynch, which gave them a bias to give the game a good review. They were under so much fire for that and their reputation took a massive hit. Journalists websites and content creators in general are extremely careful not to have their reputations messed with because it could very likely ruin the company/ person's career for good. Paid reviews absolutely DO NOT happen, but in extremely rare cases there are biased actions like the Gamespot incident I just mentioned. However, being that Horizon's reviews are freaking unanimously good, it is an absolute joke to think that they all were biased, and even worse to think that they all got illegally paid by Guerilla/ Sony. If someone is being biased then typically they are the scarce good review in a sea of mediocre to bad reviews. But if EVERY REVIEW is good, then it is an extremely far fetched call to say it was due to bias. Last edited by Melonie Tomb Raider; 21-02-17 at 17:55. |
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Why? You don't have anything else to prove your point than your own beliefs and assumptions, just like us. Luckily, Melonie cleared things up a little bit. Quote:
Thanks for these additional details. It's conforting to read. I never truly cared about reviews anyway since I happened to love tons of bad games and vice versa. But it's nice to have an additional perspective on the matter. I'll just end with this part: Quote:
I know Horizon deserve its score and success, but we shouldn't dismiss or call anyone a joke for saying the reviews are biased or else because there is some truth to it. Outside independent reviewers, the amount of freedom is often discussable. Last edited by Isaac; 21-02-17 at 18:01. |
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