Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Bias In Mainstream Video Game Reviews

 It is very obvious now that mainstream video game websites are in bed with certain game developers and its starting to show in their game reviews . Time after time big time video game networks and websites are giving out false and bias game reviews to guide game sales in certain directions for corporations . Websites like IGN use complete bias in their reviews and fans are now begining to wake up to this fact and ignoring these reviews . I dont know about you but I'm sick of reading reviews from people who have no idea what a good game is and the history and art behind them . They spend their days playing FPS's of little significant importance to gaming besides the money they generate from the masses they rip off year after year and when something truly original and great is released they give it horrible reviews as to keep the major players in their un-deserved spots untested and safe away from change that would test them .
  An example of this would be the review recently of Ragnarok Odyssey that received a horrible review from IGN and IGN only . Most people who have played this game realizes its a great game for the vita and that IGN must have something against all games Japanese for some reason ...... most likely out of bad taste on top of promoting the games that "contribute" the most to the income of the said websites and networks. This is only a small example of such reviews that have for so long hurt sales of great games by manipulating their readers into believing in their bias gaming views . I stopped reading these reviews from mainstream networks and get all my reviews from smaller and independent video game news sources and have not been let down yet as I have on the major players . Always remember when reading or watching reviews that these come from a single person who in all reality enjoys a different gaming experience than you . Good luck in your quest for un-bias reviews and your future of playing great games .

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