From what I gather their reviews seems to have been and might still be heavily influenced by how much sponsoring they get in return for their review. That isn't a very good preset for a fair and honest review.
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People continue to claim that, and yet there doesn't seem to be much proof.
One pair or reviews doth not an argument prove. Have you personally played both these games? Do you know multiple people who have played both and think differently?
I agree since from the times I'm on there it doesn't feel all that biased but I do feel they are biased in their reviews of RPGs since somehow they usually come off as worse and more boring than yet another FPS which bothers me.
People actually read stuff on IGN?
I heard on a recent TotalBiscuit video that when a company is sold, the buyer also takes on all the debts, so IGN could be in some crazy debt, and they sold so low just to get rid of the debt.
None. I find watching gameplay videos of the game you want to be the best option since it lets you judge if you want it or not. Reviews are biased since everyone is biased so why not just see for yourself.
I find Edge to be the least biased, they're a little more stricter on games than others but the reviews are well written, they state what version is reviewed rather than doing one for all formats (terrible way to do things especially as some PC to console ports are bad and vice versa) and the reviews are detailed enough.
Same here. I like their complete entertainment business, if it was a series, a movie or a game, they had it and a pretty good review too. I liked reading season reviews of TV series and all, mostly in school.
I read it a lot, but I didn't base my entire opinion of something based on their review. I just liked that they had loads of content on specific games, like for AC3, they already have around 20 pages of writing, while the game isn't even out. That's something that's very handy IMHO, especially to read in class or so.
Well it's good you don't base your opinions on their reviews but my problem with IGN is their bias in their reviews.
this is precisely what I do. I still check out a review or two just to see what people thought (gameplay videos can't tell you whether the game has good or clunky controls, for example), but I still use gameplay videos as my main source. That's what convinced me to get Cave Story on the 3DS eShop, for example, not the insanely good reviews it got everywhere or even the freeware version (which I didn't even bother trying before buying).
