Gamespot review!!!!!

[vlad]

Well thus far for me Gamespot liked the game ALOT more than I do. I would give it a 5.0 on their scale. I am not giving up though, still playing it to see if it grows on me at all.

[Maxxes]

quote: WOW!!! After 19 reader reviews the score stands at 8.8. Talk about power to the people!

The people already owning the game are the hardcore fans that run to the shop as soon as it's released, so i don't think that much about this score.

That said, I have problems myself with reviews written by people who played the game a few hours or who don't like the genre at all (see the PC.IGN review)
[This message has been edited by Maxxes (edited November 21, 2000).]

[EdCase]

Havin read many many reviews in my time, I now have come to the conclusion that :-
Any reviewer with a "taste" for the type of game reviewed will lean towards a higher score (Yes i know they claim to be impartial,but has anyone ever met a TRULY impartial person?) Hence i long ago concluded that if any game belongs to a genre I enjoy and I like the way it looks i'll buy and give it every chance.I liked CTP and so far I like CTPII it appears to have progressed.The developement team listened to the players and worked in the most popular requests.Games like any software evolve and providing the developers listen to the players,I for one will buy and play their games so viva CTPIII and until then CTPII is the game of choice.

[MarkG]

quote: Originally posted by Maxxes on 11-21-2000 12:51 AM The people already owning the game are the hardcore fans that run to the shop as soon as it's released, so i don't think that much about this score.

yeah, but the existance of "hardcore" players for ctp1/2 should tell you something, no?

[MarkG]

quote: Originally posted by smellymummy on 11-20-2000 10:07 PM About the random placement of units, I think that's half true. Sometimes a good job is done at placing your army in the correct position in relation to the enemy. While at other times it's like an idiot planned the attack - that's when you end up with your flanking units in the middle your front line (lambs to the slaughter?).

i have NEVER seen falking units in the middle. perhaps it's because you dont have any offensive/defensive units in your stack????

[Triphosphatase]

I am completely unbiased!

7.9 is still a high mark for TS, it deserved a 5! Diablo2 also...

[EdCase]

quote: Originally posted by Triphosphatase on 11-21-2000 01:29 AM I am completely unbiased!

I never mentioned bias.Biased is to strong a term. DiabloII hah! game should have had this quote on the box -- "Close your eyes,bend down.Ok now we're going to shove this rehash as far up your a$$ as we can "
Now that my friend shows my bias

[Depp]

Why go to gamespot and those places that play a game for 2 days and write a dumbass review ? Listen to them are not wise. Turn to the sites that review games for 2 weeks and are competent. Like Strategy Games Plus (their old name) www.cdmag.com, they are by far the best reviewers I have seen on the web.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Well, Gamespot gave Diablo 2 a 8.7 (I think), which is a score I would have given it. Fun game, but gets boring. 7.1 isn't bad. It just means it is an average game, nothing special...

And I still respect and hold Gamespot as the standard all reviewers should emulate. Btw, what is that sense in releasing a review 2 weeks after the game comes out?! Reviews are meant for guides on whether or not to buy a game, so they should come out as soon as possible. And remember they got the games first (even as much as a week before).

[Dark Renown]

[quoteSo what if the tech tree isn't 100% true to history! If it's for the good of game balance, let fascism come before democracy. Gameplay is more important than trying to cram EVERY tech and EVERY historical time period and unit that ever existed.

[/quote]

Didnt fascism really come before democracy? Im pretty sure it did. Anyway whats wrong with having fascism in the game? not all fascist governments were raceist(like spains)

[Ralf]

quote: Originally posted by MarkG on 11-20-2000 07:55 PM on combat: [QUOTE]The combat system is still hampered by the fact that you have no control over unit placement on the tactical screen, and that you are essentially reduced to being a spectator as the battle unfolds. Watching valuable units die because of seemingly random map placement can be frustrating

MarkG quote: RANDOM??????

Well, MarkG - can i interfere by drag-dropping my own units around in better positions on the battle-screen, BEFORE the battle executes?

Can the human player do that, or cant he?

[Imran Siddiqui]

quote: Didnt fascism really come before democracy? Im pretty sure it did. Anyway whats wrong with having fascism in the game? not all fascist governments were raceist(like spains)

Uh... you failed high school history didn't you ? Fascism arose in the 1920s in Italy. Democracy can be traced to 1776 in the United States (or even before).

And nothing is wrong with Fascist governments, just having them as a prereq for Democracy is kind of silly.

[Carrion]

quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui on 11-21-2000 02:06 PM Uh... you failed high school history didn't you ? Fascism arose in the 1920s in Italy. Democracy can be traced to 1776 in the United States (or even before). And nothing is wrong with Fascist governments, just having them as a prereq for Democracy is kind of silly.

Actually Ancient Greece had a basic form of Democracy. The US isn't a democracy at all. Its a Consitutional Republic. True it does have elements of Democracy in it but it is a far cry from a "true democracy." Democracy has every citizen vote on all matters of the state. As I recall I didn't have a say in any bill presented to the senate or congress this year. We elect representatives who in turn are supposed to do what they think is in our best intrests.

Anyway I can discuss this all day there is my 3 cents

[MarkG]

quote: Originally posted by Ralf on 11-21-2000 01:58 PM MarkG quote: RANDOM?????? Well, MarkG - can i interfere by drag-dropping my own units around in better positions on the battle-screen, BEFORE the battle executes? Can the human player do that, or cant he?

no you can not. but this does NOT mean that the placement in RANDOM. the placement of units during a battle, follow a certain SET OF RULES. your CHOICE of units of your stack determines your TACTICS for the battle....

[John-SJ]

Hey, MarkG,

There's one I've missed, how do I set the rules that determine battle tactics? THANKS!

John-SJ