Oh, god. This won't end well.
Fallout 3
Game » consists of 45 releases. Released Oct 28, 2008
In Bethesda's first-person revival of the classic post-apocalyptic RPG series, the player is forced to leave Vault 101 and venture out into the irradiated wasteland of Washington D.C. to find his or her father.
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Who called it? Who else said 4 stars? Hmm? I should work for GiantBomb, man, review the Wii games . . . we have wavelength.
"Who called it? Who else said 4 stars? Hmm? I should work for GiantBomb, man, review the Wii games . . . we have wavelength."I figured it'd get a 4/5 as well. We should start our own site.
and just when you think you know a guy, he goes and does something like this.
just kidding, i don't really care.
that was a lie i totally care actually. but i'm going to photoshop it and then set it on my desktop as 5 stars.
"Arkthemaniac said:We'll just call it wiiisdumb.com, a chatroom where you call the Wii dumb and I call you dumb while people watch in confusion. Or not, you know."Who called it? Who else said 4 stars? Hmm? I should work for GiantBomb, man, review the Wii games . . . we have wavelength."I figured it'd get a 4/5 as well. We should start our own site."
"and just when you think you know a guy, he goes and does something like this.
just kidding, i don't really care.
that was a lie i totally care actually. but i'm going to photoshop it and then set it on my desktop as 5 stars."
Repeating what you wrote in the comments is cool!
I think that the game deserves the 4 from what i've seen and heard... Still not going to get it...
"omg 4 stars wtf jeff minus credibility omg worst revue since twilight princess ick!I actually agree. The review doesn't seem positive enough to warrant 4/5 stars.Wow, he didn't say anything nice. The 4 stars surprised me after reading. I still can't wait to play my self."
"From what iv read and seen (gameplay vids) it looks like a 5 in my booksObviously you didn't hear.
But whatever, just one mans opinion ;)"
"BoG said:It sounds to me like whatever happened at the end of the game, really, really, pissed him off, which probably why the review has an overall negative tone."omg 4 stars wtf jeff minus credibility omg worst revue since twilight princess ick!I actually agree. The review doesn't seem positive enough to warrant 4/5 stars."Wow, he didn't say anything nice. The 4 stars surprised me after reading. I still can't wait to play my self."
It seems to be a recurring theme with games nowadays to have ass endings. Dunno why, but I haven't been satisfied with an ending to a game in a while. Also, Keano, is this sarcasm? 4 is a great score.
"BoG said:ZOMG! KANE & LYNCH! KANE & LYNCH!!!"omg 4 stars wtf jeff minus credibility omg worst revue since twilight princess ick!I actually agree. The review doesn't seem positive enough to warrant 4/5 stars."Wow, he didn't say anything nice. The 4 stars surprised me after reading. I still can't wait to play my self."
"DualReaver said:O SCHIZZ JEFF FIRES HISSELF TOMORW OMG PENNY ACRADES AWN DAT SHIT"BoG said:ZOMG! KANE & LYNCH! KANE & LYNCH!!!""omg 4 stars wtf jeff minus credibility omg worst revue since twilight princess ick!I actually agree. The review doesn't seem positive enough to warrant 4/5 stars."Wow, he didn't say anything nice. The 4 stars surprised me after reading. I still can't wait to play my self."
"It sounds to me like whatever happened at the end of the game, really, really, pissed him off, which probably why the review has an overall negative tone."Probably, the negative tone also might have to do with the hyped expectations he may have had going in.
"It seems to be a recurring theme with games nowadays to have ass endings. Dunno why, but I haven't been satisfied with an ending to a game in a while. Also, Keano, is this sarcasm? 4 is a great score.Yeah, Fable disappointed, Bioshock sucked Mass Effect could have been better, MGS4 was underwhelming... the next gen hasn't done good for game endings.
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"HAHA!!!! 4 star garbage. i knew this shit would flop. and reading the review makes it look like a 2 star game.Yet Fable got 4 stars here as well and Fallout is generally getting a bit higher reviews, yet you said nothing about that did you? Apparently one not perfect, yet still decent review means its a flop. And as I said, Fable got the same score..and I'm enjoying it and I know you are from your comments, so how was that not a 'flop' in your eyes either? Make some sense before you spew trash.good thing i didnt waste my money on this trash"
Looks pretty good, though like others have said, the stuff about the ending has put me off. I think Oblivion had the worst ending to a game i've ever played and this one sounds not much better.
"Keano said:Don't feed the well established troll."HAHA!!!! 4 star garbage. i knew this shit would flop. and reading the review makes it look like a 2 star game.Yet Fable got 4 stars here as well and Fallout is generally getting a bit higher reviews, yet you said nothing about that did you? Apparently one not perfect, yet still decent review means its a flop. And as I said, Fable got the same score..and I'm enjoying it and I know you are from your comments, so how was that not a 'flop' in your eyes either? Make some sense before you spew trash."good thing i didnt waste my money on this trash"
"Keano said:Read the review before trying to argue moron, instead of just looking at "teh stars". a negative review and a game full of glitches = flop"HAHA!!!! 4 star garbage. i knew this shit would flop. and reading the review makes it look like a 2 star game.Yet Fable got 4 stars here as well and Fallout is generally getting a bit higher reviews, yet you said nothing about that did you? Apparently one not perfect, yet still decent review means its a flop. And as I said, Fable got the same score..and I'm enjoying it and I know you are from your comments, so how was that not a 'flop' in your eyes either? Make some sense before you spew trash."good thing i didnt waste my money on this trash"
"pause422 said:But you said "4 star garbage". So, I'm pretty sure that makes Fable II the same "4 star garbage"...."Keano said:Read the review before trying to argue moron, instead of just looking at "teh stars". a negative review and a game full of glitches = flop""HAHA!!!! 4 star garbage. i knew this shit would flop. and reading the review makes it look like a 2 star game.Yet Fable got 4 stars here as well and Fallout is generally getting a bit higher reviews, yet you said nothing about that did you? Apparently one not perfect, yet still decent review means its a flop. And as I said, Fable got the same score..and I'm enjoying it and I know you are from your comments, so how was that not a 'flop' in your eyes either? Make some sense before you spew trash."good thing i didnt waste my money on this trash"
"BoG said:I felt the same way, and I saw a handful of comments about it too. As I commented on the review, maybe these problems just sound worse than what they really are."omg 4 stars wtf jeff minus credibility omg worst revue since twilight princess ick!I actually agree. The review doesn't seem positive enough to warrant 4/5 stars."Wow, he didn't say anything nice. The 4 stars surprised me after reading. I still can't wait to play my self."
But still, I do agree with someone that commented that Jeff didn't really sounded excited at any point throughout the review.
"Keano said:and then i followed it up by saying the review made it look like a 2 star game, why did you leave that part out? to make your self feel better about buying a game thats been bastardized by bethesda? LMAO!!"pause422 said:But you said "4 star garbage". So, I'm pretty sure that makes Fable II the same "4 star garbage"....""Keano said:Read the review before trying to argue moron, instead of just looking at "teh stars". a negative review and a game full of glitches = flop""HAHA!!!! 4 star garbage. i knew this shit would flop. and reading the review makes it look like a 2 star game.Yet Fable got 4 stars here as well and Fallout is generally getting a bit higher reviews, yet you said nothing about that did you? Apparently one not perfect, yet still decent review means its a flop. And as I said, Fable got the same score..and I'm enjoying it and I know you are from your comments, so how was that not a 'flop' in your eyes either? Make some sense before you spew trash."good thing i didnt waste my money on this trash"
I'm still getting it. It's sad when people hype a game, have an extreme interest in buying it, and then reverse their opinions and decide not to buy the game because it "flops" (which in this age is the difference between AA game rather than a AAA). Reviews shouldn't kill established game-buying decisions.
Just ignore the troll as dual stated, 4/5 instead of 5/5 is not a flop, its simple...if you had interest in the game from the start, you're still gonna pick it up I'm assuming, thats all that matters. Same way plenty don't agree GTAIV deserved 5 stars and 10s everywhere, its called different peoples 'opinions'.
Why do you people care? it's an opinion of someone who probably has a different opinion from yours or mine, I know i'll be getting this game regardless of the scores it gets.
I agree with most people here. It reads more like "Oh gawd I think it's kind of a mediocre game, but then again, the other people will like it so I give it a 4 (also I might have been anticipating too much from this one)".
Also, GTAIV is definitly no 5. It's a four.
"Because it's like cheering for the home team. That's all. Everyone likes when games they like get good reviews. It's the same as watching the Oscars."That's a perfect metaphor. 5 stars is when the Jazz win the Finals, 4 stars is when the Jazz do well in the playoffs. Or whoever your team is.
"Balls said:But the difference is if your team does terribly and comes bottom, you still support them, yet if a game gets 1 star you'll probably leave it alone."Because it's like cheering for the home team. That's all. Everyone likes when games they like get good reviews. It's the same as watching the Oscars."That's a perfect metaphor. 5 stars is when the Jazz win the Finals, 4 stars is when the Jazz do well in the playoffs. Or whoever your team is."
"BoG said:Well yeah, I don't have complete loyalty to a game. I still bought Sonic Chronicles, and that sucked."Balls said:But the difference is if your team does terribly and comes bottom, you still support them, yet if a game gets 1 star you'll probably leave it alone.""Because it's like cheering for the home team. That's all. Everyone likes when games they like get good reviews. It's the same as watching the Oscars."That's a perfect metaphor. 5 stars is when the Jazz win the Finals, 4 stars is when the Jazz do well in the playoffs. Or whoever your team is."
Condemned 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company are the only games that I'm surprised to have a higher score then Fallout 3 (not including download or handheld games), which is why I feel slightly disappointed, especially with the review being fairly negative. Guess I'll have to, dare I say it, take a second opinion and wait for other reviews.
"Why do you people care? it's an opinion of someone who probably has a different opinion from yours or mine, I know i'll be getting this game regardless of the scores it gets."If a reviewer is only giving his opinion on a game when reviewing it, he's failing at his job.
I actually liked the review. Look at all the other reviews out there. They're mostly the reviewer gushing about the game, with little emphasis on the downpoints. Now, take Jeff's review as a counterpoint. If you put them together, you should be able to weigh the good against the bad and see if it's the game for you.
I wonder if Jeff specifically wrote the review as a counterpoint to all the "hype reviews." That would explain the negativity and its four star rating. "It's a great game, and most reviews will most likely tell you all the good things. Here's the bad, though."
"clubsandwich said:Exactly, and this is what people don't seem to understand. Opinion's are great and that is the main draw of the website .I love to coming to giantbomb, seeing no wasteful wii articles ,listening to the podcast,watching the random vids and reading the opinion based articles (news). The Fallout 3 review seemed like a complete half ass job that a highschool kid "had" to write the night before the day it was due. It seemed more like a blog post than a review. Honestly, I don't care if the game got a 1 or a 5.... the quality of the review was quite frankly piss poor and if you can't see that you are blind."Why do you people care? it's an opinion of someone who probably has a different opinion from yours or mine, I know i'll be getting this game regardless of the scores it gets."If a reviewer is only giving his opinion on a game when reviewing it, he's failing at his job."
"I actually liked the review. Look at all the other reviews out there. They're mostly the reviewer gushing about the game, with little emphasis on the downpoints. Now, take Jeff's review as a counterpoint. If you put them together, you should be able to weigh the good against the bad and see if it's the game for you.I think, if he had to justify it, it would be something along the lines of "You already kinda-sorta know why this game is worth getting, and you have known for some time, so here are the serious flaws."
I wonder if Jeff specifically wrote the review as a counterpoint to all the "hype reviews." That would explain the negativity and its four star rating. "It's a great game, and most reviews will most likely tell you all the good things. Here's the bad, though.""
Even then, I'm in agreement that there is a disconnect between tone and score, though. Overall, though, judging from the people leveling vitriol at Jeff/Jeff's review, I think I'm safe in saying people are taking this pretty far.
I thought the review was too negative and didn't mention enough positives, and that is why the 4/5 surprised me, only because it felt like the written text did not match the 'score'. Although all this is hilarious as the guys at GB from the beginning have stated that people place too much emphasis on scores and that their review system is pretty much just a guide as to how they feel about the game. They feel that Fallout 3 is great, but not a must buy. Wheras GTAIV, Dead Space and Battlefield: BC, they feel are great for all and you should get them. Does that mean you have to buy them? No, I haven't gotten Dead Space and don't intend to. I do intend on getting Fallout 3, and the 4/5 doesn't deter me, but it is good in bringing down my hype slightly so I'm not massively disappointed.
Stop being so obsessed with scores peoples.
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