Gamespot caught lying about their review time of a shitty game.

[Van Cruncheon]

By the way, the game I reviewed and never played was Knight & Baby, a.k.a. Guardian's Crusade.

Re-reading it is hilarious - watch as the thin line between "writing a professional RPG review" and "regurgitating press releases and strategy guide factoids" is blurred beyond all recognition!

I like this sly parenthetical statement, hinting at mastery of the game:

'The game's magic arrives in the form of "Living Toys," a collection of 70 (or is that 71?) companions, each with its own effect. '

I must know if this was also from the press release, or whether you just made it up!

that is a top-notch piece of fakery indeed. respect knuckles

[Ichirou]

A link from Patel's Guardian's Crusade thingie (can't very well call it a review, lol) took me to a Granstream Saga review.  How did that piece of shit ever rate a 6.7 from Gamespot?  What the fuck?  Easily one of the worst RPGs I've ever played.  Almost as bad as Beyond the Beyond.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

By the way, the game I reviewed and never played was Knight & Baby, a.k.a. Guardian's Crusade.

Re-reading it is hilarious - watch as the thin line between "writing a professional RPG review" and "regurgitating press releases and strategy guide factoids" is blurred beyond all recognition!

I like this sly parenthetical statement, hinting at mastery of the game:

'The game's magic arrives in the form of "Living Toys," a collection of 70 (or is that 71?) companions, each with its own effect. '

I must know if this was also from the press release, or whether you just made it up!

that is a top-notch piece of fakery indeed. respect knuckles

The press materials said 70 toys, but I knew from reading FAQs based on the Japanese version that if you got all 70 toys you unlocked the secret 71st. And yes, I thought that detail was especially mastery-suggesting.

[Great Rumbler]

A link from Patel's Guardian's Crusade thingie (can't very well call it a review, lol) took me to a Granstream Saga review.  How did that piece of shit ever rate a 6.7 from Gamespot?  What the fuck?  Easily one of the worst RPGs I've ever played.  Almost as bad as Beyond the Beyond.

Probably the same reason Guardian Crusade got a 7.1.

[magus]

I have a terrible confession to make. It's been ten years, so I think the statute of limitations is up.

I reviewed one PSX RPG for Gamespot.com without playing it for a single minute.

CAN YOU GUESS WHICH ONE???

The worst game I ever actually played for a review was definitely Countdown: Vampires.

oh well everyone makes mistake in his li...

I've played through Final Fantasy VIII five times.

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU

[Howard Alan Treesong]

http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/2010/02/imagine-journalist/



    FEATURES:
    - Make yourself a great career as a journalist
    - Start as a columnist for a local newspaper and end up as an international reporter, heading your own TV show
    - Get your own press pass
    - Have fun with the full range of journalists’ accessories: notepad, handheld recorder, mic, camera
    - Catch your first scoops by bike and end up travelling in style by helicopter!
    - Discover the exciting parts of a magazine journalist’s job
    - Go out in the field to interview the locals, but also stars, politicians and athletes
    - Attend press conferences and stand out amongst other journalists
    - Take the best pictures to illustrate your articles
    - Organise magazine covers
    - Report great news on TV
    - As a TV news presenter deliver the right information at the right time
    - Record celebrity interviews
    - Release radio programmes on air
    - Develop your investigative skills
    - Become the one who reveals the top news stories!
    - Challenge yourself to deliver exclusive scoops
    - Explore places for interview and picture opportunities
    - Play with your environment as a background for the photoshoot minigame

    JOKE ADDITIONAL FEATURES:
    - Go “freelance” and enjoy the benefits of beard-growing and not having to ever see other people
    - Be owed thousands of pounds you probably won’t ever see
    - Drink so much free alcohol your insides still hurt even after three years of not touching a drop
    - Get insulted every time someone gets sent something and you don’t
    - Start as a columnist for a local newspaper and end up as a depressed blogger
    - Talk to women, but only because they have to because it’s their job
    - Watch your carefully-cultured internet persona disintegrate the first time you meet other industry employees
    - Wonder how people so obviously useless get paid three times as much to do less work
    - Lie to yourself about products being better than they are on a daily basis
    - Develop your plagiarism skills
    - Meet people so horrible you fantasise about fighting them and actually killing them
    - Never quite be important enough to have the final say on anything

[Robo]

tl;dp 7.1

[Eel O'Brian]

- Meet people so horrible you fantasise about fighting them and actually killing them

hey, also a feature in my job game

[Eel O'Brian]

- Meet people so horrible you fantasise about fighting them and actually killing them

hey, also a feature in my job game

what a coincidence, just used it today!

[chronovore]

If he played five hours of it and couldn't stand to play it anymore, he SHOULD HAVE SAID SO IN THE REVIEW. Rather than lie and say that he played it for at least twice as long as he actually did.

Exactly so.