Dead Space : IGN gives it an 8.7

[bluerahjah]

Citing repetitive gameplay, and lacking in replayability, IGN gives the game alot of suvival horror fans have been looking forward to, an 8.7.

I've been looking forward to this since I first saw the trailer, having viewed every piece of information I could on it; and while not expecting a perfect score, I was at least expecting something a little better than 8.7.

Oh well, that's only the first review, plus I would assume that Yahtzee will tear the game a new one anyway, but it's still not enough for me to just walk away from this one.

Is anyone else looking forward to tomorrow for this game?

 

[SomeBritishDude]

Its EA. Don't expect much.

 

[searanox]

So, it's repetitive and doesn't have replay value, yet gets a high score?

Stupid, typical IGN. The only reviews by them I really trust are their Nintendo and PC ones. The Xbox/PlayStation guys they have are complete morons.

 

[tendo82]

Unless the game has a character who looks like Sam Neil and tears his eyeballs out halfway through the game, I'll probably pass.

 

[Syntax Error]

So, it's repetitive and doesn't have replay value, yet gets a high score?

Stupid, typical IGN. The only reviews by them I really trust are their Nintendo and PC ones. The Xbox/PlayStation guys they have are complete morons.

I agree. What's the use of a 10-point spectrum when you're just going to use the upper half?

 

[AceDiamond]

I don't get why an 8.7 is bad, but ok.

In all seriousness IGN has NEVER been good with their reviews. Only honest one I think they gave in recent memory was a 6.7 for a woefully glorified tech demo known only as "TNA iMPACT". Of course you can't please anyone so people complained about that but I figure if you hype the way Midway did and then don't deliver on over half the features, you get what you deserve.

Still, I don't get why an 8.7 is bad.

 

[RandomBattleGuy1]

Well...and 8.7 certainly isn't BAD. I mean it's almost a 9. Besides, I never trust IGN or any single site for a review. I usually just use metacritics or something and judge from an overall perspective. Plus, Yahtzee, he makes his points AND entertains

 

[Leodiensian]

8.7 is pretty good, you know.

87% is like a solid A, maybe A+.

 

[AceDiamond]

Actually 87% is a B+ when you consider it, but a B+ isn't bad at all, it's above average. And a B+ is like...just below being "excellent" if we consider what people define an A as.

 

[wgreer25]

I think you are a bit confused. They actually said it was really good. And of coarse, it caters to horror fans (of which I am one). They actually said there was replay value in that you can keep your gear and continue to upgrade it, they actually suggested playing through more than once. On the repetative gameplay, they said backtracking, not repetition, but commented that the backtracking made sense.

Don't know what review you were looking at, but it was a good one. Of the nitpicks they had, none were serious. For a new IP in a genre that hasn't produced anything good in a long while, I think it will really stand out. I think it's biggest problem will be that it is trying to appeal to horror fans mostly (don't know how many of us there are). It looks like a perfect horror game (especially when IGN compared it to the movies Alien, The Thing, and Event Horrizon). But I reserve that judgement until I play it. IGN's scoring is a little jadded so I don't really use them.

Once I play, I will comment.

I would read this review...
http://www.gamepro.com/article/reviews/207445/dead-space-360/

 

[bluerahjah]

They actually said there was replay value in that you can keep your gear and continue to upgrade it, they actually suggested playing through more than once.

In a comment to this specifically, they also said that items and weapons you upgrade can only be carried over to the same difficulty setting, meaning if, for all intents and purposes, you decide to start on a medium setting, and then after playing it through the first time, seeing the folly of your lower setting playing and decide to play it harder, you get to start all over.

 

[wgreer25]

They actually said there was replay value in that you can keep your gear and continue to upgrade it, they actually suggested playing through more than once.

In a comment to this specifically, they also said that items and weapons you upgrade can only be carried over to the same difficulty setting, meaning if, for all intents and purposes, you decide to start on a medium setting, and then after playing it through the first time, seeing the folly of your lower setting playing and decide to play it harder, you get to start all over.

Yeah, I got that, Doesn't bother me, makes the difficult setting, well... difficult, but what games out there let you do that? I think Ninja Gaiden makes you start from scratch, Did Resident Evil 4, I thouht you had to start from scratch on a higher difficulty there too, I could be totally wrong though, can't remember. Devil May Cry 4 let you keep your stuff.

Side note, I have read a few reviews now and they are all saying good things. The game keeps getting compared to the movies Aliens and The Thing, both kick ass movies. So I am really looking forward to this title. Plus, I am an Engineer, so I like the idea of an ass kicking engineer (Gordon Freeman, Issac Clark, me...)

 

[ElArabDeMagnifico]

On my gamefly que. Calling something out for being "Repettetive" is what's cool nowadays so I'm gonna take that with salt. It's RE4 in space, and I played RE4 over and fucking over. Beat it so hard that they couldn't identify the body.

 

[Amnestic]

Only site I 'trust' to give fairly accurate scoring is Metacritic once they've got 5 or more scores to average it out from. For Dead Space it's got an average of 90 from 6 reviews, considering one of them is an 100 score from GamePro and I don't believe any game ever thus far deserves a 100, I'm tempted to say it's a tad skewed. Nevertheless, it still looks to be a fairly good game from those scores.

I'm not interested though, no moneys ;/

 

[bluerahjah]

The game keeps getting compared to the movies Aliens and The Thing, both kick ass movies. So I am really looking forward to this title. Plus, I am an Engineer, so I like the idea of an ass kicking engineer (Gordon Freeman, Issac Clark, me...)

As well as Event Horizon, Night of the Living Dead, and some others. Like I said, I'm really looking forward to this game, I honestly just thought that it would get a little bit better score. It all really boils down to the Gerstmann thing again, how much are companies willing to spend to get a good score. Really I guess the best thing to do in all cases is just rent/buy the game anyway. I rented Kane and Lynch myself after the fiasco, and still thought it was a complete piece of crap.

 

[ElephantGuts]

I think you should judge the game based on the actual review they gave it, instead of just the number they attached to it. From what they said it sounds pretty good, I'm surprised they only gave it an 8.7, based on the review I'd think they would give it a 9.2 or something, but as I said screw the number. The game sounds good, I think I'll get it.

 

[Shadow-Knight]

I was excited for this game when I saw the video originally. But the more videos I saw the more I realized there was little to no story. It looks bad to me.

 

[Eipok Kruden]

Trust Gamespot for shooters and horror games, trust IGN for strategy games and tactical shooters, and trust GameInformer for everything else. I usually just go with Gametrailers since they seem to have the best reviews (at least i think).

EDIT: Oh, AND NEVER TRUST YAHTZEE FOR ANYTHING!! Just watch Zero Punctuation for laughs.

 

[sunami88]

8.7 from IGN is bad because IGN basically uses an 8-10 scale, with anything lower than a 9 being below average.

I like their video reviews, but it's purely for entertainment purposes, not for a real reviewers opinion.

Still, I thought the game looked good enough, and I'll probably pick it up when the price drops a bit (which seems to be my current motto this gaming generation). From the review there I at least get the impression the game is somewhat entertaining *shrug*. Guess I'll wait for some other reviews, too.