mmorpg's review

[Xatsh]

False information in the review.

Stating things are horrible and unlikly to be fixed which are being changed in the next update.

Failing to state things which are not broken, UI is horrible... for keyboard/mouse, actually is adequate if you get away from that with a few tweaks. (It does say recommends gamepad on the box)

The review while highly highly accurate now, it is all but worthless in 4 days... and either they know it at mmorpg and are releasing it now to please thier sponcers (Bliz and trion feed them tons with advertising fees) or the review has not done any of his homework (most likly answer)... which means his review never had any credibility to begin with.

[Raze]

False information in the review.

Stating things are horrible and unlikly to be fixed which are being changed in the next update.

Failing to state things which are not broken, UI is horrible... for keyboard/mouse, actually is adequate if you get away from that with a few tweaks. (It does say recommends gamepad on the box)

The review while highly highly accurate now, it is all but worthless in 4 days... and either they know it at mmorpg and are releasing it now to please thier sponcers (Bliz and trion feed them tons with advertising fees) or the review has not done any of his homework (most likly answer)... which means his review never had any credibility to begin with.

^^^^ This.

[Wynn]

mmorpg.com game reviews? That's like listening to a nail salon tech give a critique on a fine art exhibit. No thanks. The last time I took anything those people had to say seriously was like....never.

[Rane]

The score was fair, but the timing was horrible. It's not that this review comes too early--it would have been fine if it had been released much earlier. The fact is that now is the wrong time for a review like this however you slice it.

MMOs are somewhat unique in that it IS worthwhile to review one months or even years after release since they change over time. Such reviews communicate the current state of the game to potential buyers. As such, this review is at best useless and at worst misleading, as fundamental changes to core gameplay elements will begin to take place within days of its publication.

Whether or not patch 1.18 is a "success" is mostly irrelevant. What matters is that it is initiating large-scale changes that will take place over the course of several months. These are not simple "updates". What MMORPG has done is no different from reviewing the interior of a hotel days before major renovation work begins (and then referring to said renovation as a "rumor").

What they did was amateurish. I doubt that it was a deliberate attack, however. More likely it was an attempt to get their review out the door while it could still technically be considered "valid".

[Abriael]

The score was fair, but the timing was horrible.

I wouldn't even say that the score was fair. The score would have been fair around 6 months ago.

[Physic]

i know you guys are really fans, but realistically, reviewing an MMO 10 months after is fair, they even bothered to preface it saying that they know patches are coming but they are looking at what is there now. To be perfectly honest, even if they reviewed it after the patch most of the dudes criticisms would still stand, this isnt supposed to be a magic patch, its supposed to be step 1 in a series of steps that will alter the basics of the game. Its not going to add much polish to the game, in fact till 1.9 it will most likely be even rougher, which is fine.

When the game is all that it could be, then people will re review it most likely, but its a review, not a preiview, they cant review a game based on what may or may not happen in 3-6 months, and asking them to wait another 3-6 months to review a game that has been on the market for 10 months? I dont know, ever since this game came out, they have been saying soon, and give us time.

Eventually it reaches the point where people say ok, you have had enough time, what do you have to show, and when you are coming close to you 're anniversary, you can expect this. They basically have two months to show people something that makes them say this is worthwhile, and worth extending that grace period, if its not there by 12 months no you can expect to see a lot more similar reviews with similar results.

[Abriael]

i know you guys are really fans, but realistically, reviewing an MMO 10 months after is fair

Nope. Either you review a MMORPG game right after release (given enough time to experience the game to write about it factually), or you review it AFTER some major patches that make that review relevant.

Reviewing it ten months later out of the blue and four days before a major patch (not to mention little before other major patches that will come between the next couple months) simply means that the review will be irrelevant and inaccurate in four days.

Knowingly doing that simply shows an enormous lack of integrity on the part of the writer and the publisher behind him, giving a base to suspicion about possible ulterior motives.

MMORPG journalism is a complex affair, and timing is everything, due to the fact that patches can change games radically (even if they are not "Miracle patches", which normally don't exist, what does exist is constant and continuated work in the right directluin). Poor timing makes for poor gaming journalism.

You can do it right, or do it wrong. There's no in-between when your work is based on judging someone else's work (which is indeed a delicate job). In this case, they did it wrong.

[Quisi]

Nope. Either you review a MMORPG game right after release (given enough time to experience the game to write about it factually), or you review it AFTER some major patches that make that review relevant.

Wow I guess we have some new law here. Oh my fanboys... you gotta love them and their excuses.

[Krausus]

Wow I guess we have some new law here. Oh my fanboys... you gotta love them and their excuses.

Oh the haters... you got to love how they desperately cling onto a forum of a game they hate in hopes that everyone will agree with them because they are always right no matter what.

[Abriael]

Wow I guess we have some new law here. Oh my fanboys... you gotta love them and their excuses.

It's not a law. It's called "journalistic integrity". And yes, it should apply to gaming journalism as well.

I'm sorry if the concept of "integrity" is so alien to you. Maybe do you need me to elaborate further?