ThyAssWhupn Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Big time corporate reviewers don't pay attention to the nuances and little details of the game unless they're bad things. People whine about the bugs and the lag (granted on PS3 its pretty bad) but they dont take into consideration that Skyrim is BFG and there are gonna be certain issues caused by the limitation of the hardware. Personally I cant see how one can say with a serious face that Zelda is better than Skyrim but hey, I have my own views and I'm not in the pocket of Nintendo like G4 and many other gaming media organizations are. IGN is among the worst of the worst, One of their clowns made one the most comically repugnant articles I have ever read: "Why Dark Souls will be better than Skyrim." Its not about truth it's about cash. Why do you think no serious gamer pays any attention to game ratings nowadays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackalhead Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 Link : http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/metascore/90day/all Nite-nite, sleep tight! lol is there something wrong with me if this actually really is going to help me sleep better tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brittainy Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Bugs and glitches totally aside, Skyrim simply didn't deserve it. It's not 'great'. Simple as that. Though it's not terrible, either, by any means. At best it's decent, with some good moments and a lot of mediocrity and very little evolution from Oblivion. I don't care what other game you put it up against, it's not fit for GOTY. No doubt the bugs will get ironed out, modders will tart things up and extend its life...but even then, it's still going to missing that little bit of magic that made Morrowind and Oblivion stand out. :whistling: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tardivex Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 People whine about the bugs and the lag (granted on PS3 its pretty bad) but they dont take into consideration that Skyrim is BFG and there are gonna be certain issues caused by the limitation of the hardware. Personally I cant see how one can say with a serious face that Zelda is better than Skyrim but hey, I have my own views and I'm not in the pocket of Nintendo like G4 and many other gaming media organizations are.So basically your saying that Nintendo bribed G4 or something around those lines? Good lord that's the worst excuse ever, Zelda was against Uncharted 3 when it wasn't even out yet, then it goes against Skyrim, with a 5 minute overview video while Zelda has just a 1 minute TRAILER, do you really think that's bribing or some crap like that? Also, bugs having to do with hardware? Seriously do you think Skyrim was designed with PC in mind? Hahahahaha! In your sweet dreams buddy, most of the sales are in consoles and that's reason enough to Bethesda turn their back on us PC gamers, wich if it hadn't been for us, Elder Scrolls would be far less enjoyable, Im talking about the huge modding scene. So basically the game with consoles in mind is having bugs on consoles, and you say it's because of limited hardware? Okay... IGN is among the worst of the worst, One of their clowns made one the most comically repugnant articles I have ever read: "Why Dark Souls will be better than Skyrim."Its not about truth it's about cash.Why do you think no serious gamer pays any attention to game ratings nowadays?IGN sucks, in fact reviews in general suck, you want to have an opinion about buying or not a game? Go to Youtube and watch gameplay footage not a godamn review :facepalm: "Why Dark Souls will be better than Skyrim" That's an interesting quote there actually, have you played Dark Souls? It is good, very good, but the game is hard, it's an old school style of game and I like it, I don't get why you say it's about the cash, yeah it can be sometimes but it's their opinion, just because they say something is better than your precious Skyrim you go and say "oh it's all about the cash" if they said "Why Skyrim will be better than Dark Souls" you would be like, yeah! My precious game is better than your piece of crap you call dark souls! And if you don't care about reviews why bother reading them anyways? Seriously dude, don't be such a child :facepalm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackalhead Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 Bugs and glitches totally aside, Skyrim simply didn't deserve it. It's not 'great'. Simple as that. Though it's not terrible, either, by any means. At best it's decent, with some good moments and a lot of mediocrity and very little evolution from Oblivion. I don't care what other game you put it up against, it's not fit for GOTY. No doubt the bugs will get ironed out, modders will tart things up and extend its life...but even then, it's still going to missing that little bit of magic that made Morrowind and Oblivion stand out. :whistling: I think the little bit of magic you are referring to is the fact Morrowind was a type of game that was completely original when it came out and had never been attempted before. If you go back and play Morrowind now, the magic is dead. Why? Cause we've seen the concept of open world RPG way too many times since then. No other game that ever comes out will capture that little bit of magic any better than Skyrim has, until it dares to shake the foundations of the game genres we're familiar with today and try something significantly different. I am still blown away by the quality of not only graphics, art and sheer gameplay, but the overall design that Bethesda has poured into Skyrim. I kind of feel sorry for other people who either choose not to or aren't able to see Skyrim in the same light that I see it in. Am I hyping it up? Maybe, but it IS a great game that I feel definitely does deserve game of the year. That's just my opinion though. You all are free to disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThyAssWhupn Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) People whine about the bugs and the lag (granted on PS3 its pretty bad) but they dont take into consideration that Skyrim is BFG and there are gonna be certain issues caused by the limitation of the hardware. Personally I cant see how one can say with a serious face that Zelda is better than Skyrim but hey, I have my own views and I'm not in the pocket of Nintendo like G4 and many other gaming media organizations are.So basically your saying that Nintendo bribed G4 or something around those lines? Good lord that's the worst excuse ever, Zelda was against Uncharted 3 when it wasn't even out yet, then it goes against Skyrim, with a 5 minute overview video while Zelda has just a 1 minute TRAILER, do you really think that's bribing or some crap like that? Also, bugs having to do with hardware? Seriously do you think Skyrim was designed with PC in mind? Hahahahaha! In your sweet dreams buddy, most of the sales are in consoles and that's reason enough to Bethesda turn their back on us PC gamers, wich if it hadn't been for us, Elder Scrolls would be far less enjoyable, Im talking about the huge modding scene. So basically the game with consoles in mind is having bugs on consoles, and you say it's because of limited hardware? Okay... IGN is among the worst of the worst, One of their clowns made one the most comically repugnant articles I have ever read: "Why Dark Souls will be better than Skyrim."Its not about truth it's about cash.Why do you think no serious gamer pays any attention to game ratings nowadays?IGN sucks, in fact reviews in general suck, you want to have an opinion about buying or not a game? Go to Youtube and watch gameplay footage not a godamn review :facepalm: "Why Dark Souls will be better than Skyrim" That's an interesting quote there actually, have you played Dark Souls? It is good, very good, but the game is hard, it's an old school style of game and I like it, I don't get why you say it's about the cash, yeah it can be sometimes but it's their opinion, just because they say something is better than your precious Skyrim you go and say "oh it's all about the cash" if they said "Why Skyrim will be better than Dark Souls" you would be like, yeah! My precious game is better than your piece of crap you call dark souls! And if you don't care about reviews why bother reading them anyways? Seriously dude, don't be such a child :facepalm: U sound silly....... before u get into a holy war about which game is better go read the article and then get back to me. Type in google " reasons why dark souls will be better than skyrim" I can't take anything you've said srsly until u read that article. Like most forum warriors you totally misinterpreted I said and twisted it into something you felt,Ike arguing against. Do not turn this into a fanboy war. And uhhh yea, it's pretty much common knowledge that the majority of gaming journalism is in the pocket of game companies. Not on some illuminati type joint but the reviewers are greatly predisposed to give favorable scores to established companies. How quickly we forget MGS4 Edited December 8, 2011 by ThyAssWhupn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brittainy Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) I don't know how to define that little big of 'magic'. But to me it's not specifically about originality. I have no problem with old formats being rehashed. I don't need extreme change to make a game memorable. And all the games that had that little magic edge have retained it...over a span of 20 years, in some cases. (Gettin' old :facepalm: ) No matter how you square it up, Skyrim just doesn't strike me as special. It's ok, like a lot of other games. If someone else can see some magic in it, great. Good for them :thumbsup: For me it's mediocre and doesn't drag me in that way I had hoped it would. I can't even drag myself into it :happy: Just doesn't grab me. I can appreciate some games even if they don't fit with my personal taste. Morrowind is like that for me...it's special and impressive, but I don't like it. Skyrim I just don't like.. :happy: But best of luck to all those that DO enjoy it. *EDIT* Perhaps I'm utterly mad, but while Oblivion and Morrowind shared a particular 'feel' which I dearly loved, for some reason Skyim made me feel like I was playing Fallout 3...which I loathed. :wacko: But that's probably just me...spent too much time in the realm of madness for my own good. Deuce take you, Sheogorath! Edited December 8, 2011 by Brittainy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadSpace Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) release, buggy, 1.1 a few fixed, sneak update by steam broke some things, 1.2 broke more things, 1.3 still breaking things...and they have YET to fix broken quests...something the modders did for esbern. bethesda is getting lazy and it shows, fallout nv unplayable on launch...the hype over radiant, their new bug stomping system...which the last updates have shown fails miserably. fanboys is accurate...to defend something ignoring all it's flaws. i'm sure you fanboys would want your PC to have that many bugs...or your OS, how quick would you jump all over MS or have already for XP, win7, winME or vista? all 1000x+ more complex than skyrim yet...they managed to function. service packs improved them rather than beths versions which break things. would you want bethesda making an OS? making your car? your PC? face reality skyrim didn't even deserve to be nominated. 'but you have to expect bugs in a game as big as skyrim' no, and you sure as **** don't have to expect drm or updates to break more things. it's shoddy, it's lazy and you wouldn't accept that kind of service from anything else you pay for in life. so why does bethesda get a free pass for making buggy software? wonder how many of you fanboys bash on IE...it at least works. if you criticize anything especially other software then bethesda shouldn't be ignored...otherwise you're just hypocrites. Edited December 8, 2011 by DeadSpace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marharth Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Because Zelda is a superior series for most people. Most people grew up with Zelda games and didn't care about early TES games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RejectedCamel Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Skyrim is a fun game, but it's *very* far from being GotY. AI Is absolutely terrible, graphics are passable, sound is pretty bad (although the music is still great), characters are forgettable, quests are mostly fetching missions disguised with terrible voice acting and uncreative 'stories', and the gameplay could be better. Then there's all the bugs, glitches, and awful patches. So yeah, Skyrim may be a good game, but it's one of the biggest disappointments of the decade and it definitely doesn't deserve any major awards, especially Game of the Year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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