Jeff Gerstmann vs. Gamespot

[pylar]

So what does everyone else think about this? Jeff Gerstmann gives a bad review of Kane and Lynch at gamespot, and then they fire him... (gamespot is currently getting a looooot of money from the maker of Kane and Lynch)

Well, thats the story in a nutshell. Penny Arcade talked about it today, I had heard about it through a LJ community the day before. Apparently he was let go due to his "tone" not due to a bad review... Anyway, I am a person who will look at reviews before I purchase a game most of the time, and I used to go to gamespot. Its where I have my list of all my owned games, etc. I know game reviews are a joke, but now I guess there is proof. :/

[Momentum]

Good for Gamespot. Anyways the game looks good. Too bad the PS3 version doesn't have voicechat which is a real disadvantage for online play. Exciting though, its got Havok physics. Sorry for being off-topic if I am. :)

[The_Irving]

All of Jeff's reviews suck (he gave Twilight Princess an 8.9, just to avoid giving it a 9, which would have made it get an award), but I still think GS is a biatch for firing him just for giving Kane and Lynch a poor review.

[Neku]

Heh i was gunna post about this last night, but i decided to go to bed instead. :p

Eitherway, i've just been browsing through the forums at the comments, its actually pretty damn funny reading everything what people has put. xD

[pylar]

Yeah, if you look at the gamespot page for Kane and Lynch, its place where they show the average of what the users give it is like at a 1.2 or something miniscule, just cause of so many people giving it 1s in retaliation.

[pylar]

this was posted in a lj community i'm on, and like they said, I imagine it will get deleted off of gamespot soon

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/1567/timspotra4.jpg

[mthegreatone]

regardless if people liked his reviews or not, he was still a pretty significant person. plus in my opinion he showed more enthusiasm for games than anyone else. i also looked forward to On the Spot because of him too. gamespot dug their own grave as far as i'm concerned....can't replace a guy like that. for the sake of game news i'll still frequent the site....other than that.....

[Tobi]

http://www.ggmania.com/?smsid=24607

An interview with him.

[skyoon]

Good for Gamespot. Anyways the game looks good. Too bad the PS3 version doesn't have voicechat which is a real disadvantage for online play. Exciting though, its got Havok physics. Sorry for being off-topic if I am. :)

You're joking right? The game got a 66 on metacritic for cripe's sake.

It doesn't matter if Gerstmann was a bad reviewer or not, he was right about the game, and the whole thing stinks of corporate ad-money shittiness.


PS: OMFGZ HAVOK PHYSIKS. ITS LIKE, BRAND NEW AWESOMENESS, NEVAR BEEN DONE BE4

[Momentum]

You're joking right? The game got a 66 on metacritic for cripe's sake.

I said the game "LOOKS" good. I never said I was going to get it. Right now I'm still looking at reviews, gameplay and such.

PS: OMFGZ HAVOK PHYSIKS. ITS LIKE, BRAND NEW AWESOMENESS, NEVAR BEEN DONE BE4

Sarcasm much? I don't care if you hate Havok Physics. Its awesome, so what? I'm entitled to my own opinion and so are you. :whatevah:

[skyoon]

I said the game "LOOKS" good. I never said I was going to get it. Right now I'm still looking at reviews, gameplay and such.

lol, I've never seen anyone backpedal that quickly. pretty amusing.

Sarcasm much? I don't care if you hate Havok Physics. Its awesome, so what? I'm entitled to my own opinion and so are you. :whatevah:

Read carefully now. I know it might be difficult for you to comprehend, but your complete misinterpreting of my second statement leads me to believe you have a hard time reading sentences.

[pylar]

Lets keep this focused on the complications that this little event is causing in the video gaming online world, ok guys? And whoever edited the title, thanks :D

[mthegreatone]

in any case, he'll be missed.

[Momentum]

Read carefully now. I know it might be difficult for you to comprehend, but your complete misinterpreting of my second statement leads me to believe you have a hard time reading sentences.

Dude, I know nothing about Jeff or the freaking game. Like I SAID before I'm still looking at reviews, the gameplay and such. I don't have to reply to second statement if I didn't want to.

**Sorry hax, I'd like to get back to the topic (please)** I just watched the video that Tobi supplied. I can say that he gave a fair review of the game. Gamespot made money from firing him but in the long term I don't know what will happen to them. :shithappe

[Barbaroi]

To be completely honest. I didn't think it would be a good game from the moment I seen the comercial for it. Just didn't look appealing to me in anyway. After watching the video that Tobi supplied... I can see that this game looks kinda crappy to me. I haven't read any real review on it (as everyone has their opinion about things) but just from the way the gameplay looks, I would deffinatly have to pass on that.

However as that guy was explaining about the multi player, that actually seemed really cool/interesting. I love how you can turn traitor on your team and jack the loot for yourself or if you die you become a cop. That's pretty original but still doesn't look worth buying to me.

[mthegreatone]

it's sad really. the REAL problem is that Eidos had too big of an ego going into the project thinking that it would be a number 1 hit as soon as it came out. they should be more humble about the bad reviews they're getting, take those criticisms, and make a better game next time. instead Jeff becomes a victim.....frankly i'm glad hearing news of people backing off on their premium member subscription at GS....that'll learn 'em.

[pylar]

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/kanelynchdeadmen/news.html?sid=6183666&om_act=convert&om_clk=gsupdates&tag=updates;title;1

Gamespot's response. Though honestly, I understand that they can't talk about it. But they didn't reveal anything new, and it still seems awful fishy :/