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IGN retracts large portion of RE2 review and updates score after it becomes clear their reviewer missed a large chunk of the game.
- Thread starter Datajoy
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By now I bet that Dan Stapleton has a daily conference call with Metacritics to fix the mistakes from the previous day.
I saw this on twitter but it seems pretty clear
That's... not very clear that it's new content.
I'm reminded of the Nier Automata fiasco.
Sorry guys, but what's happening here? Like, the game is not supposed to have A and B game but two different scenarios, yet OP says the reviewer played the A scenario twice. What am I missing?
A company as large as them I'm sure they could have found at least one more competent individual to review this game.
I saw this on twitter but it seems pretty clear
I can see how that would be confusing to be honest, but it's still dumb he didn't like, try the option out.
Clearly they rushed the review out. Is it that important for them to get the review out as soon as embargo is lifted? They're IGN. Not some random YTber needing to get review out fast to get clicks.
^ that is what surprised me to. i remember hearing him say on a podcast "i am currently playing through resident evil 2 for review". i wonder if it really is that easy to miss parts of the game.
Is this same guy who was telling his coworkers that Capcom have added a giant guy who stalks you to this game.
Hilarious situation has emerged here. The IGN review for RE2 gave the game an 8.8 and included a bizarre section where the reviewer claimed that two scenarios for the game consisted of the same content, puzzles, enemies, and narrative, just with different playable characters. This is of course wildly inaccurate, and betrays the fact that the reviewer clearly didn't play an entire half of the game. They just played the A scenario twice, once with each protagonist. The review was later updated to cross out that section, and then updated again to delete the section altogether, change the score to 9.0, and add this note:
there's also a message that explains it further when you complete the first playthrough.
Yeah, it doesn't seem exactly intuitive, and the text at the bottom is kind missable. Still ridiculously stupid mistake for a professional reviewer though.
Ah that's bad then.
IGN should just issue a permanent apology
Even if its unclear a reviewer should try every option in game
Even if its unclear a reviewer should try every option in game
"We're getting death threats from unhinged nutters so we're arbitrarily bumping the score to a 9 to appease them."
I'm sure the game is worthy of that score based on the other impressions I've read, but IGN's rapid about face here is pretty sketchy. There's no (well, less) shame in withdrawing a review for a few days to play through the "missing" content for a more thorough evaluation.
I'm sure the game is worthy of that score based on the other impressions I've read, but IGN's rapid about face here is pretty sketchy. There's no (well, less) shame in withdrawing a review for a few days to play through the "missing" content for a more thorough evaluation.
In the original Resident Evil 2, Leon and Claire went through different paths and played a different game from each other, sort of like Jill and chris in RE1, or to make a genre switch comparison, Sonic and Knuckles in Sonic 3. Or like the difference between the first quest and the second quest in Zelda. They go through a lot of the same places, but the actual content of the game is different and remixed. They also fill in parts of the story, the story doesn't make full sense until you played both halves.
I haven't played the new one, but it sounds like after beating the game you can play as either character in either scenario. So what was originally Leon's game, can now be played with Claire, and vice versa. But there is also an actual second scenario, that originally played with Claire, that he missed.
it's almost like it's the reviewers job to know the main points of a game, like how hard was it to miss that?
Given that it's a remake of Resident Evil 2, it's probs "very little new"
Apparently, even though I thought Capcom said last year that wasn't the case.
I'll be honest.... I did the same thing when I played the original version of the game.
I played Leon A scenario and then played Claire A scenario.
Boy was I surprised when I then played Leon B scenario and started on the other side of the crash.
I will say I'm a bit confused. This is the first I've heard of there being different Leon/Claire scenarios.
I thought there was only one for each character this time.
I played Leon A scenario and then played Claire A scenario.
Boy was I surprised when I then played Leon B scenario and started on the other side of the crash.
I will say I'm a bit confused. This is the first I've heard of there being different Leon/Claire scenarios.
I thought there was only one for each character this time.
I mean I don't know how clear it can get.
Also the I would consider reviews of Nier Automata who only played the first ending to be terrible as well.
I honestly may be a bit confused by this, but I think I would have figured it out.
I saw this on twitter but it seems pretty clear
"2nd run" is not clear that it is new content. And it's possible to miss the text at the bottom, my eye certainly didn't go there.
This is so embarrasing. Why does this stuff always happen with IGN?
But at least half the game that wasnt played is worth 0.2. Doubt he even played it with how fast it was updated.
But at least half the game that wasnt played is worth 0.2. Doubt he even played it with how fast it was updated.
I was just thinking reviews, but bwwwahh?? I don't even remember this.
Yeah, I did the same thing.
This instance is a bit more clearer than the OG, but I can see how someone could still make the mistake.
