Games Cheats and Reviews

DualShockers writes, "For many out there, being able to review games is a dream job. In my younger days, I always looked up to game reviewers, which I really only had access to through print media in magazines like Nintendo Power and Electronic Gaming Monthly. As time progressed and the Internet became more and more popular, there was an explosion of video-game-related sites popping up everywhere and, so it seemed, everyone and their mother was writing game reviews, for better or for worse.

Some are paid to write, some do it because they enjoy it, some aren’t gamers but journalists forced to play and write in this industry – needless to say, there is a wide variety of people out there right now reviewing games. Who are you to believe? What qualifies them to review a game? How long should they play a game before giving their opinions to thousands of people across the Internet? Is it really a dream job?"

The biggest Japanese game magazine, Famitsu, has awarded its highest score to stealth game Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. In the process, the publication has shown that, as a source of objective game reviews, it cannot be trusted.

Jason from Game-Smack.net reviews Mass Effect 2. With many people stating that Uncharted 2 was the best game of 2009, has Mass Effect 2 taken the crown from Nathan Drake as being the best game out right now?

NextGN writes: "We are starting to see MAG (Massive Action Game) reviews surface around the web. It may not seem so strange considering the game is due out for release tomorrow (26th of January) in the U.S.A and three days later in Europe, but the truth is that all of this so-called "reviews" cannot be based on anything other than the BETA since the officials servers don´t go live until the eve of the release day."

"Classic Game Room HD reviews GRAN TURISMO PSP for Sony PSP, the ultimate Playstation Portable driving game. Have you wasted weeks of your life collecting Nissan Skylines in previous Gran Turismo games? If so then you’ll enjoy this one, loads of tracks and around 800 cars, Gran Turismo PSP delivers the goods and then some."-Classic Game Room

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As the reviews come in, it’s clear that Nathan Drake is taking no prisoners this time…

Edge magazine’s reviews show most 360 bias while IGN seems to prefer PS3 and Wii.

It’s no surprise that game reviews can be contentious issues. Few fan bases are as passionate as gamers. Anytime you introduce opinion into the mix you’re more than likely to have someone with the exact opposite view as you. Many gamers have cried foul on internet forums when they see their favorite titles receive less than stellar reviews or see games they personally don’t care for achieve scores they feel the title is undeserving of. Often the review scores will simply be written off as "Oh, that’s Gamespot. They don’t like anything on the Console X."

SMG decided to test that idea to see if there was any credibility to it. We reviewed review sample scores from 9 well known publications to see if there was any evidence of a bias displayed.

The sites under the microscope were as follows: Edge, IGN, Gamespot, 1up, GameTrailers, Eurogamer, Gamepro, CheatCodeCentral and Gamespy.

The Game Reviews writes:

"Video games have came a long way since their beginnings. Some franchises have been successful, and others have been destroyed. Some have always prospered, and others failed miserably. But what makes a good video game? Is it the games of the past that make the games of the future? In some ways, it is, and gamers have always wondered what games have really shined and influenced the games we play today. Well, it seems those gamers will get their answer today. TGR staff and writers have given their input; fights have been fought and words have been exchanged, but in the end, we have come up with our list of the 30 Most Influential Games of All Time. "

Ryan Rigney of Cinemablend.com covers an interesting development, in which bloggers are taking up the mantle on XNA Community Game reviews since no large sites are doing it.

Unappreciated games are not exactly hard to come by. Frequently cited examples include Okami, Psychonauts, Beyond Good and Evil, among others. These are all fantastic games that didn’t really sell to the masses, instead losing in sales to yet another Imagine Babyz game.

But what about the unappreciated games from series that, in some way, are very much appreciated, or at least well known? The forgotten entries that deserved much more recognition than they received. While this list is nowhere near complete, it gives a taster of some of these games time forgot. Call this part one of The Game Reviews’ underappreciated games from well-known series.