Hi guys,
I was checking out the review scores of the game ''The Darkness'' on Gamerankings just now and came across a wildly amazing fact: There's a 7 point difference in the scores between the 360 and the PS3 version of The Darkness.
Now, I could understand if for some reason the game had some technical flaws on a system that made it much better on the other console but what do you know-- GAMESPOT has scored both games equally, which can only mean one thing: the review scores out there are biased.
The draught of good, original games for the PS3 is the only logical explanation I have come across, you know? Like some godsent driftwood in the middle of the ocean, every good PS3 game that comes out is hailed like the second coming. On the other hand, does that mean that reviewers are more demanding of XBOX 360 releases?
I don't know. All I know is that more and more I am losing trust in reviewers. I must confess though, more often than not I skip reading the reviews themselves and just look at the scores and conclusions. I am doing myself a disservice, I know. Overlord that just came out: I tried the demo and loved it. Now with review scores averaging 75% I am reluctant in making a purchase. But what does 75% mean? This is my mid-year resolution: Not care about reviews so much, trust my instincts more.
As for PREORDERS and why you should do it: I know a lot of you think that Preorders are a scam, while in fact they're a tool for the merchant so he can offer a better service to his customers. See the Darkness came out and I had ordered only sufficiently for the preorders we had with a couple extras just in case. Personally, I thought the game would do good but my preorders said otherwise-- we had only a few. Well the darned thing came out and for some reason now it was sold out almost instantly and we had people calling about it during the week-end (but we cannot get restocks during the weekend) who wanted the game. We had run out of copies to sell, nothing we could do. See? Unexpected hits are commonplace now, with titles gaining in quality each year you never know what's going to be the next big thing.
My advice? Pre-order Half-Life Orange Box now. This thing will sell like hot cakes.