Video game reviews still matter. And they apparently help sell games as well. This week a study was released from the Electronic Entertainment Design and Research group and Southern Methodist University Guildhall proving this point.
Cultured Vultures: In the spirit of preserving some kind of history of this industry, we’ve decided to list some of the best games that you just simply can’t get hold of digitally at the minute.
I just started playing Spec op. I've had it for years on steam and forgot about it. Such a good game.
Yes great game spec ops! Since the time we’ve been asking sony to make one:/
Auto Modelista.. a PS2 capcom racer!! A blast to play and great graphics!
Maximo!
Rival Schools!
all the games in the above list are bang on. this is the only reason we need backwards compatibility and physical presense of games for the upcoming future, no matter what.
Honorable mention to the excellent Driveclub, one of the best racing games of all-time and one of my favourite games ever.
yes! incredible rain effects; so good to drive along in rain with your Spotify playlist blaring
I really wanted a MotorStorm using the same engine, Driveclub is easily one of the best looking games on PS4 and I'm surprised they didn't even give it a PS4 Pro patch.
I adored Driveclub and the Bike expansion. I also loved Motorstorm. Evolution shutting down was a crime
Outrun Online Arcade, Sega Rally Online Arcade, After Burner Climax... all good stuff. I keep my 360 hooked up to play these as well as the TMNT games that were also delisted.
wow...I have all of them except the Nintendo ones either in physical or digital version.
Also..Deadpool the Game is missing on that list.
The Nerd Stash: "Everyone loves setting up killzones and laying waste to waves of enemies, so here are our picks for the best tower defense games ever."
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the guy who keeps sending me the "crackdown 71 meta haha" messages can stop because i don't give a sh*t, i bought the game and LOVE it. reviews obviously don't matter to me, oddly the only games i've ever returned were the "AAA" ones that got over inflated scores.
someone needs to look at the stories from last week when it talked about this and they even talked about it on G4tv i have seen this story 3 or 4 times on this site now
Yea, they talked about this on the gamescoop podcast.
Reviews shouldn't matter to people who game on a regular basis. I've played so many games that when a game is extremely mediocre I can still find it to be worth playing if the story is somewhat interesting. I.e. Lair, Alone in the Dark, Clive Barker's Jericho, etc.
Plus, some reviews are just downright garbage and go to the extremes. Like Ryan Clements & his review of White Knight Chronicles or Eric Brudvig & his review of Deadly Premonition. I've had more fun playing Deadly Premonition than I have any other game all year.