Tom Chick writes: This is Halo 4. A shiny old dog without any new tricks. I got more out of the Halo 1 remake, which at least had the appeal of nostalgia. Playing through an updated version of the original Halo was at times tired or tedious. But it was also a reminder of the raw genius that launched the series. There is none of that in Halo 4, which is a drawn-out retread without any fresh perspective or energy, and furthermore missing a lot of what I need to pull me through a Halo game. Halo 4 demonstrates that if there’s one thing worse than more of the same, it’s less of the same. 1/5
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Uncharted 3- 2/5
Assassins Creed revelations: 1.5/5
Max Payne 3- 2/5
Journey- 2/5
Catherine- 2/5
Yeah this is normal for him... a reviewer who thinks he is better than everyone else
Example here: http://www.quartertothree.c...
Even though I love the parody... Tom Chick obviously insults IGN claiming they have no integrity, yet he is the one pulling stuff like this
Brace yourselves, since his half-assed site is on metacritic... for all out anarchy against him
http://www.metacritic.com/g...
It has begun
Oh boy, we got a storm coming.
If a game is narrative focused... it usually gets a 1-2 from him
I have no idea why he still reviews videogames, when over 90% of his reviews are scores from 1-3
The rare moments when a game gets a 5/5 is mind boggling
Thanks, now metacritic is some BS for having a useless Clown like this to pull scores down for games he doesn't play.
By the way, whilst I don't agree with the score at all, people should stop focusing so much on Metacritic scores. If I only focused on games with high Metacritic numbers I would have missed out on a lot of great games this GEN.
Reviews in general are not to be trusted like they once were. Just saying...
The problem with the internet and metacritic is that anybody with a couple of pennies can create a site and make crap reviews. Their are fanboy sites that give perfect scores or crap scores just to move the average.
I personally only read Game Informer and IGN. Their reviews are usually pretty solid. Respectable mags and sites have all praised this game.
Halo 4 is a AAA title. Some random no name site trying to bring the averages down isn't going to change that. Stop using Metacritic. It carries no weight.
Their has been a huge amount of hardcore MLG Halo players that been playing Halo competitively since part 1 and they have called this Halo the best ever. That's the only review that matters to me.
http://www.gameroni.com/pos...
a C for Dead Space 2:
http://www.gameroni.com/pos...
And a B for... Black Ops:
http://www.gameroni.com/pos...
The Chief is back!
Just seems like the dude is wasting his time doing something he doesn't like.
So while reviews in themselves are not important, the consequences of them are.
I assume he does this for attention and it seems to work perfectly? correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this the most commented Halo4 'review' news article on N4G?
In the end if he didn't like it then nobody can say he's wrong as your own opinion is just that. does anyone know of any games he has given perfect scores to? just out of curiosity, just to see what his taste is.
Uncharted 2 deserved the 9s and 10s it got because that game really was awesome. Uncharted 3 didn't have the same on the edge of your seat type of story and it had a few problems on release like the aiming dead zone issue which made it pure luck if you got head shots with ease. Its not a 2/5 but it dam sure ain't a 5/5 game. If UC2 gots 10s and its better than UC3 then should UC3 get those 10s too just because it has the Uncharted name?
The same with those other games mentioned. Catherine was unique but it had many issues. AC Revelations was just more of the same but the worst story in the series. Max Payne 3 SMH, I traded it in after a week.
What I'm trying to say is although the very low scores this reviewer gives are unbelievable. None of those games are jaw dropping 9s or 10s and I say this as an Uncharted fan.
Just because you love a series, it does not mean you have turn a blind eye to some of the issues in that series. You just have to hope and pray in the next installment the devs take those criticisms into account and try bring some new innovations to play around with.
People need to take off those fanboy glasses because its making their vision blury. Ask yourselves truthfully inside when you play a game. Is this game really what its made out to be? and if you answer yourself yes then who cares what others have to say about it. You got your enjoyment and moneys worth out of it and thats all that matters.
One guys rated it really low after playing it, IGN rated it really high before they even played the damn game.
Which is worse who cares, not me but I know Halo 4 is not amazing as everyone thinks. If you love CoD you probably love this easy FPS.
I have watched countless videos to try and persuade myself otherwise but every time I feel like it looks like the exact same Halo as forever and it even plays slower if that is even possible.
The characters just move so slow and just like in CoD all you see is people running around spraying and praying or in Halo's case spamming melee every time something is close and not only that managing to kill a full armored person in couple melee hits never made sense...
The game looks far too easy and this is becoming a trend lately with games, they become easier and easier just like CoD has.
I am tired of all these dumbed down FPS like CoD, Tribes, Planetside and Halo, I just am.. let the down votes come.. All those games used to be challenging and it shouldn't be acceptable that they have become far easier over the years.
Halo 4 sure it looks great but it's game play seems to be severely lacking with how slow it is and the whole melee thing I have always thought was dumb is still there just as easy to use as before.
I just look at games like Half Life 2: Deathmatch or the first Tribes, games that took some real skill to play and the players moved at incredible speeds, making it extremely challenging to ever get a head shot or even hit them for that matter.
Now Half Life doesn't even exist practically anymore, Valve trashed it for Portal is what it seems.. and look at what the new Tribes has become.. another dumbed down game.
The new Tribes just like most other FPS these days had to cater to the noobs by making the game slower than it used to be and removing a lot of the functions that made the game even more difficult to play like the grappling hook.
I am just sick and tired of this pathetic trend, developers though are so scared these days because they all are hanging on by a thread I completely understand why they do it but still it blows.
I ain't saying I agree with this dude or even IGN for that matter, I just wanted to give my own personal opinion on FPS now a days and what I have actually seen of Halo 4 other than graphics has not be impressive at all.
He sounds like a great reviewer
What kind of games does he like? Angry Birds? Hannah Montana?
No name websites get to go on metacritic now? Crazy!
Just look at the related stories at the bottom of the screen and you will see this guy is just being an asshole
Even if you've moved past the Halo series on to other franchises, anyone with eyes can see that the game is at LEAST a 4/5 in terms of overall quality and polish.
Kudos to the N4G community. Flag this site down, so we don't have to see this come next year with other big games (Bioshock, God Of War, Gears Of War, Beyond:2S. etc).
My energy's all used up with that EGM review.
THIS is a trolling review...
For crying out loud, how is that not clicking with you people. If EGM had legitimate complaints to go with their score, there would be NOWHERE as much backlash.
You know when you ask and question and answer it at the same time?.... why do that?!?!?
Also most of the criticisms he had for Spartan Ops were also issue with firefight and yet he praises firefight everytime he mentions it.
I hope they don't work like Obsidian and get bonuses based off of metacritic....
Your score is not indicative of the quality of the title, or its entertainment value, but I wholeheartedly respect that you stick your neck out and say whether or not you think a game is recommendable.
Halo 4 appears to be a great game but not nearly as inspired as it should be.
Not that Tom Chick has much credibility.
His reviews seem to be some sort of exercise in producing angry, artsy, fiat based, beatnik/counterculture-ish 'cult of personality' stunts rather than real reviews for readers who might buy the game.
He's more like Blackwell reviewing fashion in a best and worst dressed list for pure entertainment purposes than a serious critic focused on reviewing material for consumers of that material.
You guys are as much of a joke as this Chick guy is.
BTW it doesn't matter if you are a hardcore PS3 fan, XBOX fan, PC fan, or own every gaming system on the planet, reviews like this are an embarrassment and give the entire industry less credibility.
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F**k you, Tom Chick!
First Uncharted 3 now Halo 4, probably 2 of the best games this gen. If fanboys stopped bitching, people like Tom Chick would have no place.
How about we all stop blaming other people and take responsibility for our own words? At the end of the day, we are all gamers, and we aren't held in such high regard by non-gamers.
We put up with enough crap from people outside the gaming world, like psychologists, but it really hurts when it's people from within that are eating all of us alive. I know fanboys will always exist, which is sad.
I don't think I could stomach a review from Tom Chick on Beyond: Two Souls. That game looks original, but unfortunately it falls in the 'exclusive' territory.
Anyways, pay no attention to reviews like this. Who didn't get Uncharted 3 because of this drop of ball sweat? Who isn't getting Halo 4 because of this? I'm picking it up tonight when it launches. Tom Chick can suck on that.
"However, Halo's campaign co-op supports four players now. I think this is new. Did Reach support four players?"
Sites like this get on Metacritic..... :/
Gaming is doomed.
I read it and that statement was in there in the review, but now it's gone.
People are noticing on his website too.
Just another reason Metacritic shouldn't be taking approvals from a website like this.
http://www.quartertothree.c...
Quite a few brain cells to boot it would seem.
or is this where all gamers cry and whine foul, because his OPINION isn't in line with theirs!
http://n4g.com/news/1005730...
Journey - 2/5
http://n4g.com/news/964003/...
http://n4g.com/news/967827/...
The guy is just craving attention.
and Im also now on the Halo 4 hype train and Im buying it on tuesday!