Do Not Trust This Magazine's Review Scores

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.

[ClownBelt]

Ugh..it's like seeing a fanboy raging over a site because of the score...Jesus Christ...They've played the game, and you guys did not. Your proof holds nothing, because well it's not a proof. It's just a speculation...

It's much like IGN you know, but hey, I don't see you guys talking about that.

[Chaos Striker]

Although I do agree that their headline and intent is a bit extreme, I find that there is a conflict of interest (if you read the article). Basically the article is saying is that Peace Walker features the Famitsu magazine in it and additionally, Famitsu advertises the game in their magazine right now. As a result, the review that Famitsu gave could/could not be linked to the fact that they are getting awareness via content inside the game. One way to look at this, is that it is simply a mere coincidence. But, then you can argue that the high score and the feature content is linked. Hence, a conflict of interest is born.

[Kerrby]

Kotaku. Pot. Kettle. Black.

[jjohan35]

Its reviews and articles cannot be trusted!

[ClownBelt]

Do they have proof that Kojima paid Famitsu? Is the picture showing the chief editor enough to make a conclusion about this issue?

I read the whole article that's why I put IGN in my example. I believe IGN has a special segment in Xbox live that shows some strategy and such...Does this mean they are getting paid for their reviews? Well, Kotaku's logic dictates yes.

Edit. I just want to add that sometimes if you go to Gamespot, you'll see advertisement that covers the FULL page of PS3 and/or 360.

[GrieverSoul]

This is a fail logic since every other sites have adds from PS3 and X360 titles splatered all over their front page. Do they get paid to review said game?! We will never know.

Does kotaku need adds?!
Are they sour they dont get paid to give good scores?! ;)

Either way, the article point is interesting but the headline is pure flame bait.

[Cueil]

there is some truth in this... the way this kind of thing works in Japan is rather... cumbersome compared to how we are use to it...

[gaffyh]

Wow this is...sad. I guess it could be true, but there's no actual proof, just speculation. What if the game ACTUALLY is good? What if it ACTUALLY is a 40/40? That's not impossible for MGS, as it is one of the best series of games available.

[Hill_billy]

Bwaaaaahhhhhhhaaaaaaaahhhhhh!! !!!!1111

GTFO Kotaku!

[BloodyNapkin]

Well unlike alot of people on this site, i do not listen to reviews and i try to stay out of them much as possible. Really reviews mean squat to me cause people have different opinions. I keep eye's on games myself and make judgements from video's and what the dev's are commenting on the game and if i am unsure i will gamefly it then decide.

[Redempteur]

sorry kotaku , but all the games they gave 40/40 were awesome games ( except bayonnetta that was still good but that's matter of opinion )

Why shouldn't i trust famitsu ? because kotaku said so .? Lool I don't trust reviews ( i make my own opinion ) but famitsu is way more logical in their score than kotaku at least .

As if kotaku hsan't received any goft from publishers ( everyone do )

[Information Minister]

The irony and hypocrisy in this story are overwhelming. These guys didn't seem too bothered with Bayonetta's perfect score. Was it because it didn't conflict with their own agenda? If only Kotaku was half as trustworthy as Famitsu.

[gaffyh]

@1.10 - I agree, Bayonetta was in no way a perfect game, it was good, but is to be honest, a disgrace to the rest of perfects on that list.

[DatNJDom81]

You mean like I dont trust any western gaming review? I know that famitsu is kind of generous to Japanese games and a little harsh on western games (always makes me skeptical of their reviews). But after seeing how the whole western "gaming media" treated the PS3 and was licking xbox balls, I dont trust any review. I go by the demos and the fact that the Metal Gear franchise is top notch quality. So kotaku, you can take this article and shove it up your @$$. Or better yet, put it next to the piggy bank where gaming companies pay you off. Hypocrites.

By the way, Kojima FTMFW!

[Inside_out]

No coincidence...Magazine is in the game...magazine gives game perfect score...seems pretty clear to me...no game is perfect...I think that is clear ( EXCEPT RE 4 )...should of gave it 9.9...end of debate...

[Anon1974]

That doesn't automatically mean I'm going to favor them. Far from it, I'm often critical of Microsoft.

This article is making too much of a leap. If this were a consistent trend that we're witnessing, maybe come at us with that info but you can't judge this based on what happened with one game.

[Oner]

What's really clear here is that you can tell who ONLY takes one piece of specific information to make some idiotic opinion without doing proper research of the WHOLE VIEW to make a proper valid point instead. Here are ALL the tie-ins to real world products ~

in-game Monster Hunter monsters
Assassin's Creed collaboration (MGS4 had one, too)
in-game Doritos
in-game Pepsi
in-game Mountain Dew
in-game Axe body spray
in-game Walkman
in-game Uniqlo
in-game Famitsu
in-game Dengeki <------ A DIRECT RIVAL VIDEO GAME REVIEW MAGAZINE
in-game Dengeki Games <------ A RIVAL MAGAZINES GAMES
in-game Weekly Jump manga <------ OH LOOK AT THAT ANOTHER MAGAZINE (not VG related though)

Out-of-game Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker figures created by Square Enix, official accessories from Hori and Porter.

I am not defending Famitsu ~ as we shall see if this leads to something down the line...but what I am pointing out is those who speak with only partial info to make a BS opinionated & biased ladened statement but even more so than these idiots I question Kotaku!

Who the F are they to question others validity/credibility when they themselves have none...that's like taking ANYTHING Jim Sterling speaks/says/reviews seriously.

Nope.

Not possible.

Never gonna happen.

[fr0sty]

"peace walker may very well be a great game, but because famitsu reviewed it as such must mean they got paid off"

digging really deep for this one... straight to the bottom of the barrel. hardly what i'd call journalism.

[monkpunk1]

Well kotaku i sense jealousy over a psp game here.... Maybe it is a really good game?

Why not run a feature on edge magazine if you are going to start this slur. oh no sorry you wouldn't do that due to the joint love for microsoft...

Anyway, i'm sure that most publications and websites do get something out of a 'good review' be it an exclusive on their next games or gift packs etc.

[RememberThe357]

Move along...

And honestly how is Kotaku going to call anyone out. Their track record is spotty at best.

[Megaton]

Irony: Kotaku saying another media source can't be trusted.

Personally, I never took Famitsu seriously. I keep hearing about how they've been around for like 9000 years, and they're such a prestigious entity in Japan. F*ck that. They loved Haze and The Last Remnant. They obviously don't know their ass from a good game.

[vhero]

I love how Kotaku the biggest 360 fanboy site on the web made this article it's so funny.

[tplarkin7]

How can you prove collusion unless someone admits it? Short of admitting it, it looks really bad when the president of a magazine company is selling a product that the magazine reviews. If it was a judge, he would have to recuse himself.

[tplarkin7]

Sony dropped the ball many times. Their marketing strategy is to lie to the public. You can't trust anything that Sony says. There is not a single date in their history that they have promised and fulfilled.

Microsoft, on the other hand, says a date, and meets or exceeds that date.

The media has defended Sony too often. They just smile and nod when Sony gives a release date.

Besides all that, the best games have been on Xbox for the past two generations.

[TotalPS3Fanboy]

Microsoft obviously paid Kotaku to write this article to try to smear MGS5:Peace Walker.

@tplarkin7: "Is there a picture of Bill Gates advertising for Kotaku on the Kotaku site?"

Microsoft usually do those deal behind door, as to not leave any proof.

@tplarkin7: "In case you didn't read the article. Famitsu has a full page ad with the President of Famitsu playing MGS. Coincidentally, that game gets a perfect 40/40."

Well, obviously, The President is playing MGS:PW because it's a perfect game, and he is honored to be featured playing such a perfect game in the ad. And since it's a perfect game, Famitsu gave it a perfect score. That wasn't so hard to understand, dude.

MGS:PW is perfect because Kojima made it. Not because of an ad. If all it takes is an ad to make a perfect game, then game developers would not even need all those years of education and training and experiences.

[tplarkin7]

Is there a picture of Bill Gates advertising for Kotaku on the Kotaku site?

In case you didn't read the article. Famitsu has a full page ad with the President of Famitsu playing MGS. Coincidentally, that game gets a perfect 40/40.

[Pika-pie]

Recent review scores, even Meta averages have tought me that my own personal opinion is king.

They all loved Bayonetta, I thought it was rubbish
They all said Mass Effect 2 is GOTY, I think its just a good game
They all said FFXIII is mediocre, I absolutly love it to bits
They all said White Knight Chronicles sucked, I think its decent
They all loved GOW3, I think its not my game at all

[oricon]

Of all websites Kotaku, their just butthurt.

[tplarkin7]

The next time you witness Bill Gates buying off Kotaku "behind closed doors", take a picture.

[A imed x S hot]

"Besides all that, the best games have been on Xbox for the past two generations."

Lawl I Hope that was sarcasm...nice opinion man to bad it's not a FACT.

[tinybigman]

needs to have their head(s) examined. MGS games have always reviewed high from famitsu so it's no surprise peace walker got a great score.

seriously get your heads out of your a$$e$ and use your brains.

[TheTwelve]

Kotaku trying once again to backhand Sony?

Moving on.

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[Abriael]

What makes me really laugh of this whole issue are the few that actually have the guts to defend Kotaku telling that Famitsu should have put a full disclosure in the review, informing about the tie-in.

A full disclosure is needed or warranted only when there's something to disclose. Here there's absolutely nothing to disclose, since the deal is out in the open and everyone and their mother knows about it (they even did a press concerence).
There's absolutely nothing hidden anywhere. The Tie-in was publicly disclosed in several instances.

Why should Famitsu write a full disclosure on something that's very publicly known, when gaming journalists in every gaming publication out there (including Kotaku) don't feel compelled to follow-up their reviews with a list of all the swag, favors and giveaways (not to mention advertising money) they receive from the publisher of those games? And you know, it's an helluva lot of stuff.

The only conflict of interest I see here is on Kotaku's part, as they publicly declare that a competing publication isn't reliable (funny, since they regularly piggyback on it for news, oh the irony...).

Anyway, my full opinion on this one is here.
http://www.n4g.com/gaming/N...
Read it at your own risk because it's a little caustic.

[TotalPS3Fanboy]

How am I going to take a picture when it's behind closed doors? Do you not understand that part? LOL.

Anyway, too bad Kotaku have no proof that an ad magically trasnform MGS:PW into a perfect game, and that it was not already perfected by Kojima beforehand.

Face it. It have already accepted that MGS:PW is a perfect game because of Kojima's didication, passion, and experties, and not because of an ad. No ad will be able to make a perfect. That just makes no sense. An ad making a video game perfect? That's crazy talk.

[nan0]

Where were these biznitches when Bayonetta was getting great scores? If anything, they finially took the right steps in scoring this game well and some site starts crying because a PSP game beat out every 360 and most of the PS3's library this year.

[TheTwelve]

In fact, because of this article, I've pre-ordered this game when I really wasn't interested in it before. You know when the haters get angry, you're onto something good.

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[Meryl]

lol kotaku are only saying this because they live of MS paychecks

[Christopher]

I see what they're saying... But it's all conjecture, not fact.

One might say that without any of their tie-ins to the game that they were already biased for giving MGS4 a perfect score as well. One might even go so far as to draw a line between their obvious love of MGS4 and the reason why they are involved with MGS:PW.

Again, though, conjecture, which should never be used as fact except in an American court of law :p

[TheSadTruth]

lol at all the sony fanboys here

I could care less either way because I don't give a crap about review scores because I'm not cattle like the kids on this websites

I can almost guarantee if the review was for an xbox game, everyone here would be praising Kotaku instead of pointing out their hypocrisy

oh the irony

[Crusade]

Wow, they really hate all things playstation.

[Dance]

Another one who cant read

[distorted_reality]

People who care about review scores are tools anyway.

[MaximusPaynicus]

...because most gamers are too damn lazy to actually "read" a review anymore.

[playstation_clan]

Reviewers do get a big fat check from Microsoft

[LTC]

.

[Dance]

Kotaku did mention 360 version of Bayonetta and they also said this

[Regardless what you think of Famitsu, or even numbered reviews, getting a perfect Famitsu score is a big deal in Japan. It can potentially mean bigger sales.]

[Elven6]

Did you not read the article? The only reason they [Kotaku] are bringing this up is because Famitsu is featured in MGS: Peacewalker and their (Famitsu's) president is part of the marketing campaign for the game. To my knowledge, Famitsu was not in Bayonetta and neither did their former EiC have a spot in Bayonetta's adverts.

That doesn't mean the magazine was paid by any means.

[booni3]

becuz it is an excellent game thats why.

[LTC]

XBOTS

[seinfan]

Who the hell cares? It's a Japanese magazine. They gave NINTENDOGS a perfect score for crying out loud! The Japanese have an odd taste in entertainment. Just look at all the fish pr0n.

[Foxgod]

I am sure this game is a 10, open your damn eyes, its the best damn looking psp game ever.
And i am sure itl play a lot better then the other metal gear psp games.

this game even blows gow psp out of the water.

[FangBlade]

Well of course it does, because only a PSP exclusive can outdo another PSP exclusive, just like with the PS3.

[-MD-]

Thanks for the laugh bud.

[Games4M - Rob]

utterly bizzare comment award goes to you

[kerrak]

MGS - One loved franchise in Japan
PSP - A hot item in Japan
Famitsu - Number 1 games magazine in Japan
MGSPW - Most probably a great game
but....
MGS advertised in Famitsu?
wow, incredible!!

It can't be honest, MGSPW sure isnt a good game, Konami are advertising just to get a better score, Famitsu gives a good score because they'll get more royalties, PSP is dead, only MGS Rising will shine with a better version on 360

/s

[foxxy]

Hiphop gamer makes more sense. This guy is retarted so famistu is bias but gameinformer is credible when it's attached to the hip of gamestop.

[spinbot_lv1]

kotaku...disgusting.

[theunleashed64]

wow not only do we have IGNorant but now joktaku xD

[thief]

Anyone recall the intense antiPS3 campaign that kotaku and other media sites carried out after its launch? Including articles that claimed that the PS3 is underpowered and PS3 games would always look inferior? maybe they should divulge how much money they get from MS and 360-related ads. Pot, kettle, black indeed.

[Baka-akaB]

Dont worry kotaku , as your title imply , i wont trust you and your reviews!

[Akagi]

People still visit Kotaku? Haha!

[clintos59]

Guess u cant blame them since sony did blacklist them lol. I take kotaku news wit a grain of salt. Trusting them with almost anything sony related is like trusting edge with ps3 reviews which almost 99% of the time u already know the review is going to be bad.

[bjornbear]

Japans biggest review source?

they are a little cooky when it comes to some game scores, but i never doubt their credibility

kotaku is a flea...fumitsu is a drunken dog...

[Sir_Ken_Kutaragi_]

I played the demo on the PSP, it was well cool;) Wish it was on the PS3 tho :-(

+ MGS:Rising = NO SNAKE??? + NO Kojima = NO GOOD!!! ;-D

[BloodyNapkin]

That's a close minded view. Just cause no snake and no kojima automatically make the game no good. I am sorry but that is a pretty senseless way of thinking and kinda petty on your part.

[Narutone66]

Open Zone. No one is supposed to make sense here.
<<<<<< That way is where you talked sense.

[mcnablejr]

is 14.

[Meryl]

^^lol no Sir Ken is not 14, however i would not be surprised if you are, he shows he has more intelligence than you as every day passes, oh well it sucks to be born dumb

[DeZv3]

"Even if the game does appear to be fantastic, the review appears bought. It needlessly dirties up what could very well be a great game — a game that should stand alone on its own merit.

Peace Walker is better than this. Hideo Kojima is better than this. Famitsu, it seems, is not."

Really? You're going to make a claim like that without any sort of actual evidence to back it up?

Do they not realize the implications of saying such things could bring to them (like, oh, I don't know...getting their a$$ sued by Famtisu and Konami for example)?

Hurray for "games journalism"! -_-'

[playnation]

amen!

[LiquifiedArt]

LOL.

I watch 360 exclusive after 360 exclusive getting Massive scores, when these games would of been rated much lower years ago. Edge anyone?

I've watched reviewers bypass glitches, laggy online, etc... All for the sake of giving a game a high score. Gears anyone?

Its a known fact that all these sites/magazines are bias. Lets see a 360 game vs. a ps3 game, where the ps3 game is ALWAYS several tenths of a point behind that of the 360.

I will never buy an xbox. I'm 27 and from now until FOREVER the xbox divison will never see a dime of my money.

"Provide Less, Charge More. Innovate Less, Market More. Less Diversity, More Timed Exclusives."

~Microsoft's Motto

(keep supporting the garbage known as microsoft, your only helping the industry turn into complete garbage)

[NeutralGamer]

The main theme of this topic and article is that Famitsu, can't be trusted because the editor of Famitsu is heavy tired to MGS: PW and Famitsu is even in the game...

Now I dont see how the f*ck its relevant why you won't buy a xbox... I mean don't you have someone in your real life to comlpain to instead of going off topic here?

[PS360_37]

"I will never buy an xbox. I'm 27 and from now until FOREVER the xbox divison will never see a dime of my money. "

That's the line I was reading when I realized that you are nothing but a fanboy and your opinion means absolutely nothing.

Its one thing to refuse to give money to MS for the 360, but to say you will never give the xbox division anything is dumb.

Keep trolling douche bag.

[booni3]

so what your saying is that by promoting a game publisher we are making the industry worse?
The lengths you fanboys go to all to represent a multibillion dollar corporation that doesnt give a sh*t about you. its really something to see.

[unknownhero1123]

meet mr. kettle.

[Omega Zues]

wow kotaku just wow. I had no idea you guys were still around. Still kickin I see.

[Pumbli]

Oh, I thought he was referring to Edge.

[Magna Farta]

...from being submitted here. Anymore their whole site is drivel and nonsense.

[Heartnet]

i read some of the article and what i gathered was that you are saying its false since it the magazine appears within the game somewhere? these magazine journalists are paid a decent wage and if it is the largest gaming mag in japan i wud think they wud have no need to do fake reviews!

this is a load of crap from someone who just cant agree with this games review score and shud be shot for writing an article basically just disagreeing with a magazine who cudnt give 2 sh1ts about what you think.. they can give it whatever score they deem neccesary since they actually have the full game and as far as my knowledge goes you do not!

[booni3]

there is no question that bayonetta is an exceptional action adventure with gameplay innovations and high creative value, many people dont understand the games very farfetched and unique idea. I call damage control because it isnt fair to belittle this game because you arent pleased with what a reviewer is (or isnt) saying about some game or other. Bayonetta is an unprecedented masterpeice and you wont understand until you've played nonstop climax mode. many of my guys in here havent tried it because theres a sexy, visually appealing woman on the front instead of some hulking, sweaty, homoerotic man. Those gamers need to grow up.

[Slimshadyn]

"Bayonetta is an unprecedented masterpeice and you wont understand until you've played nonstop climax mode." I've plated Bayonetta nonstop climax mode and its no masterpiece. I played the PS3 version and not the 360 version, which I've heard is the better version, but unless in the 360 version they changed the boring story and the weak boss fights its no masterpiece.

Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed the game, it had extremely fun combat and I liked the chicken/angel enemies but the lackluster boss fights and the incoherent story makes Bayonetta a good but not great game. Oh and about this story, I think they are crying over spilled milk even though there is no milk to spill.

[booni3]

i will be the first to admit that bayos story leaves much to be desired. i will not, however, contend with you saying the boss fights are weak. which boss fight are you talking about??

[Slimshadyn]

Well pretty much all of them, I thought the bosses looked cool, but fighting them was a bore. Maybe it was just me, but I never felt much challenge by any of them even on Climax mode, except the last boss and that fight was just annoying. Don't get me wrong, the finishing moves were brutal, but I had no problem slicing through the bosses and when the bosses are the size of skyscrapers, they should at least provide a little challenge.

[Seferoth75]

I see as usual most of you fail to comprehend the issue here. Not that I agree with them about it but most of you are under the false assumption its all over an ad for the game in Famitsu. Sadly that isnt the issue.

Not that they are right but let me try to explain.

The mag itself is in the GAME. The former editor of the mag is now with the company making the game.The mag features an ad with the former editor of the mag playing the game.

Now what that really is to me is the company knowing to use what they have to promote the game. Obviously the readers are going to know the former editor and will respect his opinion more.They are more likely to look at the game with hi promoting it.

Kotaku is trying really hard to make something out of nothing but I can see why. Looking at how many people just dont understand whats going on its easy to see why they'd try to fool gamers with this crap. It's not like you guys are making yourselves look very smart here at all

[Draco]

Please tell us how the angry-Tokyo-game-shop-owner feels about it.

[Figboy]

a game that was a genuine stinker like, oh, maybe Deadly Premonition, but it's more than possible that a franchise KNOWN for it's amazing quality and high scores could actually be WORTH the high score.

Metal Gear Solid is a rock solid, quality franchise. even the WORST in the series deserves a high score (that'd be MGS2).

besides, too many other websites have ads plastered all over for games they review, and yet nobody really seems to be whistle-blowing.

it's like the people who were saying that Konami bribed reviewers to give MGS4 a high score when they flew journos out to play the game over the weekend at a fancy hotel. too bad the game turned out to be a classic anyway, or else that story might have had more weight. this isn't Kane and Lynch here, it's Metal fricking Gear.

so, if Mass Effect 2 had kotaku on computer monitors, and we ALL know how much kotaku circle jerks to Mass Effect 2, we could conclude that we shouldn't trust kotaku, and suspect that ME2 is NOT the excellent game that it actually is?

this logic is broken, will no real basis in fact. just speculation.

i haven't played MGS: Peacewalker, but judging from the quality of the MGS series (even Portable Ops, which was really good), i imagine i won't be disappointed when i finally play it.

(and for anyone who didn't understand, i think Mass Effect 2 is really good, despite some issues i have with a few of the design choices that Bioware went with. it certainly deserves the high scores and praise it's been getting, even if ads plastered the various sites that gave it those high scores).

[devilhunterx]

I stop trusting this Magazine after it gave Halo 3 a high score.

[smkpunk]

mmm reading all the drama on the internet and several pages it would be better to trust to n4g.com metacalificacion or metareview ha! because they have the compilation and the average of all!!! the reviews of magazines and websites, it would be better to trust in the general opinion although if is only the media gaming than one and simple like kotaku and famitsu are, mmm thats all.
long life to metareviews XD

[phalanx_mark]

i mean the nerve. they have no shame.

[Anon1974]

Is it wrong for an editor to play games? I would think that for a game publication it should be manditory for it's editor to play games.

And you went on a rant about Sony lying to the public and Microsoft always sticking to their dates, I haven't the faintest idea what you're going on about. Could you give examples and explain how they're relevant to the topic at hand?

When Bayonetta recieved a perfect score, did Kotaku go through Famitsu to make sure there was no cross advertising? How about checking to make sure there were no links between Famitsu and Sega for former and present staff?

Nothing to see here, folks.

[KieranD]

lol

[TooTall19]

Kotaku is a dumb website

[5tgyw3ty34]

so is n4g

[5tgyw3ty34]

This is so cute. There is a crazed war raging on, and its a war for your cash. This multi billion dollar industry is a lying, cheating, manipulative gang of crooks. Their game is opinion shaping.
And this includes most of the big web sites and publications, yup you too n4g! Just famitsu?
LOL

[Jac5al]

KOTALKSH!T

[kvg88]

on the kotaku comments sections that time they misrepresented a post on Jaffe's blog a few months ago

Props man lol

[darren_poolies]

What so now every magazine or website that gives a game a perfect score is being paid off?

This is the biggest pile of bullsh*t I've ever heard and I'm sure this article would be saying the exact opposite had it been a 360 game, thanks again kotaku for proving to me what a bias full-of-s*it website you are. ;)

[Finalfantasykid]

http://kotaku.com/5385506/f...

They didn't seem to be complaining when Bayonetta got a perfect score.

But I'll admit, Famitsu reviews are unreliable at best. Most of their scores seem to almost be randomly generated. They are almost as bad as destructoid reviews.

[discstu37]

How about they're all predominantly Japanese made titles...

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

it all can't be trusted, be your own insider!

[That_Genius]

Honestly I never listen to reviews. I would also be a lot happier if in game magazines they kept putting game previews instead of reviews.

[JeepGamer]

Kotaku is telling us not to trust other gaming news outlets?

That's like a cannibal telling you not to trust the guy eating steak.

[mochi]

In Japan, Kojima production buying review scores is a famous story.

[AriesFury]

Kotaku have their right to an opinion but not the right to judge. The debacle that their sister website caused by buying a lost upcoming 4G iPhone isn't anything they should be talking about.

[Claudinho69]

ok i will never trust kotaku

[bviperz]

I would have waited and reviewed the game first and then see if the the in-game advertising had anything to do with the perfect score. But with anything Metal Gear or Hideo Kojima, probably not.

[FxckOSX]

magazines that shouldn't have much confidence in review?

ofcourse, all magazines that gave high score to Beyonetta.