Instinct received an "abysmal" 1.7 out of 10 from IGN. Now GameSpot gives a "terrible" 2.0 out of 10 to the same game and writes:
"Terrible AI and indecipherable dialogue are just two of the many problems afflicting this zombie shooter."
The Good:
+ Some spooky music at times.
The Bad
- Confusing storytelling due to time-shifting cutscenes and Russian dialogue
- Dumb AI and positioning makes it seem like enemies want you to kill them
- Repetitive, dull level design.
GameSpot Score: 2.0 (out of 10) Terrible
Worst Game of the Year?
"The bullet points inside the front flap of Instinct's retail box convey notions of game features and such with a particularly heinous level of dishonesty. Therefore, the majority of this review will focus on refuting the fallacious blurbs while explaining why playing this first-person shooter is comparable to yanking back on a hangnail.
. . .
Unless you desperately need a reminder of how unfulfilling a game experience can be, don't touch this one."
Presentation: 1.5
Graphics: 2.0
Sound: 3.0
Gameplay: 2.0
Lasting Appeal: 0.5
Overall: 1.7 out of 10 - Abysmal
Can't be the worst game of the year...
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Abysmal OVERALL
(out of 10 / not an average
Both are PC games, I notice.
PC games (outside MMOs) are getting fewer and fewer, and sh1ttier and sh1ttier.
Good find LostProphet and good point The_Round_Peg. Some of PC games of late have been really terrible.
The scary thing is that "Call for Heroes: Pompolic Wars" is coming for Wii with worse graphics (If its possible) and terrible controls!
Sorry to burst your bubble, Warhawk is awesome. Besides one or two scores, Lair's reviews have been looking a lot better as well.
Wow, looks like some one is so lifeless that has made a clone of my account posting trash and flaming! lol at post 1.3
MK_Red has a fanboy!! Well dude on the brightside, they say imitation is the highest form of flattery.
Can't wait till I get my first fanboy, Congrats you are a legend. It's official. lol XD
Looks like whoever it is has 5 accounts too. Which would explain your 5 disagrees and his 5 agrees. So sad it's funny.
Why are you using this to attack PC gaming? It's stupid. Anyone can develop a game and release a game on PC. The fact is that it is just easier to release crap like this on the PC platform. Does a game like this hurt PC gaming? Absolutley not. This game is in no way an example of the quality of games from leading 3rd party developers. When you've got games like Crysis, Half Life Episode 2, Hellgate London, Spore, Starcraft II, Warhammer Online, Guildwars 2, Age of Conan, Company of Heroes, Fallout 3, Fallout Online, and World in Conflict who cares about some crappy game a bunch of idiots made in their basement.
We are not attacking PC. There are some really bad games coming for PC but also some really good ones.
And my favorite is among them: Fallout 3 (My Avatar)
You shouldn't forget 360's extremely low ratings lately, like Blue Dragon with 6.5 and Two worlds with barely a 7.
You would be getting BioShock (with an average review score of 97%) and Madden NFL 08 (average score: 87%)
Also, according to MetaCritic, Blue Dragon's average review score is 79% ... that's actually higher than Lair's average score of 68%
BTW, MetaCritic does not review games itself. It just takes all the review scores from all the well-known reviewers like IGN, GameSpot, GameSpy, GamePro, Game Informer, EGM, EuroGamer, 1UP, Yahoo! Games, G4, GameTrailers, etc., etc., all the best and most respected reviewers, and average their scores to give you an objective consensus.
Wow, that "Call for Heroes: Pompolic Wars" (Biggest candidate for WGOTY) has better Presentation and more Lasting Appeal!
These games are indeed among the worst. How dishonest can game features behind the box be. ""Witness vivid imagery so intense and realistic that you'll find yourself wrapped up in it - until you're sucked right into the next firefight."
This one seriously made me laugh:
"Voices throughout Instinct are in the original Russian in an effort to showcase their culture and to maintain the true feel of the game."
They were so lazy that did not record English voices and are calling it a great feature to find about Russian culture in an underground base with zombies!
This is called Marketing.
Which of course its main goal is to sell the game.
A good seller can make you buy dog crap as the must have food. :D
Definitely a buy, can't wait to pick it up!
It has lower score then LAIR :O
A must have, Can't way. It looks better than BioShock and Crysis combined.
The Good:
+ Some spooky music at times.
I have a feeling this accounted for 1.8 out of the 2.0, The other .2 came from the time they put in to create the game. Oh, well without turds like this one you could never appreciate the mediocre games.