shredder Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 How come I'm not seeing any reviews for this game? I find it odd, especially since it's a sequel to one of the most highly acclaimed games of it's time. Not that I need affirmation from an "official" source to tell me that this game is pure gold, but in an age where reviews usually come on the heels of a release this one has me scratching my head. Did Battlefront not send copies to major review sites? They must have known this game was going to be a sure winner, so why not maximize it's exposure and get glowing reviews to enhance it's release? Any ideas? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Finnish Pelit magazine just gave the game 84% in June issue. Bet there's a floodtide of reviews to come! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I've been wondering the same thing myself. But I guess it is a game that it would take some time to get into in order to make a fair review. As far as I'm concerned, after a few days, it's pure gold. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hukka Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Finnish Pelit magazine just gave the game 84% in June issue. Bet there's a floodtide of reviews to come! I was hoping that they would've given more. Well, maybe the score is justified. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destraex1 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 it is indeed gold. I reckon half the reviewers are having to learn to read before they can get stuck into the game lol Well it is more complex than point and shoot...... Seriously though, I have been wondering the same thing. I think the review mafia must be holding out for money. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I was hoping that they would've given more. Well, maybe the score is justified. Pelit reviewers seldom give higher grades. Eg. in this issue only one game (L.A. Noire) got 90%. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlackHand Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I thought I might read something on SimHQ.com . . . but . . . nothing. Strange. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Bijlsma Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I guess they got stuck with reviewing the release version so it'll take a bit for reviews to come in. Since BFC aren't fighting for retail space I guess they don't really mind having their reviews come in at a more leisurely pace. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nidan1 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Finnish Pelit magazine just gave the game 84% in June issue. Bet there's a floodtide of reviews to come! "It is the magazine of choice among young men. Approximately 75 percent of the readers are under the age of 30, and young men who live in big cities. In addition to gaming, their lives centre on friends, sports, reading, music and films; branded products and looks and images are important to them as well." This quote from Pelits own website describes the demographic that reads the magazine. These are the kind of men I want to be rating the products that I'm interested in. It would seem that reindeer might have a more complex world view in Finland. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hukka Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Pelit reviewers seldom give higher grades. Eg. in this issue only one game (L.A. Noire) got 90%. Yeah, I know. I've been a subscriber for many years. I cancelled it few years back though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 This quote from Pelits own website describes the demographic that reads the magazine. These are the kind of men I want to be rating the products that I'm interested in. It would seem that reindeer might have a more complex world view in Finland. That's a nonsensical conclusion. All magazines have to 'sell' themselves to advertisers by giving the appearance of an audience that is receptive to your expensive gadgets. That's known as selling advertisement space and has nothing to do with the editorial staff who write articles to the magazine. The reviewer himself used to post here back in the CMBO days, before all sorts of punks started showing up in 2002 ruining the place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nidan1 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 That's a nonsensical conclusion. All magazines have to 'sell' themselves to advertisers by giving the appearance of an audience that is receptive to your expensive gadgets. That's known as selling advertisement space and has nothing to do with the editorial staff who write articles to the magazine. The reviewer himself used to post here back in the CMBO days, before all sorts of punks started showing up in 2002 ruining the place. Was that a "teachable moment" or did you think I was serious? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Just defending the immortal honour of a former Fenno forumite. Although, I think he openly admits to having become more of a console gamer since then... gone to the dark side, as it were. :mad: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingchavez Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Full review (with excellent marks) with an interview of Steve , plus an 8 pages tips and how-to article to come in next PC4WAR (French magazine, yes, another French publication, but we love CM ^^). http://www.net4war.com/pc4war/index-pc4war.php 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeA Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Armchair General have a not-a-review here. It's a June 6th tribute based around D-Day Brecourt Manor AAR. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunsku Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 That's a nonsensical conclusion. All magazines have to 'sell' themselves to advertisers by giving the appearance of an audience that is receptive to your expensive gadgets. That's known as selling advertisement space and has nothing to do with the editorial staff who write articles to the magazine. The reviewer himself used to post here back in the CMBO days, before all sorts of punks started showing up in 2002 ruining the place. I actually returned with CMBN, can't access my old account though anymore. Having a good PBEM with Hukka I think at the moment. I'd like to point out that 84 (not 84%!) is a good score. There are problems I think, and those I outline in the review, but the I wrote the review as pretty much positive one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hukka Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I actually returned with CMBN, can't access my old account though anymore. Having a good PBEM with Hukka I think at the moment. I'd like to point out that 84 (not 84%!) is a good score. There are problems I think, and those I outline in the review, but the I wrote the review as pretty much positive one. I was about to ask who did the review. I also lost my old account somehow. And yes, the 84 feels about right. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I actually returned with CMBN, can't access my old account though anymore. Having a good PBEM with Hukka I think at the moment. I'd like to point out that 84 (not 84%!) is a good score. There are problems I think, and those I outline in the review, but the I wrote the review as pretty much positive one. Oh sweet, now that you're a junior member we can bully you to no end! Yeah, 84 is a good score in the Pelit scale, and the review had a positive tone overall. I hope it attracts some new Finnish fans to the genre... and new Finns to this forum, too. That's what people here want the most. Btw. in case any of you old hands want their old accounts back, you can contact the admins. They can usually help... unless you want to get bullied, of course. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Battlefront is a small house. Maybe reviewers are conceding them the chance to release one patch before casting judgement. Not that the existing game is buggy, by any means. Curious to see what score James Allen from Out of Eight gives CMBN. He lavished a perfect- and grossly premature- 8/8 on Shock Force. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookeylou Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 http://apartmentofwar.blogspot.com/2011/05/review-of-combat-mission-battle-for.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm_stanley Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 http://apartmentofwar.blogspot.com/2011/05/review-of-combat-mission-battle-for.html I know why Steve hasn't posted this review... use a spelling or grammar checker lately?? Not! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 CM:BN got lots of glowing reviews, but they were most-all of pre-game press Betas. I look at their screeshots and cringe over that piece of since-corrected art, or that early iteration of hedgerows. But nobody seemed not notice or mind. Every once in awhile they'd comment of this or that minor AI action that had since been fixed, too. But those pre-release reviews were of 98%-finished product and they did like what they saw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Bijlsma Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Uh.... previews yeah. Reviews? Not so much. Not even on Rock, Paper Shotgun. If you can't get a review there you are doing it very wrong. Zilch on any the major sites, still?! I figured some lag because perhaps BFC hadn't sent out pre-release review copies this time. But now I am getting worried. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger33 Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Uh.... previews yeah. Reviews? Not so much. Not even on Rock, Paper Shotgun. If you can't get a review there you are doing it very wrong. Zilch on any the major sites, still?! I figured some lag because perhaps BFC hadn't sent out pre-release review copies this time. But now I am getting worried. Yeah I'm kinda scratching my head on this. CMSF got reviews from all the major gaming sites as well as PC Gamer magazine. They were all bad, of course, because of all the bugs, not because it was a hardcore wargame. I feel like BF might have been a bit gun shy this time around and only sent review copies to select places. I might be totally wrong, but it just seems odd that we are only seeing reviews from relatively obscure places, and very few at that. You guys can't tell me that marketing is that hard, because I see articles and reviews all the time about games that were made by 1-3 people. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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